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to know when you should have the say abont
things if not on your ovvn barn steps.
More and more children gathered; they
swarmed up the hiil. I stood on the barn steps
with a long whip. If any one came too near—
swish!
At last—liere came the horses! First a hig
white horse that a groom was leading by the
bridle, then two small shaggy ponies, then a hig
red horse that carried his head high, and then
the whole troop following. Some were loose
and jumped in among us children; the grooms
scolded and shouted both in German and in
Polish; a few small, rough-coated dogs rushed
around catching hold of the skirts of some of
the giris, who ran and screamed.
Suddenly a little swarthy groom got furious
at all of us children who were standing around
and drove us down the hili. It made me angry
to have him chase me away too, especially
be-cause all the others saw it. At first I thought
of making a speech to him in German and
tell-ing him who I was and that the barn was mine;
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