CHILDREN'S SAYINGS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume V, Issue 49, 6 December 1890, Page 19

CHILDREN'S SAYINGS.

Sidney and Edna were amusing themselves and their parents by telling Bible stories in their own childish language. In telling of Joseph ami his brethren he could not recall the exact words to describe Joseph’s many-hued coat, so, hesitating a moment lie finally exclaimed, ‘ Why, his crazy-coat, you know !’ Due morning our three-year-old made an early inspection of the kitchen. After interviewing the cook, he found that they were to have boiled eggs, of which he was very fond. He ran through the hall, shouting to the family to ‘ Hurry up, for we are going to have eggs for breakfast with the covers on.’ Little three-year-old Mollie awoke the second time in the night and asked for water. When told by her mother that she had had some once, she replied, ‘ Yes, mamma, but that is all soaked into my bones.’ Pointing out some pears to an older boy who did not look in the right direction, Martie said, ‘ There they are '. you must be deaj of seeing.’ Nellie’s brother hail the toothache, and the next morning his face was badly swollen. When Nellie saw him she began to laugh. ‘O mamma,’ she cried, ‘just see how Frankie’s mouth sags !’