The Story of a Bad Little Boy <Tab/>"Once he stole the teacher's penknife, and, when he was afraid it would be found out and he would get whipped, he slipped it into Wilson's cap - poor Widow Wilson's son, the moral boy, the good little boy of the village, who always obeyed his mother, and never told an untruth, and was fond of his lessons, and infatuated with Sunday-School." &…showed first 75 words of 387 total…

…showed last 75 words of 387 total…village, and is universally respected, and belongs to the legislature." Jim got married and raised a large family, the normal future of any man or woman. In the end, Jim's life turned out immensely prosperous, just as anyone would have hoped, but he remained a scoundrel. Life is not perfect. "There never was a bad James in the Sunday-School books that had such a streak of luck as this sinful Jim with the charmed life"