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-LSB- Illustration : `` Little Horace '' -RSB- Horace was sad . `` No , '' he said , `` I ca n't . I 've got to go home . '' At noon his mother had admonished him : `` Now , Horace , you come straight home as soon as school is out . Do you hear ? And do n't you get them nice new mittens all wet , either . Do you hear ? ''