"Teacher give it to you?"
Billy did not answer.
"Did she?" persisted the grasshopper.
"N—no," said Billy reluctantly while his face turned very red.
"Well, who did?" continued the grasshopper.
"Nobody! I found it on the floor!" replied Billy.
"Found it on the kindergarten floor," exclaimed the grasshopper, "and brought it home with you?"
"Well," Billy defended himself, "'findin's keepin's!'"
"O Billy," cried the grasshopper, "if you lost your little tin-soldier, and another little boy found it, wouldn't you want him to bring it back to you?"