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Show a The Alternative. "Please may I keep my book t Monday?" asked the small voice o: small boy the other day over the t. counter of a London public library. "Why do you want to keep it?" s the librarian. "Because I ain't finished it," said ; little fellow. . "How long will it take you to fin:-it?" fin:-it?" quoth the librarian. "An hour," said the boy. "Well," said the librarian, "it is S unlay night, but we do not close f two hours. Go home and finish t: book and bring it back." The boy thought hard, and the -brarian said: "Can't you do that?" "No," he said, "I" can't do that, b cause if I go home I'll get a bath'." |