1 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: Welcome sleep night stories, Little Daffy down Dilly. I slept 2 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:29,639 Speaker 1: and dreamed that life was beauty. I woke and found 3 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: that life was duty. Daffy down Dilly was so called 4 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 1: because in his nature he resembled a flower, and loved 5 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: to do only what was beautiful and agreeable, and took 6 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: no delight in labor of any kind. But while Daffy 7 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: down Dilly was yet a little boy, his mother sent 8 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: him away from his pleasant home and put him under 9 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: the care of a very strict schoolmaster, who went by 10 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: the name of mister Toyle. Those who knew him best 11 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: affirmed that this mister Toyle was a very worthy character, 12 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: and that he had done more good, both to children 13 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: and grown people, than anyone else in the world. Certainly, 14 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: he had lived long enough to do a great deal 15 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: of good, for if all the stories be true, he 16 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: had dwelt upon earth ever since Adam was driven from 17 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: the garden of Eden. Nevertheless, mister Toyle had a severe 18 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: and ugly countenance, especially for such little boys or big 19 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: men as were inclined to be idle. His voice, too 20 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: was harsh, and all his ways and customs seemed very 21 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: disagreed to our friend Daffy down Dilly. The whole day long, 22 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: this terrible schoolmaster sat at his desk overlooking the scholars, 23 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: or stalked about the schoolroom with a certain awful birch 24 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: rod in his hand. Now came a rap over the 25 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: shoulders of a boy whom mister Toyle had caught at play. 26 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: Now he punished a whole class who were behindhand with 27 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: their lessons, and in short, unless they lad chose to 28 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: attend quietly and constantly to his book, he had no 29 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: chance of enjoying a quiet moment in the schoolroom of 30 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: mister Toyle. This will never do for me, thought Daffy 31 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: down Dilly. Now the whole of Daffy Down Dilly's life 32 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 1: had hitherto been passed with his dear mother, who had 33 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: a much sweeter face than old mister Toyle, and who 34 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 1: had always has been very indulgent to her little boy. 35 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: No wonder therefore that poor Daffy down Dilly found it 36 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: a woeful change to be sent away from the good 37 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: lady's side and put under the care of this ugly schoolmaster, 38 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: who never gave him any apples or cakes, and seemed 39 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: to think that little boys were created only to get lessons. 40 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: I can't bear it any longer, said Daffy down Dilly 41 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: to himself, when he had been at school for about 42 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: a week. I will run away and try to find 43 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: my dear mother, and at any rate I shall never 44 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: find any one half so disagreeable as this old mister Toil. 45 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: So the very next morning off started poor Daffy down 46 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: Dilly and began his rambles about the world, with only 47 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: some bread and cheese for his breakfast and very little 48 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: pocket money to pay his expenses. But he had gone 49 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: only a short distance when he overtook a man of 50 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: grave and sedate appearance, who was trudging at a moderate 51 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: pace along the road. Good morning, my lad, said the stranger, 52 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: and his voice seemed hard and severe, but yet had 53 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: a sort of kindness in it. Whence do you come 54 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: so early? And whither are you going? Little Daffy down 55 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: Dilly was a boy of a very ingenious disposition, and 56 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: had never been known to tell a lie in all 57 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: his life, nor did he tell one now. He hesitated 58 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 1: a moment or two, but finally confessed that he had 59 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,799 Speaker 1: run away from school on account of his great dislike 60 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: for mister Toyle, and that he was resolved to find 61 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: some place in the world where he should never see 62 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: or hear of the old schoolmaster again. Oh very well, 63 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: my little friend, answered the stranger. Then we will go together, 64 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 1: for I likewise have had a good deal to do 65 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: with mister Toyle, and should be glad to find some 66 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: place where he was never heard of. Our friend, Daffy 67 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: Downdilly would have been better pleased with a companion of 68 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: his own age, with whom he might have gathered flowers 69 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: along the roadside, or have chased butterflies, or have done 70 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: many other things to make the journey pleasant. But he 71 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: had wisdom enough to understand that he should get along 72 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,840 Speaker 1: through the world much easier by having a man of 73 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: experience to show him the way. So he accepted the 74 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: stranger's proposal, and they walked on very sociably together. They 75 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: had not gone far when the road passed by a 76 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: field where some haymakers were at work mowing down the 77 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 1: tall grass and spreading it out in the sun to 78 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: dry Daffy down. Dilly was delighted with the sweet smell 79 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: