“I can hold the lantern, at any rate,” said Lawrence, “and do some good, perhaps, in that way.” So Lawrence dressed himself and went down stairs, while Georgie went to sleep again.
Lawrence takes an interest in his father’s concerns.
Lawrence got out into the barn just in time to find that the horse had fallen down, and had got entangled in his halter, so that he was in danger of choking to death.
“Ah, Lawrence!” said his father, “you are just in time. I want you to hold the lantern for me.”
So Lawrence took the lantern, and held it while his father disentangled the halter, and got the horse up. Lawrence, who was much interested all the time, held the lantern in the best possible way for his father to see.
“That’s right,” said his father; “hold the lantern so that you can see yourself, and then you may be sure that I can see.”
That is the right kind of interest for boys to take in what their father or mother are doing.
That was, in fact, the kind of interest that Bruno took. He was always on the watch for opportunities to do good, and when he saw that he could not do any more good, he was extremely careful not to make any trouble.
Driving the sheep to pasture in the morning.