Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 138
PLEASE There is a little word that serves Far better than to tease;A very useful little word, That means a great deal,—Please. Please, please, please. So try to use it every dayA hundred times or so; Instead of saying let me, say,Please let me go!Please, please, please. Instead of give me, give me,… … THEY CALL HER MISS WHY NOT? WHY NOT? There was a little girl who said: Why not? why not?Each time her mother shook her head— Why not? why not?You cannot go, Mama would say;Why not? shed ask ten times a day— Why not? why not?Her name was Lucy; but, in school. The children changed that name.And now…
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