  One day in a big meeting held by a MERCY BAND, The leader asked each little boy to hold up his right hand If he could tell of any deed of kindness he had done In saving some poor animal or helping any one. Then Ernest held his hand on high and pride suffused his face, As from his seat he quickly rose and took the speaker's place, While speaking loud in accents clear, "I saved a little pup Who had his tail in a tin can all tied securely up. I took the can from off his tail and made him bark with joy. So Mother said and so said Dad—I was a darling boy." "And so say I," the leader said, while calling him her "DEAR," "But how I wish the wicked boy who did the deed were here." ERNEST: "Well, here he is, for I'm the boy who did that deed as well, |
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