The Scarlet Ibis

Why does the narrator cry when everyone congratulates him for teaching Doodle to walk?

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"What are you crying for?" asked Daddy, but I couldn't answer. They did not know that I did it for myself, that pride, whose slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices, and that Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother.

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The Scarlet Ibis