Young Folk
NOT BROKEN, BUT CRACKED. •Twas a set of resolutions, As fine as fine could be, And signed in painstaking fashion, By Nettie and Joe and Bee ; And last in the list was written, In letters broad and dark (To look as grand as the others), “ Miss Baby Grace, her mark!” “ Well try always to help mother. We won’t be selfish to each other Well say kind words to every one ; We won’t tie Pussy’s feet for fun ; We won’t be cross and snarly, too; And all the good we can well do.” “ It's just as easy to keep them,’* The children gaily cried; But mamma, with a smile, made answer* “ Wait, darlings, till you’re tried.” And truly, the glad, bright New Year Wasn’t his birthday old, When three little sorrowful faces A sorrowful story told, “ And how are your resolutions ?” We asked of the Baby Grace, Who stood with a smile of wonder On her dear little dimpled face. Quick came the merry answer— She never an instant lacked—- “ I don’t find much of ’em’s broken. But I dess ’em’s about ail cracked.’' —Select*^
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 7, 13 May 1893, Page 11
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186Young Folk Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 7, 13 May 1893, Page 11
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