THE REASON WHY
'When I was in the party,' Said Betty (aged just four), ' A little girl fell off her chair Right down upon the floor ; And all the other little girls Began to laugh, but me — I didn't laugh a single bit,' Said Betty, seriously. 'Why not?' her mother asked her, Full of delight to find_ That Betty — bless her little heart ! — Had been so sweetly kind, ' Why didn't you laugh, darling? Or don't you care to tell?' ' I didn't laugh "a single bit, 'Cause it was me that fell.'
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New Zealand Tablet, 20 August 1908, Page 37
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91THE REASON WHY New Zealand Tablet, 20 August 1908, Page 37
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