A shadow darkened the doorway.

He did not see that, for his face was still hidden.

There was a step on the barn floor, and a rustling in the hay beside him; then George's hand rested lightly on his head, and his voice said, soothingly, "There, there! I wouldn't cry about it." "Oh, I nevah thought about things that way befo'!" sobbed John Jay.
"I'll nevah sneak out of the work again.

I'll tote the wood and watah 'thout waitin' to be asked, an' I'll nevah lick out my tongue at her behine her back as long as I live!" George bit his lips to keep from laughing, although he was touched by the little penitent's distress.
"Do you know why I said such hard things to you ?" he asked.

"It was to open your eyes.