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The Smallweed Family

           HeknowsnomoreofJacktheGiantKillerorofSinbadtheSailorthanheknowsofthepeopleinthestars.Hecouldassoonplayatleap-frogoratcricketaschangeintoacricketorafroghimself.ButheissomuchthebetteroffthanhissisterthatonhisnarrowworldoffactanopeninghasdawnedintosuchbroaderregionsasliewithinthekenofMr.Guppy.Hencehisadmirationandhisemulationofthatshiningenchanter.Judy,withagong-likeclashandclatter,setsoneofthesheet-irontea-traysonthetableandarrangescupsandsaucers.Thebreadsheputsoninanironbasket,andthebutter(andnotmuchofit)inasmallpewterplate.GrandfatherSmallweedlookshardaftertheteaasitisservedoutandasksJudywherethegirlis."Charley,doyoumean?"saysJudy."Hey?"fromGrandfatherSmallweed."Charley,doyoumean?"ThistouchesaspringinGrandmotherSmallweed,who,chucklingasusualatthetrivets,cries,"Overthewater!Charleyoverthewater,Charleyoverthewater,overthewatertoCharley,Charleyoverthewater,overthewatertoCharley!"andbecomesquiteenergeticaboutit.Grandfatherlooksatthecushionbuthasnotsufficientlyrecoveredhislateexertion."Ha!"hesayswhenthereissilence."Ifthat’shername.Sheeatsadeal.Itwouldbebettertoallowherforherkeep."Judy,withherbrother’swink,shakesherheadandpursesuphermouthintonowithoutsayingit."No?"returnstheoldman."Whynot?""She’dwantsixpenceaday,andwecandoitforless,"saysJudy.

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