So, alas! it went on all day long. Teddie and Freddie could not spell and they could neither read nor write.
What do you suppose was the matter?
Freddie was wondering where his mama was and Teddie was wondering where his papa was, and so they could not study.
At the close of school those two funny little twins had to sit on stools and wear dunce-caps.
At five o’clock they went home. They walked slowly. They were thinking about the dunce-caps.
When they got home they wore such long faces that Grandpa Grimes said, “Come right into the parlor!”
There sat Humpty Dumpty on the floor. The twins sat down beside him, and Grandpa said, “A penny for your thoughts,” and he held up three bright new pennies.
Each of the Roly-Polys told what he was thinking about and Grandpa gave each of them a penny.
Then they began to beg for a story.