They were afterward sent out of the country,
where they had to work in chains on the roads; and
it is said that one of them behaved so well that he was
pardoned, and went to live in Australia, where he became
a rich man.

The other two went from bad to worse, and it
is likely that they came to some dreadful end,
for sin never goes unpunished. :

But to return to Goody Two Shoes. One day,
as she was walking through the village, she saw
some wicked boys with a raven, at which they were
throw stones. To stop this cruel sport she gave the boysfé penny
for the raven, and brought the bird home with her.
him the name of ‘Ralph,’ and he proved to be a y
creature indeed. She taught him to spell and to read, and he
was so fond of playing with the large letters, that fhe children
called them ‘‘ Ralph’s Alphabet.”

Some days after Goody had met with the yaven, she was
passing through a field, when she saw some nafghty boys, who
had taken a pigeon, and tied a string to its legs/in order to let it
fly and draw it back again when they pleased.

Goody could not bear to see anythin
so sae bought the pigeon from the boys,
to spell and read. But he could not talk.
raven, took the large letters, Peter,
the small ones.

Mrs. Williams, who lived in M
and taught little ones their A BC,
and wanted to give up this imp
to Sir William Dove, he aske
Two Shoes and see if she

This was done, a

tortured like that,

nd taught him how 4
And as Ralph, the \

He pigeon, took care of

rgery’s village, kept school, |
She was now old and feeble, |
‘tant trust. This being known |
Mrs. Williams to examine Goody
as not clever enough for the office.
Nilliams reported that little Margery

 

  

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THE NAUGHTY BOYS WITH THE PIGEON,