human
S. E. A.,
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Can't come across, can't come across; you'll be late, you'll have the stick. Then, again, when they were very early, he would tell them they were late, and so make them run. At last, one day all the children of the school to which Harry and Fred went were going to take flowers to their teacher, as it was her birthday. Henry said that he would bring a beautiful nosegay, for his papa's gardener was going to cut him a large one from the green-house for him to take to school. Well, the morning of the birthday came: the school-children brought a great many beautiful flowers; Harry and Fred did not come with the rest; the children wondered where they could be. At last though, in they came, but no nosegay: they made a bow, said
human
Good-morning, and then both looked down on the ground.
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Where's your nosegay? said a little girl to Harry.
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I have not got one, he answered. How could that have happened? The gardener had cut them a beautiful large nosegay, and when they left home in the morning for school they had it with them--what had become of it? Had the boy taken it away? I will tell you all about it. As they were running along very fast to get to school in time, all at once they left off running and began to walk slowly. They were near the crossing, and they felt afraid of the boy; they need not have been frightened, for the boy was sitting down on a doorstep crying, with his head resting upon his knees, and took no notice of them. As they were going past him, Harry said,
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Oh, he will not hurt us; let us stop; I wonder what he is crying for?
human
What is the matter? said Fred to him.
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Mind your own business, answered the boy;
human
So on they went, but as they turned away the boy saw the nosegay, and called after them to come back.
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Don't go. said Fred:
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Well, they were going on when Harry looked again and saw him crying; so he and Fred turned back: then the boy told them that he was very hungry, that his mother and grandmother were both at home very hungry and ill, that a policeman had turned him away from his crossing, and he had not earned any money for three days. Harry said,
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Poor fellow! and he wished he had a penny to give the poor boy. Then Harry and Fred looked at their flowers; the boy looked too.
human
He can't have our flowers, you know, said Fred;
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So they walked off slowly, and the boy looked after them and the nosegay as if he would like very much to have it.
human
I say he does not deserve to be helped, said Fred.
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So do I, said Harry;
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However, they did not feel quite comfortable, and then they remembered a text they had learned at school the day before--
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That is, dear children, if we do not forgive others, God will not forgive us. So Harry said,
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Here, Fred! take the flowers to him.