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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ill OPEN THE DOOR TO JOY - ALWAYS But Betsy had caught John surreptitiously saving ? to buy the roof, he explained We ? we're gitting old, you know, he excused. Old ? Betsy caught up her dainty skirts ? very high ? and pirouetted before him. tswei, drei wrf far. Dasa macht She stopped a moment. John Don't you remember Eisen- krantz's husking ? where I first saw you ? Oh, John, what a gawk you were And yit ? and yit ? John, do you remember how you danced that night ? Come She pulled him about with her in a very clumsy attempt at waltzing. Then she pushed him off. Oh, you are gitting old. But me ? A few more mad whirls and she flung herself into his arms. Say, John, that's better than any roof. Er ? what? asked John, whose wits were often left behind by his wife's. She came close and shouted in his ear: Joy Oh said John, patting her pretty hair. She slipped her arm about him. And then her voice was very soft and loving. And our five boys Such boys Where is there another such five If we should get old ? if we should need a roof ? why, John ? there are our five handsome boys She cried a little, and John asked her for the thousandth time why she did it. Why does a woman cry ? For joy and sorrow ? life and death ? good and evil Oh said John, once more. John His wife woke up and gripped his throat again. Ben needs a new horse, ? Ben was a huckster, ? Tom wants a drill, ? Tom was a farmer, ? and Fred must have a new Sunday suit. How much money have you saved, you rascal? John told her. And Ben got his horse, Tom got his drill, and Fred got his Sunday suit ? and John saved no more. But it was so ? they were brave and loving fellows ? all. And every Sunday ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217005227 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217005225 |
| Weight | 0.30 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.20 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 82 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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