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His first composition was on cruelty to animals, written because he had tried to make the other boys stop "teasin' tarrypins" that is, catching turtles and putting hot coals on their backs just to make them move along lively. He had to work hard at home; for his father would not, and things needed to be attended to if "the place" was to be kept from dropping to pieces. He became a great reader.
Little mo' en de tarrypins would 'a' bin a-nibblin' atter you." George Denham was dazed as well as weak. He put his hand to his head and tried to laugh. "You were just in time, old fellow," he said. Then he got on his feet, and tried to walk, but he would have sunk down again but for Blue Dave's arm. "Why, I'm as weak as a stray cat," he exclaimed, feebly. "Let me lie down here a moment."
Well, at dat time de king uv all de fishes an' birds, an' all de little beas'es, like snakes an' frogs an' wums an' tarrypins an' bugs, an' all sich ez dat, he wur er mole dat year! an' he wuz blin' in bof 'is eyes, jes same like any udder mole; an', somehow, he had hyear some way dat dar wuz er little bit er stone name' de gol'-stone, way off fum dar, in er muddy crick, an' ef'n he could git dat stone, an' hol' it in his mouf, he could see same ez anybody.
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