Noah was a charity－boy

Noah was a charity－boy Noah was a charity－boy， but not a workhouse orphan； he at least knew who his parents were. But for a long time all the local shop－boys had insulted him because he wore the uniform of a charity-boy． Now fortune had brought him a creature in an even lower position in society than himself．

Noah intended to repay to O liver every insult he had ever received，and to make the new boy’s life a misery.

After a few weeks，Mr Sowerberry decided that he liked O liver’s appearance enough to train him in the undertaking business．O liver’s permanent expression of sadness was very suitable，the undertaker thought，for collecting dead bodies from houses and accompanying the coffins to funerals.