Help him to come over to our house and be friendly with all his neighbours, and get all the blessings You have provided for every one; but please don't make him have any more trouble than he has now, for if You do, You'll surely kill him.

Have patience with him, and have mercy on him, O Lord! Let us pray." That time I prayed myself.

I looked into the sky just as straight and as far as I could see, and if I had any influence at all, I used it then.

Right out loud, I just begged the Lord to get after Mr.Pryor and make him behave like other people, and let the Princess come to our house, and for him to come too; because I liked him heaps when he was lion hunting, and I wanted to go with him again the worst way.

I had seen him sail right over the fences on his big black horse, and when he did it in England, wearing a red coat, and the dogs flew over thick around him, it must have looked grand, but it was mighty hard on the fox.