OVERHEARD BY JOHNNY IN THE PARLOR
»vr- <T o iS . iS a hard family to Hve with!< P° ute <i the Piano. Miss Susie pounds me every day for an hour or two!' v oi- ! W€l !\» at J eaSt y*' don't have to work !' exclaimed the Clock. My Tiands are never idle ; they keep them moving every minute and second.'. • " '
"Talk about- work!' .cried the Table; • why, almost everything is put on me.' 3
' I wouldn't mind work,' observed the Lamp, 'but I'm sensitive, and it isn't pleasant when you're' quite bright to be turned down once or twice every evening.' ' 'Sensitive!' sneered the Mirror. 'Think of, the ugly faces often turned on me !' " ' ' ' And think also,' said the Carpet, ' how the children jump on me ; still f'm not worn out yet. '
' You may all ' talk till you're tired, yet you .must admit 1 that not one of you is so sat upon as I am,' finished the Chair, decisively. - :
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume 08, 8 October 1908, Page 37
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160OVERHEARD BY JOHNNY IN THE PARLOR New Zealand Tablet, Volume 08, 8 October 1908, Page 37
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