_Fond Mother_ (_to young hopeful, who has been sent upstairs to a room by himself as a punishment_). "You can come down now, Jacky."
_Young Hopeful._ "Can"t. I"se singing a duet!"]
[Ill.u.s.tration: UNCLE"S BANK HOLIDAY
"Oh, uncle, we"re so glad we"ve met you. We want you to take us on the roundabout, and stay on it till tea-time!"]
[Ill.u.s.tration: _Young Masher_ (_to rival_). "I say, old, chap, I hear you"re an excellent runner. Is that true?"
_Rival_ (_eagerly_). "Rather!"
_Young Masher._ "Well, then, run home!"]
_Aunt._ Why, Tommy, I"ve only just taken a splinter out of your hand, and now you"ve let p.u.s.s.y scratch you. How did that happen?
_Tommy_ (_who has been tampering with the cat"s whiskers_). Well, I was only trying to get some of the splinters out of her face!
[Ill.u.s.tration: FINIS]
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