The Field Lesson. 18I

At last, there was only one to
conquer ; but, poor little man, that
was rather hard for his short, fat
legs; and May still helped him over
It.

The first time she jumped over
herself, to show him how easy it
was; and Wolf stood by looking
very much interested, while she tried
to encourage him to give a good
jump.

He did not like to seem a coward,
you know; still he looked at that
wide thing, as it seemed to him, and
said once or twice, ‘ Me not a bigger
boy *nuff, May.’

‘ Well, if you’re not a bigger one,
youre a dig boy enough,’ said May,