"Go ahead," said Tom.
And the other boy began: "_One--two--three_"--
Tom started, and ran. I"m not sure but he had boasted so much about his jumping, that he had almost made himself believe he really could jump over that fence. At any rate, he tried it, and--failed, of course. His feet struck the fence about three quarters of the distance from the ground, and over he went, head foremost, into the goat pasture. It was fortunate for him that he did not break his neck. As it was, his _spirit_ was broken, and that was about all. He went home a much humbler boy than he was when he came to the goat pasture; and a somewhat wiser one, too. After that unfortunate leap, if Tom ever boasted largely of what he could do and what he had done, it was a very common thing for his playmates to say, "Take care, Tom; remember that famous leap."
_Woodworth"s Juvenile Works_.
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PUBLISH THE FOLLOWING JUVENILE WORKS, By Francis C. Woodworth,
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V. MIKE MARBLE; His Crotchets and Oddities.
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