10 Fohuny's New Shoes.

 

old nurse; the little laddie used very
seldom to dispute her opinion.

But it was really hard to come in
to this—besides that, as he grew
older, he was beginning to have views
of his own; and when she began again
to try to coax the shoes on, poor
Johnny said, ‘They so tiff, May.
They hurt me feet,’ with a face as
woe-begone as if the said feet really
were going to be condemned each
one to solitary confinement in a
narrow prison.

‘Oh! they won’t hurt when you
get used to them,’ replied May; ‘and
granny will be so sorry if you don’t
wear them. I think she would cry.
But you must not double up your