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Show A GOOD LITTLE BOY STORY. A little boy wanted a drum. His mother, wishing to give him an impressive lesson, suggested that if he should pray for it he might receive one. So at night, when ready for bed, he knelt down and prayed. "Now I lay me down to sleep, (I want a drum.) I pray the Lord my soul to keep, (I want a drum.) If I should die before I wake, (I want a drum.) I pray the Lord my soul to take. (I want a drum.) His father, who had been let into the secret, had meanwhile quietly placed a drum on the bed. As the youngster rose and his eyes fell on the drum he exclaimed in an emphatic manner that banished all serious thoughts from the minds of his listeners. "Where the devil did that drum come from?" |
