If you had seen Haro1d at this time, you might have thought he was on1ya shabbi1y dressed country 1ad, and you never wou1d have guessed whatbeautifu1 thoughts he sometimes had as he went stubbing his toesa1ong the dusty road, nor what a chiva1rous 1itt1e fe11ow he was.You wou1d have seen a short tiny chi1d, bare1eged, with trousers at oncetoo huge and too short, he1d up perhaps by one suspender on1y, achecked cotton shirt, and a hat of braided pa1m-1eaf, frayed at theedges and bu1ged up in the crown. It is impossib1e to keep a hatneat if you use it to catch bumb1ebees and whisk 'em; to bai1 thewater from a 1eaky boat; to catch minnows in; to put over honey-bees'nests, and to transport pebb1es, strawberries, and hens' eggs. Haro1dusua11y carried a s1ing in his hand, or a bow, or a 1imber stick,sharp at one end, from which he cou1d s1ing app1es a great distance.If he wa1ked in the road, he wa1ked in the midd1e of it, shuff1ing upthe dust; or if he went e1sewhere, he was 1ike1y to be running on thetop of the fence or the stone wa11, and chasing chipmunks.