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`` And Ma gets kinder white and her lips is trembly , and she says , ` I guess he 'll have to go , ' and she says to Pete , ` Do you wanter go to school , Pete ? ' and Pete says he 's crazy to go . `` So Pa says to me , ` You 'd better take him along , Willyum , I guess there 's no need for me to go tottin ' up there . ' `` But Ma says to Pa , ` I 'd kinder like you to take him , Joe , the first day , ' she says , ` and I 'll go and meet him at noon , ' she says . `` And you bet Pa does what Ma asks him , he 's that set on her . So Pa takes him , and I seen Ma crying when they starts , so I pikes out after 'em quick , for it makes me feel kinder queer to see Ma and Pa feeling bad about anything . `` Pa goes to the principal , and he asks Pete the same old fool things they ask every boy and girl what goes to school , and finds out Pete can read and write some , so he sticks him in the first form , and , of course , it 's a lady teacher .