human
I don't care, she said at last;
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Tip, she said presently,
human
Well, no, said Tip,
gpt
Well, mine does, said Kitty.
human
I begin in the morning; something makes me cross, and I keep on getting crosser and crosser every minute, till it seems as if I should fly. Do you suppose I'll always do just so?
gpt
No, answered Tip positively,
human
I _don't_. You keep on trying a little bit harder every day, and by and by you'll find that you don't get cross more than half as easy as you used to. I know it will be so, because I've tried it in other things: when I first began to behave myself in school, it was the _hardest_ work--my! You can think how I wanted to whisper, and things kept happening all the time to make me laugh, but I just kept trying, and now I hardly ever think of whispering. Kitty, does mother know?
gpt
No, said Kitty,
human
If I were you, I'd tell her.
gpt
Oh, Tip, I can't! She never looks at me without scolding me; I can't talk to her about this.
human
Yes, you can; I'd surely do it if I were you. It will be a great deal easier to try hard if mother knows you are trying.
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Kitty, said Tip suddenly,
human
Whosoever will deny me before men, and had made the meaning very plain. Mr. Minturn had just prayed that no one there might be ashamed of Christ. The end of it all was, that Tip slipped off his seat down on his knees, and said,
gpt
Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Show me how to pray. I don't want to deny Christ. I want to love Him. I want the boys in our school, and my father, and everybody to love Him. I'll try to work for Jesus. I'll try to work for Him. Help me every day, and forgive my sins for Jesus' sake. Amen.