I have been kicked pretty badly several times, in fights by rough fellows at home in Shadwell, but it never hurt like this;" and he rubbed his aching legs ruefully.
"Well, Uncle, I am very much obliged to you for putting me up to practising this position.

It seemed to me that it would be quite a simple thing, to walk along quietly, and to move my arms about as they do; but I never thought of this.
"I wonder, Mother, you never told me that, above all things, I should have to learn to squat on my heels for any time.

It would not have been so difficult to learn it, five or six years ago, when I was not anything like so heavy as I am now." "It never once occurred to me, Dick.

I wish it had.

I thought I had foreseen every difficulty, but it never once came into my mind that, in order to pass as a native, you must be able to sit like one." "Ah, well, I shall learn in time, Mother," Dick replied cheerfully.
"Every exercise is hard at first, but one soon gets accustomed to it." Dick threw himself with his usual energy into his new work.