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finger, and this thing is a thumb,
too; who ever said it wasn’t ?’

‘Johnny said it wasn’t a finger,’
said May ; ‘and he wouldn’t believe
me.’

‘Ha, ha, ha! a wise little man he
must be to think he knows better
than this tall May May of mine!’
and he made the two children stand
side by side, that Johnny might feel
how short he was, compared with
his sister May, saying over and over
again, ‘ A very wise little man to be
sure! Why, I suppose he knows
better than father, too !’

‘Don’t ’augh,’ said Johnny, getting
very red; ‘me not ‘ike it.’

‘We can’t help it if you grow so