A Book for Kids by C. J. (Clarence James) Dennis
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for the greeting because he was the older, and he liked to have
proper respect shown to him by young folk, but the Little Red House didn't say a word. The big Blue-gum waited and waited; but the Little Red House wouldn't speak. After a while the Blue-gum said rather crossly, "You seem to be out of sorts this morning." But the Little Red House wouldn't say a word. "You certainly do seem as if you had a pain somewhere," said the Blue-gum. "And you look funny. You ought to see yourself!" "Indeed?" snapped the Little Red House, raising his eyebrows just as a puff of wind went by. "I can't always be playing the fool, like some people." "I've lived on this mountain, tree and sapling, for over a hundred years," replied the big Blue-gum very severely, "and never before have I been treated with such disrespect. When trees become houses they seem to lose their manners." "Forgive me," cried the Little Red House. "I didn't mean to be rude. I was just listening. There are things going on inside me that I don't like." "I hope they aren't ill-treating you," said the Blue-gum. |
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