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temper he was in. My father got fourpence 

 a head for all the vermin he killed, and he 

 gave old Dick twopence a head for his; but 

 I, who destroyed more than both of them 

 together, got nothing. However, Dick gave 

 me a penny a head for all my vermin, and as 

 my father gave him twopence Dick got a 

 penny, and I did the same ; so that if father 

 did not pay me directly, he paid old Dick for 

 me instead. 



