daddy long legs

Chapter 51

Ah, Uncle, Master Jervie is here at last.We get along very well!At least I think so, and he should feel the same way - he has been here for 10 days, and he doesn't seem to want to leave yet.Mrs. Samp spoiled him.If he's been spoiled like this since he was a kid, I don't know how he can be so good.

We dined together, sometimes at the table on the little balcony, sometimes under the trees, and if it rained or it was too cold, in the best little parlour.He would pick a spot anytime, anywhere, and Carrie would pick up the table and follow him.It is very troublesome to go back and forth like this, and sometimes the dishes have to be served far away.At this time, Carrie will find the 1 yuan he rewarded at the bottom of the jar.

He's the kind of guy who's easy to get along with, even if it doesn't look like it at first glance.He looked like a standard Pendleton at first glance, but he wasn't.He was such a simple, ordinary, lovely man—it seemed ridiculous to use that word to describe a man, but it was absolutely true.He was very friendly and sincere to the nearby farmers, and quickly dispelled their doubts.At first, they were very suspicious of him and couldn't understand his clothes. I also thought his clothes were weird.He wore a wrinkled coat, a white fleece, and a riding jacket with baggy trousers.Whenever he came downstairs in his new clothes, Mrs. Samp walked around him with a proud smile, constantly admiring him from every angle, and reminding him to be careful when he sat down so as not to get dust.He was always helpless about this, and said to her:

"Okay, Lily, go about your business! I've grown up and don't need your care anymore."

It's very funny to think of this tall, long-legged man (he was about as tall as you, Uncle) who used to sit on Mrs. Samp's lap while she washed her face.Especially when you see Mrs. Samp's legs, it's even more comical.Now, her legs are horribly thick, and she has a triple chin.He said that she used to be tall and thin, very lively, and could run faster than him.

We have had so many amazing experiences!I wandered about the country every day, and learned to fish out of down for little flies, and to shoot, and to ride a horse—old Glover was so spirited, and we fed him oats for three days.As a result, it was startled by a cow and almost ran away with me.

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