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so want that you and me may both
belong to Jesus.’

Then a big tear fell on the little
boy’s cheek. It had dropped from
May’s eye ; and when Johnny felt it
there, he brushed it off, and lifted up
his face very quickly, and looked into
his sister’s eyes.

Perhaps you may suppose that he
said, ‘Why are you crying, May ?’
But he did not. He only wiped the
wet tears away with the corner of
his pinafore, and gave her cheeks
two or three very gentle pats with
his little fat hands; and then he
heaved a little sigh, and said,

‘Me fink we better go home to
dinner, May.’

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