Scottish Life And Character in Anecdote And Story
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" said his mother, " but how did you gain it ? " " I was first in natural history. " " Natural history at your age ? How did that happen ! " " Oh, they asked me how many legs a horse had. " " And what did you say ? " "I said five. " " But a horse hasn't five legs, child. " " I know ; but all the other boys said six. " One morning a minister on meeting a little boy asked him if he had got his porridge. " Ay, " promptly replied the urchin. " And did you ask a blessing before you took them ? " " N...o' me. " " What, not ask a blessing ! Were you not afraid they would choke you ? " " 'Deed no ; man, they were that thin that they cudna choke me. " A story is told of the late Duke of Hamilton, how he was one day standing in the avenue near his palace, watching two cocks, which had met, fighting with each other. One of the cottar's boys, on his way to Hamilton with a message for his mother to pay the tailor two-and- sixpence for making a pair of new trousers saw the Duke standing watching the cocks, and, not knowing who he was, came running up, and in an instant cried, to the delight of the Duke, " Half-a-crown on the wee cock, breeks or no breeks !
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" said his mother, " but how did you gain it ? " " I was first in natural history. " " Natural history at your age ? How did that happen ! " " Oh, they asked me how many legs a horse had. " " And what did you say ? " "I said five. " " But a horse hasn't five legs, child. " " I know ; but all the other boys said six. " One morning a minister on meeting a little boy asked him if he had got his porridge. " Ay, " promptly replied the urchin. " And did you ask a blessing before you took them ? " " N...o' me. " " What, not ask a blessing ! Were you not afraid they would choke you ? " " 'Deed no ; man, they were that thin that they cudna choke me. " A story is told of the late Duke of Hamilton, how he was one day standing in the avenue near his palace, watching two cocks, which had met, fighting with each other. One of the cottar's boys, on his way to Hamilton with a message for his mother to pay the tailor two-and- sixpence for making a pair of new trousers saw the Duke standing watching the cocks, and, not knowing who he was, came running up, and in an instant cried, to the delight of the Duke, " Half-a-crown on the wee cock, breeks or no breeks !
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