The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln By J Rogers Gore From the Spoken Narratives
The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln By J Rogers Gore From the Spoken Narratives
J Rogers Gore
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He had caught a coon and a fox, and had about finished skinning 152 THE BOYHOOD OF LINCOLN them, when Abraham, who had gone ahead to the next trap and dibcovered it held a fine red fox, deliberately lifted the trap door and invited the fox to enjoy his freedom. '*Why did you do that?" demanded Mr. Lincoln as he stepped up to Abraham, who stood in pleasant contemplation of the open trap door. ''Father, " replied the boy in his most appealing tones, ''wasn't two animals enough for one day? Just t...hink how happy that old red fox is, to be out in the woods again. " But Mr. Lincoln didn't see it that way, and gave Abraham a cuff on the side of the head, and when they got home a sound whipping, over the protest of Mrs. Lin- coln. After quiet was restored Mrs. Lin- coln reproved Abraham in that gentle, sweet way of hers, and warned him that he must never be guilty of such a thing again. THE FOX AND THE TRAP Vo3 "But, mother, I just couldn't help it, " he said. "I knew it wasn't right — I just couldn't help it, and I reckon I'd have done it even had I thought father would have skinned me like he did the fox and the coon he caught.
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