t to the stick. The little boy had not the heart tobeat him much ; and so he took hold of the hair on the top of hishead, and began to pull him forwards. This would not do : Xeddy did not like to go that wslj, and hewould not be forced to it. He pulled back more and more, andso the poor boy gave up… … Persuasion is better than force—and so, witli the remainingcarrots, he enticed Neddy step by step, till he got him into the A STORY WITHOUT A PURPOSE. 959 Stable-yard. In a few minutes he brought out John the footman,to look at him, and begged of him to ask his father to let himbuy him. John was…
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