Henry James Alden Quotes

“He gave them four dollars and all the cherries they could carry. ‘That is too much,’ said Henry.”

“Then a man asked, ‘What is your name, boy?’ Henry did not know what to say. He did not want to tell his name. So he answered, ‘Henry James.’ Now this was Henry’s name, but it was not all of his name.”

“I called after him and asked him if I could cut the grass. So I cut the grass, and he said, ‘Good for you. Do you want to work every day?’ And he said he had never had a boy who cut it as well as I did.‘”

“Poor Henry was so surprised he almost fell over! That kind man his grandfather.”

″‘He is our father’s father, and he didn’t like our mother,’ said Henry. ‘So we don’t think he would like us. We are afraid he would be mean to us.‘”