human
Dad, I've withdrawn my name from the paddle races!
gpt
What's wrong, son?
human
I'm not a good sport--that's why, Billy answered with his usual frankness.
gpt
I had a sort of grudge against Keineth because she wouldn't tell me about her father and I'd vowed to get even and I just laid down on that tennis game--until she made me ashamed!
human
But she did make you ashamed, Billy?
gpt
Yes--she told me to play square and I just thought then that no one would ever have to tell me to play square more than once!
human
Laddie--these games we play teach us a lot, don't they? There is something in them more than fun and more than the health they give! You've learned a motto to-day that you can pin on your shield when you go out to meet the other matches life offers!
gpt
You can just bet I'll always try to play square! And I'm going now to find Ken and tell her she's a brick!
human
May he keep that spirit all through life,