The Duke's command (4)

The Duke's command (4)

The one place where George Frederick could listen to music without making Papa angry was in church.

He would watch in wonder as the organist's hands skipped from one keyboard to another.
And he choir !

He had listened with such interest that he knew all the parts by heart.

One day his father decided to visit a relative who worked for Duke of Saxony.

George Frederick knew that the duke had his own musicians a d his own church organist.

The boy begged to be taken along, but papa refused.
The more George Frederick pleaded, the more stubborn papa became.

" Absolutely not ! " he thundered.
" You will only be in the way. "

There was no changing his mind, but George Frederick decided to follow papa !
He hid in the bushes by the side of the road.

As the carriage passed by, he jumped up and ran after it.
He tried his best to keep up the pace, but the hordses were too awift.

He ran until he was too tired to go a step farther.
His legs gave way, and down he slumped.

The coachman chanced to see him fall, and stopped the horses at once.
Papa leaning out to see what had happened, was very upset at the sight of his son.

After being helped into a carriage, George Frederick promised to be ever so good if only he could remain.

Papa soon gave in.

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