Geoffrey hung his head for a moment, and then, like a brave little man, he told his Father all the truth.
“Ah! Geoff, my boy,” said his Father, “you’ll never make a sailor if you can’t obey orders!”
And what did Mother say?
Why, not one angry word, for no sooner did Geoffrey see her than he burst into tears, and Mother put her loving arms round him and whispered: “My darling, I know you won’t disobey me again!”
And Geoffrey never did.
L. L. Weedon.
