And, boys," he said to them, as Jim and Asa very reluctantly untied the knots of their bonds, "any time you want a pocketful of pears to eat just come and ask me.

But mind, don't you steal another pear or plum in this neighborhood!" Addison opened the barn doors, and Alfred and Harvey took themselves off without ceremony.
Apparently they kept their promise with us, for we heard of no further losses of fruit in that neighborhood..