CHAPTER III.
About this time a lady came to visit Susy's mamma, bringing with her a little boy.
His name was Thomas. He was several years older than Susy, but as there was no one else for him to play with, he had to amuse himself with her as well as he could. Susy followed him about, wherever he went, and thought every thing he did very amusing, and that every thing he said must be right.
One afternoon as they were playing together in his mamma's room, Thomas asked Susy if she liked candy.
"Yes, I like it," said Susy. "But mamma does not let me eat it very often."
"My mother lets me eat as much as I please," said Thomas. "There is a great bundle of it in her trunk, and she lets me go and get some, as often as I want it. I'll give you some if you will hold open the trunk for me."
Susy did not know that Thomas had been forbidden to open this trunk. So she stood holding the cover open, while he searched for the candy. But it was heavy, and her little hands were not strong enough to hold it long.
"Make haste, Thomas," said she, "or I shall let it fall."
"I am making haste," said Thomas. "And don't you go and let it fall; you'll break my head in two, if you do."