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Show MY LESSON. told a secret! It wasn't much . Foralittle girl to tell; 'ml l only told it, sof tly and loir, To my intimate school mate, Bells. inl the silly secret grew and grew, And all around it spread, .'ntil at last It was hard to And The thing I had really said. '.ml when I sat in mamma's lap, With all my troubles told, up said 'twas the "matter great" that grew From the "little Are" of old. 1 learned a lesson well that night Before I went to bed, Snd mamma cave me a rule to keep, And this is what she said: 'The only way Is never to say A word that can offend; wt even close to the listening ear Ot the dearest intimate friend !" Youth's Companion. |