![]() “You dear old thing!” she exclaimed, standing on tiptoe to kiss him, while he gravely stooped to receive the salute. “Which Boy is it that you haven’t been teasing?” “I never tease him!” “Well, I must ask the Other Professor about it.” He went back into the study, and we heard him whispering “small human animal-says she hasn’t been teasing him-the kind that’s called Boy-” “No, indeed I haven’t!” Sylvie said, very earnestly. “What’s that crying I heard just now?” he asked. The door opened, and the Professor looked out. I’ll ask the Professor what we’d better do.” And she knocked at his study-door. ![]() “There, I told you so! You’ve no idea how funny you look, moving your feet about in the air, as if you were walking! Wait a bit. ![]() And I tried my best to walk a few steps: but the ground slipped away backwards, quite as fast as I could walk, so that I made no progress at all. ![]() “I can walk as well as you can,” I repeated. “Why, you ca’n’t walk a bit! You’re lying quite flat on your back! You don’t understand these things.” “I can walk as fast as you can, I’m sure.” I could go to him, by myself, well enough. You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today! The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser. ![]()
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