THE LITTLE ONES.
A little boy was recently promoted to the head of his class bv the teacher for his originality in spelling the word cat—q-u-a-t-te. A little girl in school said dessert was ‘ what you eat when you’ve got all done eating,’ and an older pupil spoke of a skeleton as ‘ a man that ain’t got any meat on.’
* Eugene,’ said one little fellow to the other, ‘ you hit me hard with your whip, then I’ll cry as loud as I can. Mamma will give me a cake to make me stop, and then I’ll share the cake with you. Go
It is computed that at present there are at least 18 millions of girls in India of a school-going age.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 13, 1 April 1893, Page 311
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122THE LITTLE ONES. New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 13, 1 April 1893, Page 311
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