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better even to disappoint a person than to do
what is wrong in order to get something that
will please them. But come, let me see if I can
reach this flower that grows so inconveniently
high.” So saying they moved to the spot, and,
by the help of a stick, Mr. Summers managed
to reach the coveted flower. “There, you see,
Harry! even if Sarah had let you take the chair
you wouldn’t have been able to reach the flower ;
so you would have made Sarah do wrong, and
displeased your mamma, just for nothing. And
because she did her duty you called her names.”

“Oh, papa, ’m so sorry. Ill go this minute
and beg her pardon.”

“Do, my boy; and in future always try and
remember to be civil and kind to those who
wait upon you and serve you.”

When they had picked as many flowers as
their baskets would hold, they went to the stable
to see their donkeys, “Sandy” and “ Mops,” and
Mr. Summers gave William orders to have the