Georgie

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Abbott Jacob. Georgie

THE LITTLE LANDING

GEORGIE'S MONEY

TWO GOOD FRIENDS

A LECTURE ON PLAYTHINGS

THE YOUNG DRIVERS

THE STORY OF SHALLOW, SELFISH, AND WISE

THE TOY-SHOP

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Georgie, at length, earned, in this way, quite a little sum of money. It was nearly all in cents; but then there was one fourpence which a lady gave him for a four-wheeled wagon that he made. He kept this money in a corner of his drawer, and, at last, there was quite a handful of it.

One summer evening, when Georgie's father came home from his work, he hung up his hat, and came and sat down in Georgie's corner, by the side of his little boy. Georgie looked up to him with a smile.

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"What is all this?" said his father.

"It is my money," said he, "for you. It is 'most all cents, but then there is one fourpence."

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