THE HOUSEHOLD TERROR.
Little shoestrings, all untied, J That make the tiny shoos go top, A hat with half the rim torn of ; A hole that shows tho curls o i top. But then beneath it such a ! face ' , A ll roguishness. and baby &le , And dimples that play hide am seek Around the crimson mouth sj woo. And'flngors^-but Why try to tdl Of all the mischief they oonirive— Tho doggie " couM a tale unfdd, And kitty now is not alive. / And is ho wicked when ho svdms Small chiokens in the placer of ducks? Or when he sees the buds uniold, Before the flower conic i hopluOks? Or when he takes his sisteWdolls , And pulls the ''criers" in (hem out? 1 Or runi a pin in papa's watca To'see what little " tick's Jabout? Oh, mother hearts, you'll take him in, This naughty l "terror " household joy ; Because in him you will bvt see The picture of your own imall boy. L. L. Ednew, in "Philadelphia Press." ■ ■. • \ -
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 238, 21 January 1888, Page 2
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167THE HOUSEHOLD TERROR. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 238, 21 January 1888, Page 2
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