CHAP. XIV.—TOM LEARNS A NEW LESSON.

Pee found it one of the hardest things in
» the world to have to wait. Whatever he
wanted he wanted immediately, and yet every
day people and things kept him waiting.
Very often at breakfast his tea was too hot,
and he had to wait till it was cool enough to
swallow; very often when he wanted to go
out his boots were not ready, and he had to
wait till they were cleaned before he could
go; very often the rain and snow would fall
just as he was starting, and he had to wait till
it was fine. But that was not nearly all.
When he came in it was just the same. Be-
tween dinner-time and tea-time, and tea-time
and bed-time, over and over again he had to
wait. It did not matter how much he wished
for a thing, or how long he had gone without