He was a very faithful and honest servant , and his master , Mr. Shelby , was kind to him . Uncle Tom 's wife was called Aunt Chloe . She was Mr. Shelby 's head cook , and a very good one too , she was . Nobody in all the country round could make such delicious pies and cakes as Aunt Chloe . Uncle Tom and Aunt Chloe lived together in a pretty little cottage built of wood , quite close to Mr. Shelby 's big house . The little cottage was covered with climbing roses , and the garden was full of beautiful bright flowers and lovely fruit trees . Uncle Tom and Aunt Chloe lived happily for many years in their little cottage , or cabin , as it was called . All day Uncle Tom used to work in the fields , while Aunt Chloe was busy in the kitchen at Mr. Shelby 's house . When evening came they both went home to their cottage and their children , and were merry together . Mr. Shelby was a good man , and kind to his slaves , but he was not very careful of his money . When he had spent all he had , he did not know what to do to get more . At last he borrowed money from a man called Haley , hoping to be able to pay it back again some day . But that day never came . Haley grew impatient , and said , ` If you do n't pay what you owe me , I will take your house and lands , and sell them to pay myself back all the money I have lent to you . ' So Mr. Shelby sold everything he could spare and gathered money together in every way he could think of , but still there was not enough . Then Haley said , ` Give me that slave of yours called Tom -- he is worth a lot of money . ' But Mr. Shelby knew that Haley was not a nice man . He knew he did not want Tom for a servant , but only wanted to sell him again , to make more money . So Mr. Shelby said , ` No , I ca n't do that . I never mean to sell any of my slaves , least of all Tom .
He has been XXXXX me since he was a little boy . '
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