First I only threatened and tried in that way to force Edwin down and keep Eugene from going further.

But they kept on sneering at me till Edwin had reached the first branch and was shaking it so hard that the lovely plums came spattering to the ground.

I got so furious at that that I began to beat first the boy higher up and then the lower one.

First, Edwin tumbled down on top of Eugene and then they both ran away moaning, while I kept on striking them.

They left the plums on the ground and I followed them." "It is terrible, Bruno, that such scenes have to come up between you all the time," the mother lamented.