If it was n't for Lita and Miss Celia , I do n't believe I could stand it , '' he said , one day , in a fit of despair , about a week after the sad event . `` Oh , come now , do n't give up so , old fellow . We 'll find him if he s alive , and if he is n't I 'll try and get you another as good , '' answered Thorny , with a friendly slap on the shoulder , as Ben sat disconsolately among the beans he had been hoeing . `` As if there ever could be another half as good ! '' cried Ben , indignant at the idea ; `` or as if I 'd ever try to fill his place with the best and biggest dog that ever wagged a tail ! No , sir , there 's only one Sanch in all the world , and if I ca n't have him I 'll never have a dog again . '' `` Try some other sort of pet , then . You may have any of mine you like . Have the peacocks ; do now , '' urged Thorny , full of boyish sympathy and good-will . `` They are dreadful pretty , but I do n't seem to care about em , thank you , '' replied the mourner . `` Have the rabbits , all of them , '' which was a handsome offer on Thorny 's part , for there were a dozen at least . `` They do n't love a fellow as a dog does ; all they care for is stuff to eat and dirt to burrow in . I 'm sick of rabbits . '' And well he might be , for he had had the charge of them ever since they came , and any boy who has ever kept bunnies knows what a care they are . `` So am I ! Guess we 'll have an auction and sell out . Would Jack be a comfort to you ? If he will , you may have him . I 'm so well now , I can walk , or ride anything , '' added Thorny , in a burst of generosity . `` Jack could n't be with me always , as Sanch was , and I could n't keep him if I had him . ''
Ben tried to be grateful , but nothing short of XXXXX would have healed his wounded heart , and she was not Thorny 's to give , or he would probably have offered her to his afflicted friend .
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