of the new mown grass, and thought, how much pleasanter 80 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: it must be to make hay in the sunshine under 81 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: the blue sky, and with the birds singing sweetly in 82 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: the neighboring trees and bushes. Then to be shut up 83 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:32,799 Speaker 1: in a dismal school room, learning lessons all day long, 84 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: and continually scolded by old mister Toil. But in the 85 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: midst of these thoughts, while he was stopping to peep 86 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: over the stone wall, he started back and caught hold 87 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: of his companion's hand. Quick quick cried, he let us 88 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: run away, or he will catch us. Who will catch us? 89 00:06:55,520 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: Asked the stranger, mister Toyle. The schoolmaster answered, Daffy, don't 90 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 1: you see him amongst the haymakers, And Daffy down Dilly 91 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: pointed to an elderly man who seemed to be the 92 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: owner of the field and the employer of the men 93 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: at work there. He had stripped off his coat and waistcoat, 94 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: and was busily at work in his shirt sleeves. The 95 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: drops of sweat stood upon his brow, but he gave 96 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: himself not a moment's rest, and kept crying out to 97 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: the haymakers to make hay while the sun shone. Now 98 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: strange to say, the figure and features of this old 99 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: farmer were precisely the same as those of old mister Toyle, 100 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: who at that very moment must have been just entering 101 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: his school room. Don't be afraid, said the stranger. This 102 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: is not mister Toyle, the schoolmaster, but a brother of 103 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: his who was bred a farmer, and the people say 104 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: he is far more disagreeable. However, he won't trouble you 105 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: unless you become a laborer on the farm. Little Daffy 106 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: down Dilly believed what his companion said, but he was 107 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: very glad nevertheless, when they were out of sight of 108 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: the old farmer who bore such a singular resemblance to 109 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: mister Toyle, the two travelers had gone but little further. 110 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: When they came to a spot where some carpenters were 111 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: building a house. Daffy down Dilly begged his companion to 112 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: stop a moment, for it was a very pretty sight 113 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: to see how neatly the carpenters did their work with 114 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: their broad axes and saws and planes and hammers, shaping 115 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: out the doors and putting in the window sashes and 116 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: nailing up the clapboards. And he could not help thinking 117 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: that he should like to have a broad axe, a saw, 118 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: a plane and a hammer and build a little house 119 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: for himself, and then when he should have a house 120 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: of his own. Old mister Toyle would never dare to 121 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: molest him. But just while he was delighting himself with 122 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: the idea little Daffy down Dilly saw something that made 123 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: him catch hold of his companion's hand. All in affright, 124 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: make haste, quick, quick, cried he There he is again, 125 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: who asked the stranger, Very quietly, Old mister Toyle, said, 126 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 1: Daffy down Dilly, trembling, there he is overseeing the carpenter's 127 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: tis my old schoolmaster, as sure as I'm alive. The 128 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 1: stranger cast his eyes where Daffy down Dilly pointed his finger, 129 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: and he saw an elderly man with a carpenter's rule 130 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: and compass in his hand. This person went to and 131 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: fro from the unfinished house, measuring pieces of timber and 132 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 1: marking of the work that was to be done, and 133 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: continuously telling the other carpenters to be diligent. And whenever 134 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: he turned his hard and wrinkled face, the men seemed 135 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: to feel that the taskmaster was over them, and they 136 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: sawed and hammered and plained as if for dear life. 137 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: Oh no, this is not mister Toyle. The schoolmaster said 138 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 1: the stranger. It is another brother of his who follows 139 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: the trade of carpenter. Oh I am very glad to 140 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: hear it, said Daffy down Dilly, But if you please, sir, 141 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: I should like to get out of his way as 142 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: soon as possible. Then they went on a little further 143 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 1: and soon heard the sound of a drum and fife. 144 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: Daffy down Dilly pricked up his ears at this, and 145 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: sought his companion to hurry forward, that they might not 146 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: miss seeing the soldiers. Accordingly, they made what haste they could, 147 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: and soon met a company of soldiers, gaily dressed, with 148 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: beautiful feathers in their caps and bright muskets on their shoulders. 