would Hke tosell me one. <^ Why would he like tosell you one, my dear ? Because,mamma, his father is ill, and they arevery poor. *^ Is it an image his fatherhas made that he wishes to sell to you 1* No, mamma, he makes them himselfat night when he should be asleep in bed,and tries to sell them… … THE LITTLE BOY AKD THR IMA OK. THE LITTLE BOY AND THE IMAGE. 81 father. * How came you to go homewith him, Charles ] I met him oneday when I was coming from school,mamma, and he asked me to buy animage of him, and told me how poor theywere, and how ill his father was; and Iasked him to take me to…
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