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OBBY was angry with his papa and said to his nurse:

"As soon as I grow up I'll get to be a general, and I'll come to papa's house with a cannon and take him prisoner and tie him up to a post."

Papa, overhearing, cried out:

"Ah, you bad boy! Tie papa to a post, would you? That would hurt papa badly."

Bobby took fright, and said hesitatingly:

"But, papa, you know it would be a golden post, with a bit of writing on it—'For Bravery.