moonscriptx:“He was a boisterous, pallid, nimble, wide-awake, jeering, lad, with a vivacious but sic

moonscriptx:“He was a boisterous, pallid, nimble, wide-awake, jeering, lad, with a vivacious but sickly air. He went and came, sang, played at hopscotch, scraped the gutters, stole a little, but, like cats and sparrows, gayly laughed when he was called a rogue, and got angry when called a thief. He had no shelter, no bread, no fire, no love; but he was merry because he was free.” -- source link

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