"I've often wondered why we were so full of capers.

Was Father mischievous when he was a boy ?" "Yes, he was.

He used to drive his mother nearly crazy by the antics he cut up.

And he was always getting into danger.

He would climb the highest trees, and swim in the deepest pools; he was never satisfied to let any other boy get ahead of him." "That accounts for his being such a successful man," said King.
"Yes, perhaps it does, my boy.