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Being a Boy (Hardcover)
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Being a Boy (Hardcover)
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One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no
experience, though it needs some practice to be a good one. The
disadvantage of the position is that it does not last long enough;
it is soon over; just as you get used to being a boy, you have to
be something else, with a good deal more work to do and not half so
much fun. And yet every boy is anxious to be a man, and is very
uneasy with the restrictions that are put upon him as a boy. Good
fun as it is to yoke up the calves and play work, there is not a
boy on a farm but would rather drive a yoke of oxen at real work.
What a glorious feeling it is, indeed, when a boy is for the first
time given the long whip and permitted to drive the oxen, walking
by their side, swinging the long lash, and shouting "Gee, Buck "
"Haw, Golden " "Whoa, Bright " and all the rest of that remarkable
language, until he is red in the face, and all the neighbors for
half a mile are aware that something unusual is going on. If I were
a boy, I am not sure but I would rather drive the oxen than have a
birthday. The proudest day of my life was one day when I rode on
the neap of the cart, and drove the oxen, all alone, with a load of
apples to the cider-mill.
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