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Now Philip was a silly, good-natured fellow, and fancied that his little cousin, Henric, of whom he was very fond, was ill-treated by his father. So he took an opportunity of slipping a sweet-cake into his pouch, from the supper-board, with which he slily stole to Henric's crib. "Never mind my cross uncle, sweet cousin," said he: "see, I have brought you a nice cake." "Oh!
"Oh, dear!" cried Henric, "but I want very much to go to the fair, and see the fun too." "Come along then," said Philip; "or we shall not get there in time to see the tumblers, or the apes and dancing bears, or the fire- eaters, or any other of the shows." It was nearly two hours before the truants were missed by Henric's mother and Lalotte; for they were all that time busy in the dairy.
Lalotte, knowing that all depended on his remaining quiet, as soon as the soldiers had placed him with his face averted from his father, sprang forward, and whispered in Henric's ear, "Stand firm, dear boy, without moving, for five minutes, and you will be forgiven for your fault of this morning."
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