Show the animal called a boy IN A very uncertain mysterious inexplicable clea eTea creation tion is a boy who can define him I 1 will try A boy is tile hie of mischief embodied A perfect spinning round like a jenny or tumbling heels over head ile he invariably goes through the process of leaping over every chair in his reach makes drumheads of the doors turns the tin pans into cymbals takes the best knives out to dig worms for bait and loses them hunts up the molasses cask and leaves the molas molasses es sr Lr is boon companion to the sugar barrel searches up all the pie and ard preserves left belt from erand eats them goes to the apples every ten minutes hides his old cap in order to wear his best lest one cuts exits his boots accidentally if a new pair tears his liis clothes for fun jumps into the puddles for port part and for ditto tracks your carpets marks your es the baby worries the nurses nursey nurse ties lies fire crackers to the kli kit kittens tens teno tail drops his school books in the gutter while he hii fishes with a pin pockets his ins schoolmasters specs and finally turns a sober soher household house hold u upside p side down if he cuts his little 1404 finger he is a provoking T and arid torment especially to his sisters ei ile he dont pretend to be much until he is twelve then begins the rage tag ge for frock coats blue eyes curly hair white dresses imperfect rhymes and ond dickins dic kies at fourteen he ishoo is too big to split wood 0 go after water and at tile the time these interesting offices ought to be performed contrives cont rivea to be invisible whether concealed in ill lii garret with some old worm eaten esten novel for company ensconced on the woodpile wood pile lear learning nimy legerdemain or bound boand off on some expedition that turns out to be more deplorable than able at fifteen he has a tolerable experience of af the world but from sixteen to twenty may we clear the track when hes in sight he knows more than washington expresses his big opinion with the decision of ben F franklin makes up his hid mind that he was born to rule the world and new lay the track of creation thinks provi dence is nearsighted near sighted understands theology i and the science af of the pronoun ii I 1 informs his father that general jackson rought fought the memora ble battle of new orleans asks his minister if he dont consider the bible h a little too orthodox in other words lie he knows more then than he lie will ever know again just hail one ot of these young spec specimens meris merls boy at sixteen and how lie he gets gels lahe if he does not answer you precisely as the little urchin did who angrily exclaimed dont you yon call me boy ive smoked these two years he will give you a withering look that is meant to anni dilate you turn on his heel beel and with a curl cuil of the lip mutter disdainfully who do you call boy and oh the emphasis but jesting aside an honest blunt merry mischievous boy is something to be proad of whether a brother or son for in all his scrapes his good heart gets the better of him and leads him soon to repentance find and be suie sule sure he will re remember his fault at least five minutes |