The Crown of Success

the song, had been heard from morning till night. I will not stop to tell of all the daisy-chains and cowslip-balls made by the children under the big elm-tree that grew

ke those of the sparrows in the garden,

had to take a long journey-she would be absent for many a month-and on

of all your respect. Mr. Learning is coming to see you to-morrow, just an hour before I start; and I hope that he will find you all good and obedient chi

just before going to rest, they began eagerl

h fun. None of his age could excel him in racing or running; he could climb a tree like a squirrel, and clear a haycock with a bound. H

all. He is as solemn and as grave as an owl; he wears spectacles, and has a very long nose, and his back is as stiff as a poker." Matty was

Mr. Learning at all," cried Lubin, with a weary yawn. Such a fat little fellow as he was, just the s

ner of the room, stringing buttercups and daisies; "if she likes him, should not w

eels in the hay. I mean to be famous one day, and they say there's no way of being so without the help of old Learning. There's Mr. Sharp that lives at the hall; his beautiful house and grounds, his carriages, horses and dogs, all came from Mr. Learning. I've heard of people w

wide both his eyes and m

ey are actually invited to court, be

ar fine feathers and lace. But I wonder if Mr. Lear

to get on in the world!" and he turned head over he

ley at the door. "Remember to be up in good time in the morning, fo

and orange, and blue-and each book that he looked at had his name as its author in big gilt letters on the back. On the top of the hillock stood Mr. Learning, holding a finely-bound volume in one hand, while he held out the other to Dick to help him on in his climbing. Very proud and very joyful

a caper at the top of his hillock in such a transport of joy, that he knocked over the whole pile of books, just as if

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