THE YOUNG SCHOOLBOY.

Once upon a time there was a gentleman and lady. They had a child. The

father was captain of a ship. The mother regularly sent her son to

school, and when the father came back from his voyages he asked his

child if he had learnt much at school. The mother answered, "No,

no! not much."

The father went off for another voyage. He comes home the second

time. "My child, what have you learnt at school?"

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