I'm not condemning any form of
amusement we ever patronized so much, we'll probably do all of it again;
but what gets me now, is how I ever came to think that the only
_interesting things_ and those worth taking time and spending money on,
were running to Multiopolis, to eat, to laugh, to look, and getting little
to show for it but disappointment and suffering for all of us. You haven't
had the only punishment that's struck the Harding family this week,
Junior. Your Ma and I have had our share, and I haven't asked her if she
has got enough, but speaking strictly for myself, I have."
"I wouldn't live through it again for the farm," sobbed Mrs. Harding. "I
see what you are getting at Pa, and it's we who are the guilty parties,
just as you say."
Junior sat up and stared at them.
"I don't so much regret the things I did," said Peter, "as I condemn
myself for the things I haven't done. I haven't taught you to ride so you
don't look a spectacle on a horse, and yet horses should come as natural
as breathing to you.
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