And up in the highest branches, in letters of gold, these words: “For the boy who has proved he can be careful when he tries.”
A VISIT FROM A PRINCE.
Harry was playing with his letter blocks one afternoon, when a prince came to visit him.
Harry knew the prince very well, indeed. As soon as the prince came into the room Harry said:
“Hullo, old fellow, is that you?”
Was not that a very strange way to greet a prince?
And wasn’t it stranger yet for Harry to say next:
“Come, sit up, old boy, and give us your—”
Was it hand Harry was going to say? No, indeed, it was paw. “Sit up, old boy, and give us your paw.”