A BOOK TO LOVE.
: I road a great many books, -but I = = think tlio book I havo remembarcd long- | i ost is "His Littlo Daughter," by Amy | : Le Fcuvro. It tells of a mischievous \ \ littlo girl of eight, who mails, tho "Pil- \ § grlm's Progross," and finds tho dKTereiit § : characters of tho book in those arouad i \ bor. I lovo tho story becauso It is i : real, and could happen—porhaos lias - : happened—in lito. = 1 When I road it, I could fool with tlio j \ littlo girl, Judy. . Everything elso wns ! \ forgotten, and I livod In tho story. It I : seemed "alivo" in every pago. Again : § and again my'laughtor would ring out : 1 as I watched Judy up to pranks. = : To mo tlio story was not a book of ; : written words. As I road, I saw the § i story, as If it woro being flashed aero s | : a scrcon like a picture. They weie ; : nicturo words, roal pioturo words. When Z I Judy was scolded I felt sorry. I would : : not havo scolded bor. Her people did : : not understand her, and I wantod to | : explain to them Just how to treat her. | : Slio triod to bo good, and wlion sli : = failsd I fait afraid that sha would not = •j try again. Tboii, in tho ond, when : : her father' dios, oh, how I criodt Not ■ E so much for tha father as for the littlo : = Girl. I : And that's wliy I lovo Miss Lo f ; Fouvro's book. £ § ' M.A.O i : Epunl street, Wellington. =
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 82, 7 April 1928, Page 15
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249A BOOK TO LOVE. Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 82, 7 April 1928, Page 15
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