THE COUNTRY BOY 



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thought I told you to bring Homer back with 

 you." As Grandfather drove through, he 

 said, "Yes, but since he went to town last week 

 he is changed, he ain't the same fellow that 

 used to hunt eggs for you; in fact, he didn't 

 want to come; he's got in with the boys there, 



and he's forgotten us; in fact, I hardly knew 

 him." By this time Grandpa had begun to 

 unhitch the horse and he had overdone it; 

 Grandmother had put her apron over her eyes 

 and her shoulders began to shake, when I dove 

 out of the rosebushes, so it scared the horse, 

 that I forgot wasn't in on the job, and instead 



