The Boy Scout
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Ten cents for a cinema ticket sends Jimmie Reeder onto a hot road with a heavy suitcase. The young New York office boy, who helps support his mother and sister, is heading for Scout camp on Hunter's Island. He gives Sadie the money he can save by walking part of the route, then struggles with what accepting a motorist's lift would mean for his daily good turn.
Richard Harding Davis builds this short tale around the practical consequences of kindness. Jimmie's earnest reasoning challenges the driver, while scenes among stockbrokers and clerks bring generosity into the working world. A couple preparing for a sea voyage consider sharing their comfortable flat with newly married relatives enduring the city heat. Humorous conversation and concrete details of fares, rooms and luggage give the moral theme an everyday scale, making the story useful for readers interested in how small acts affect other people.
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Book facts
- Author
- Richard Harding Davis
- Reading time
- About 25 minutes
- Pages
- 18
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Childrens Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online