Show A Good Boy A boy about ten years old having an old toy cart with him was tryingto fish a cake of ice out of the river at the foot of Adair street the other day when a man who came along called out Boy dont you know better than to befooling be-fooling around there Im not fooling Then go away I want to get this cake of ice first Wish youd help me lift it out What on earth do you want of fee asked the man as he went nearer For summer sirfor hot weather We dont take ice in summer and Ive been hauling it home for three days Got five great big pieces laid away under the house and I want to get ac least five more The man helped him out with a cake and he went away happy Detroit Free Press |