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64 HENRY'S BIRTHDAY.<br />
However, he did not delay. The potatoes<br />
were soon dug, and put in a basket. They were<br />
fully grown, and nearly ripe. Henry said they<br />
were a great deal larger than he expected, and<br />
that they yielded well ; for he never procured so<br />
many potatoes from so small a number of hills<br />
before in his life. But he forgot that he had<br />
not dug many potatoes. His life, so far at<br />
least as concerned the garden, had been very<br />
short.<br />
He had dug twice as many as Mrs. Fenton<br />
would be likely to use in a single day, and they<br />
were rather heavy to carry so far, yet he went<br />
bravely along: the pleasure he felt made the<br />
load lighter. The half mile — for that was the<br />
distance — was soon gone over, and he was at<br />
Mrs. Fenton's door.
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