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Show Tho Relation of Johnulo Hhrlinp. This is a boy's essay on his family relations: re-lations: Ma is my mother. 1 am her son. Ma's name is Mrs. .Shrimp, and Mr. Shrimp is her husband. Pa is my father. My name is John Ueoi se Washington Shrimp. Therefore pa's name, is Shrimp, bo is ma's. My ma has a ma. She is my grandma. She is mot her-in-law to pa. I like grandma grand-ma better than pa does. She brings mo dimes and bolivars. She don't bring any to pa. Maybe that's why he don't like lior Aunt Jerusha is my aunt. When pa was a little boy she was his sister. 1 like little sisters. Dicky Moiips has a little sister. Her name is Rose. I take her outriding on my sled. Aunt Jerusha don't like her. She calls her "that Mopps girl."' 1 think Aunt Jerusha ought to bo ashamed of herself. Aunt Jerusha lives with us. Aunt Jerusha has a rtato of health, too. On washing day she has the headache, head-ache, and does her head up iu brown paper and vinegar, and I have to make toast at the kitchen fire. I make some for myM'lt', too. Aunt Jerusha says nobody knows what she has done for that boy. That boy's me again. I told pa what she said. Pa said it was ju.-t so nobody did know. Ma says Aunt Jerusha means well, and that siie is pa's dear sister. I don't see, why that's any reason she should scold me when I eat cabbage with a knife. (iolden Days. |