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OMMY and Harry went the next day into the garden to ſow ſome wheat, which Harry had brought with him from his father's, on a piece of ground which Tommy had dug and prepared for the purpoſe. After they had finiſhed their labour they returned into the houſe, when Mr. Barlow deſired Tommy to read the Hiſtory of the Good-natured LittleBoy; which he accordingly did with a very clear and diſtinct voice.

Tommy expreſſed great ſatisfaction at the narrative. Mr. Barlow told him, that ſince he had been ſo well pleaſed, Harry ſhould read him the adventures of an Ill-natured Boy.

It was the misfortune of this boy to be brought up under parents who took no care of him, and as he was quarrelſome, he became diſagreeable to every one.— His father on a holiday having given him his liberty, a ſixpence and ſome proviſions, he took with him his dog Tiger, who in temper resembled himſelf, and ſet out on his ramble.