Children's Sayings.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXI, Issue IX, 29 August 1903, Page 637

Children's Sayings.

Tommy: We’ve got a new baby at out house. Sally (with upturned nose) : We don’t want one: we’ve got a piano. While walking in the suburbs the Bishop of Norwich met a little girl of alxuit eight or nine, who asked. “Oh please sir. will you open this gate foi me?” The bishop, smiling on the demure little maiden, held back the gate for her to pass through, and when she thanked him with a >mile he asked her if she was not big enough to open the garden gate herself. “Oh. yes. sir.” she replied sweetly: “but. you see. the paint is wet and 1 should have dirtied my hands.” A gentleman went to a shop one day to buy something. It was early, and the shopkeeper and his little boy were alone in the house. The shopkeeper had to go upstairs to get his cashbox in order to procure some change, but before doing so he went into the little room next the shop and whispered to the boy. “ Watch the gentleman that he don’t steal rny thing.” and. bringing him out. seated him on the counter. As soon as the shopkeeper returned the child sang out “Pa. he didn't steal anything: T watched him.” There was once a little girl of four years or less, of fractious, but affectionate disposition, and who bad a sweet and patient elder sister named Lily. After putting the little one to bed one ivght their mother overheard her offering the following prayer: “Now. God. you know T can't be good, hut give me a hundred chances, and then if I'm not good to Lil let me die!”