< Back to Index

It was lonely upon the farm, especially when his father and mother were both busy at work, but the boy had one way to amuse himself that served to pass many an hour when he would not otherwise have known what to do.  He was very fond of music, and his father one day brought him from the town a small fiddle, or violin, which he soon learned to play.  I don't suppose he was a very fine musician, but the tunes he played pleased himself; as well as his father and mother, and Bobby's fiddle soon became his constant companion.

< Prev          Next page >