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names; but I know of some little folks,
who get vexed at a mere trifle, and
belch out great red-hot words from
their mouths, that will burn every
body who happens to be any where
near the eruption. I don’t know that
it would be very safe to stand near the
great geyser, while it has one of these
fits; and yet I am not sure but I would
stand there and risk it, rather than to
be so near to a boy who is boiling over
with anger, as to hear the volleys of
angry words, when they come whizzing
up through his throat. I tell you what
it is, I would rather be out of the way,