“Yes, do please to think of one more,” persisted Willie.
“Well, I’ll tell you a story I learned a long time ago,” said Henry. “It is this. But you don’t like long stories, do you?” he added, as if a sudden thought had struck him.
“Yes, I do—I like long ones the best,” was the reply.
“Well, then,” resumed Henry, “if I tell you this story, you must try to keep awake till I get through, and you must give close attention, too, so as not to lose any of it.”
“I will—I don’t feel sleepy a bit,” eagerly replied Willie.
“Then I’ll tell you the story,” said Henry. “It is this:
“There was a man,
And he had a calf;
And that’s half.
He took it out of the stall,