I guess I didn't know what I was doing and thinking about.

Anyway, now that I looked at it, I was sorry I made fun of him and got mad at him.

It wasn't only because I knew he didn't take the two dollars, but anyway, I felt sorry for him.
I couldn't see him anywhere around and he wasn't in the ditch, I knew that If he had been there then, you bet I'd have been all right with him.
It made me feel bad when I looked at that sapling an hacked and standing up just as strong as ever.

He must have chopped away on it for half an hour and about all the poor little kid did was to get the bark off.

Right close by, I saw his belt axe lying just where he left it.