He did this till he was tired, and then he brought the ball and laid it at Miss Laura's feet.
We both had been taught a number of tricks.

We could sneeze and cough, and be dead dogs, and say our prayers, and stand on our heads, and mount a ladder and say the alphabet, this was the hardest of all, and it took Miss Laura a long time to teach us.

We never began till a book was laid before us.

Then we stared at it, and Miss Laura said, "Begin, Joe and Billy say A." For A, we gave a little squeal.

B was louder C was louder still.