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Saying to Himself, "It Serves Me Right"

serves me right. I was determined to run away. I listened to the advice of bad companions, and that is why I am so unhappy now. If I had been a good boy as so many boys are, if I had wanted to study and to work, if I had stayed at home with my father, I should not be here now, sleeping in a dog house, and watching a chicken coop, like a dog! Oh, if only I could begin all over again' But now it is too late."

And giving a great sigh, he entered the kennel and fell asleep.