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_W. Wetherald._
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THE LITTLE HATCHET STORY.
And so, smiling, we went on.
"Well, one day, George's father--"
"George who?" asked Clarence.
"George Washington. He was a little boy, then, just like you. One day his
father--"
"Who's father?" demanded Clarence, with an encouraging expression of
interest.
"George Washington's; this great man we are telling you of. One day George
Washington's father gave him a little hatchet for a--"
"Gave who a little hatchet?" the dear child interrupted, with a gleam of
bewitching intelligence. Most men would have got mad, or betrayed signs of
impatience, but we didn't. We know how to talk to children. So we went on:
"George Washington. His--"
"Who gave him the little hatchet?"
"His father. And his father--"
"Whose father?"
"George Washington's."
"Oh!"
"Yes, George Washington. And his father told him--"
"Told who?"
"Told George."
"Oh, yes, George."
And we went on, just as patient and as pleasant as you could imagine.
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