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Identifier: timboojolibaorar00abbo (find matches)
Title: Timboo and Joliba; or The art of being useful
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879
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Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
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imboo knew very well how to grind a knife, although this isan operation which requires considerable judgment and skill. Ashe held the blade upon the stone, the other boys turned the stone,one after another, each one giving place to the next after makingtwenty revolutions. The gaps in the edge of the blade graduallydisappeared, and the edge became straight and smooth. Timbooalso ground the end of the blade, so as to make a new point wherethe old one had been broken off. All this time he continued talk-ing to the boys; and he amused them a great deal by the stories 42 WORK IN THE GARDEX. Timboos stories. The whale and two boats. Honing. he told them of Joliba and of the sea, and by his queer and piquantremarks on every subject that came up. One story that he told them, and it was one which interestedthem very much, was about his being on board a whaling shipat one time, among icebergs, when two boats made fast to onewhale, and were drawn through the water after him with great ve-locity.
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THE WHALE AND THE TWO BOATS. When the grinding was finished, Timboo honed the blade of theknife, using for this purpose a hone which he found upon the work-bench. At last he said that he thought the edge was in good or- WORK IN THE GARDEN. 43 Timboo says that now the boys must work for hir der, and he took up a piece of wood that lay upon the floor to tryit. It cut like a razor. Let me try it, said CaiToU. So Timboo gave Carroll the knife, and after Can*oll had triedit, Oscar and Mark wished to try it too. They were all exceed-ingly pleased with the operation of it. Now, said Mark, you must come and finish my boat. No, replied Timboo, I have worked long enough for you now.You must go and work a while for me before I do any thing more. Well, said Carroll, what shall we do for you ? Let us look about, said Timboo, and see what there is tobe done for me. So saying, Timboo went out of the shop, the other boys follow-ing him, and wondering Avhat he was going to do next. In fact,the more th

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