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they did not seem much interested
in the lesson.

When that was done, why they
played at something else ; perhaps at
hide and seek, or at making daisy-
chains, and then at pretending to be
horses. And very happy they were,
those two little children, I can tell
you, though their father still was
poor, and could not often get good
work ; and so they had to take care
of their shoes, and wear them only
for best, and do without many things
that other children have.

Perhaps, if they had heard their
father and mother grumble, and say
very often how hard it was that others
should be better off than they were,