It made him angry to hear words said wrong.

He made mother cry once when she said 'done' when she ought to have said 'did.' Father went to school once, but mother only went a little while.

Father knew a great deal, and when he was sober he used to teach us things once in a while.

He taught me to read.

I can read anything I ever saw." "Did you have many books and magazines ?" he asked innocently.
"We had three books!" she answered proudly, as if that were a great many.
"One was a grammar.