Why didn't you learn your lesson, my
daughter?"
"I did," answered Diddie; "I knew it every word; but Miss Carrie jus'
cut up, an' wouldn't let me say it like 'twas in the book; an' she
laughed at me; an' then I got mad, an' wouldn't say it at all."
"Which lesson was it?" asked Major Waldron.
"'Twas er hist'ry lesson, an' the question was, 'Who was Columbus?'
an' the answer was, 'He was the son of er extinguished alligator,' an'
Miss Carrie laughed, an' said that wan't it."
"And I rather think Miss Carrie was right," said the father. "Go and
bring me the book."
Diddie soon returned with her little history, and, showing the passage
to her father, said eagerly,
"Now don't you see here, papa?"
And Major Waldron read, "He was the son of a distinguished navigator."
Then making Diddie spell the words in the book, he explained to her
her mistake, and said he would like to have her apologize to Miss
Carrie for being so rude to her.
This Diddie was very willing to do, and her father went with her to
the sitting-room to find Miss Carrie, who readily forgave Diddie for
her rebellion, and Dumps and Tot for interfering with her discipline.
And that was a great deal more than Mammy did, when she saw the state
of their shoes and stockings, and found that they had been wading in
the ditch.
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