149 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 1: In front marched two drummers and two fifers, beating on 150 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: their drums and playing such lively music that little Daffy 151 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: down Dilly would gladly have followed them to the end 152 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: of the world. And if he was only a soldier, 153 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: then he said to himself, old mister Toyle would never 154 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: venture to look him in the face. Quick step forward 155 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: march shouted a gruff voice. Little Daffy Down Dilly started 156 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: in great dismay for this voice, which had spoken to 157 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 1: the soldiers sounded precisely the same as that which he 158 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 1: had heard every day in mister Toyle's schoolroom, out of 159 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: mister Toyle's own mouth, And turning his eyes to the 160 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,679 Speaker 1: captain of the company, what should he see but the 161 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: very image of old mister Toyle himself, with a smart 162 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 1: cap and feather on his head, a laced coat on 163 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: his back, a purple sash around his waist, and a 164 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: long sword instead of a birch rod in his hand. 165 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: And though he held his head so high and strutted 166 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 1: like a turkey cock, still he looked quite as ugly 167 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: and disagreeable as when he was hearing lessons in the schoolroom. 168 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: Oh this is certainly old mister Toyle, said Daffy Dalndilli 169 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: in a trembling voice. Let us run away for fear 170 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 1: he should make us enlist in his company. You are 171 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: mistaken again, my little friend, replied the stranger, very composedly. 172 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: This is not mister Toyle, the schoolmaster, but a brother 173 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: of his who has served in the army all of 174 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 1: his life. People say he's a terribly severe fellow, but 175 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 1: you and I need not be afraid of him. Well, well, 176 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: said little Daffy down Dilly, But if you please, sir, 177 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: I don't want to see the soldiers any more. So 178 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: the child and the stranger resumed their journey, and by 179 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 1: and by they came to a house by the road side, 180 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: where a number of people were making merry. Young men 181 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: and rosy cheeked girls with smiles on their faces were 182 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: dancing to the sound of a fiddle. It was the 183 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 1: pleasantest sight that Daffy down Dilly had yet met with, 184 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 1: and it comforted him for all of his disappointments. Oh 185 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 1: let us stop here, cried he to his companion, for 186 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:42,719 Speaker 1: mister Toyle would never dare to show his face where 187 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 1: there is a fiddler, and where people are dancing and 188 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: making merry. We shall be quite safe here. But these 189 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: last words died away on Daffy down Dilly's tongue, for 190 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 1: happening to cast his eyes on the fiddler, whom should 191 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: he behold again? But the likeness of mister Toyle holding 192 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: a fiddle bow instead of a birch rod, and flourishing 193 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 1: with such ease and dexterity as if he had been 194 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: a fiddler all of his life. He had somewhat the 195 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: air of a Frenchman, but still looked exactly like the 196 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 1: old schoolmaster, and Daffy Dwndilly even fancied that he nodded 197 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 1: and winked at him, and made signs for him to 198 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: join in the dance. Oh dear me, whispered he, turning pale. 199 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: It seems as if there was nobody but mister Toyle 200 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: in the world who could have thought of his playing 201 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: on a fiddle. This is not your old schoolmaster, observed 202 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: the stranger, but another brother of his, who was bred 203 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: in France, where he learned the profession of a fiddler. 204 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: He is ashamed of his family and generally calls himself 205 00:14:55,560 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: Monsieur le Praziere. But his real name is Toyle, and 206 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: those who have known him best think him still more 207 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: disagreeable than his brothers. Oh take me back, take me back, 208 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: cried poor little Daffy down Dilly, bursting into tears. If 209 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: there is nothing but toil all the world over, they 210 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: may just as well go back to the schoolhouse. Yonder 211 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: it is there is the schoolhouse, said the stranger. For 212 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: though he and Daffy down Dilly had taken a great 213 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: many steps, they had traveled in a circle instead of 214 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: a straight line. Come, we will go back to school together. 215 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: There was something in his companion's voice that Little Daffy 216 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: down Dilly now remembered, and it is strange that he 217 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: had not remembered it sooner. Looking up into his face, 218 00:15:56,400 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: behold there again was the likeness of mister Old Toil, 219 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: so that the poor child had been in company with 220 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: Toil all day, even while he was doing his best 221 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: to run away from him. Some people to whom I 222 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: have told Little Daffy down Dilly's story are of the 223 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: opinion that mister Toyle was a magician and possessed the 224 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: power of multiplying himself into as many shapes as he 225 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: saw fit. Be that, as it may, little Daffy down 226 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: Dilly had learned a good lesson, and from that time 227 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: forward was diligent at his task, because he knew that 228 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: diligence is not a whit more toilsome than sport or idleness. 229 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: And when he became better acquainted with mister Toyle, he 230 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: began to think that his ways were not so very disagreeable, 231 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: and that the old schoolmaster's smile of approbation made his 232 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: face all almost as pleasant as even that of Daffy 233 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 1: down Dilly's mother.