Children's Definitions.
Children have often a happy knack of making apt illustrations. A boy on being asked to describe a kitten, said : "A kitten is remarkable for rushing like mad at nothing whatever, and stopping before it gets there."
— " Johnny," he whispered to her little brother, " did your sister get a note from me last night ? It waß written on pink paper." " I think she must have got it," said Johnny, " 'cause when she came down to breakfast this morning her hair was done up in pink curl papers."
— Little Miss Lily has been allowed to come to the table on the occasion of her mamma's birthday, after promising that she would be very very good. "Unfortunately, she was seated opposite a gentleman who was entirely bald. After some cime spent in awe-stricken contemplation of the phenomenon, she could not help remarking to her mother in a quite audible stage-whisper: — " Oh, mamma, see that gentleman. His head is all naked."
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Observer, Volume 9, Issue 554, 10 August 1889, Page 4
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160Children's Definitions. Observer, Volume 9, Issue 554, 10 August 1889, Page 4
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