"Faith, I'm always doin' that."
He looked at the litter of books on the table and picked up one.
"How are your studies progressing?"
"Just the way they always have," replied Peg. "Not at all."
"Why not?"
"I don't like studying," answered Peg earnestly.
"And are you going through life doing only the things you LIKE?"
"Sure, that's all life's for."
"Oh, no, it isn't. As you grow older you'll find the only real happiness in life is in doing things for others."
"Oh!" she said quickly: "I like doin' them NOW for others." She looked up at him a moment, then down at a book and finished under, her breath: "When I LIKE the OTHERS."