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Show Good Reason. A boy was asked by his mother to go to the country with her, but the boy refused. All the coaxing and pleading was of no avail. Whea his father, came home that evening he was told by his wife that Johnny (the boy) refused to go to the oouatry. "Did. you ask hirh why he didn't want to go?" said the father. "No," said the mother, "I didnt, think of that I will go up to Johnny and ask him." Then the mother went up to Johnny and said: "Johnny, why don't you want to go to the country?" "Well," answered Johnny, . "they have thrashing machines out there, and it's bad enough here when you do It by hand." |