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The Grand Tour Of The Gardens

           Thesweep’snamewasSooty,andoneday,whentheywereplayingnearthewell,MalcolmfellinandwouldhavebeendrownedhadnotSootydivedinandrescuedhim;andthewaterhadwashedSootyclean,andhenowstoodrevealedasMalcolm’slong-lostfather.SoMalcolmwouldnotlethismotherputherarmroundhisneckanymore.

           BetweenthewellandtheRoundPondarethecricketpitches,andfrequentlythechoosingofsidesexhaustssomuchtimethatthereisscarcelyanycricket.Everybodywantstobatfirst,andassoonasheisouthebowlsunlessyouarethebetterwrestler,andwhileyouarewrestlingwithhimthefieldershavescatteredtoplayatsomethingelse.TheGardensarenotedfortwokindsofcricket:boycricket,whichisrealcricketwithabat,andgirlcricket,whichiswitharacquetandthegoverness.Girlscan’treallyplaycricket,andwhenyouarewatchingtheirfutileeffortsyoumakefunnysoundsatthem.Nevertheless,therewasaverydisagreeableincidentonedaywhensomeforwardgirlschallengedDavid’steam,andadisturbingcreaturecalledAngelaClaresentdownsomanyyorkersthatHowever,insteadoftellingyoutheresultofthatregrettablematchIshallpassonhurriedlytotheRoundPond,whichisthewheelthatkeepsallthegardensgoing.

           ItisroundbecauseitisintheverymiddleoftheGardens,andwhenyouarecometoityouneverwanttogoanyfarther.Youcan’tbegoodallthetimeattheRoundPond,howevermuchyoutry.YoucanbegoodintheBroadWalkallthetime,butnotattheRoundPond,andthereasonisthatyouforget,and,whenyouremember,youaresowetthatyoumayaswellbewetter.TherearemenwhosailboatsontheRoundPond,suchbigboatsthattheybringtheminbarrows,andsometimesinperambulators,andthenthebabyhastowalk.

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