[The Wouldbegoods by E. Nesbit]@TWC D-Link bookThe Wouldbegoods CHAPTER 11 18/28
Oswald gave it to the four new ones, but he was determined in his behaviour to the other one, and wouldn't give him a drop.
Then the five of them went and sat on a gate a little way off and kept laughing in a nasty way, and whenever a boy went by they called out-- 'I say, 'ere's a go,' and as often as not the new boy would hang about with them.
It was disquieting, for though they had nearly all had lemonade we could see it had not made them friendly. A great glorious glow of goodness gladdened (those go all together and are called alliteration) our hearts when we saw our own tramp coming down the road.
The dogs did not growl at him as they had at the boys or the beer-man.
(I did not say before that we had the dogs with us, but of course we had, because we had promised never to go out without them.) Oswald said, 'Hullo,' and the tramp said, 'Hullo.' Then Alice said, 'You see we've taken your advice; we're giving free drinks.
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