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them; to which he answered, ‘Teep
*em on, May, of course.’

‘Yes; of course, said the grand-
mother; but when May whispered
that Johnny said they hurt him, she
began feeling all round the edges and
stretching them a bit; and then she
soon remembered that she had lately
found a good pair of her own Ben’s
socks, Johnny’s father, you know;
and when the little boy got them on
first, and then the shoes, he was
quite comfortable, and ready for his
march homewards,

But the grandmother said that she
must go down and see what was the
matter with that naughty umbrella,
before she could let them start. So