Hearing the lessons he gives to others has interested and amused me so much that I took a fancy to learn , for Tina runs in and out , leaving the door open , and I can hear . I had been sitting near this door , finishing off the last sock , and trying to understand what he said to a new scholar , who is as stupid as I am . The girl had gone , and I thought he had also , it was so still , and I was busily gabbling over a verb , and rocking to and fro in a most absurd way , when a little crow made me look up , and there was Mr. Bhaer looking and laughing quietly , while he made signs to Tina not to betray him . `` So ! '' he said , as I stopped and stared like a goose , `` you peep at me , I peep at you , and this is not bad , but see , I am not pleasanting when I say , haf you a wish for German ? '' `` Yes , but you are too busy . I am too stupid to learn , '' I blundered out , as red as a peony . `` Prut ! We will make the time , and we fail not to find the sense . At efening I shall gif a little lesson with much gladness , for look you , Mees Marsch , I haf this debt to pay . '' And he pointed to my work ` Yes , ' they say to one another , these so kind ladies , ` he is a stupid old fellow , he will see not what we do , he will never observe that his sock heels go not in holes any more , he will think his buttons grow out new when they fall , and believe that strings make theirselves . ' `` Ah ! But I haf an eye , and I see much . I haf a heart , and I feel thanks for this . Come , a little lesson then and now , or -- no more good fairy works for me and mine . '' Of course I could n't say anything after that , and as it really is a splendid opportunity , I made the bargain , and we began . I took four lessons , and then I stuck fast in a grammatical bog . The Professor was very patient with me , but it must have been torment to him , and now and then he 'd look at me with such an expression of mild despair that it was a toss-up with me whether to laugh or cry . I tried both ways , and when it came to a sniff or utter mortification and woe , he just threw the grammar on to the floor and marched out of the room . I felt myself disgraced and deserted forever , but did n't blame him a particle , and was scrambling my papers together , meaning to rush upstairs and shake myself hard , when in he came , as brisk and beaming as if I 'd covered myself in glory .
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