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Show V THE CHILDLESS FLAT BELOW. St. Teter sat inside the gate A soul appearel outside. And knocked upon the golden bars; "Pray Jet me in," she cried. "When you were on that little ball Men call 'the earth.' said he, "You lived in what is calleil a flat" "Yes, what of that?" said she. "You lived." the saint went on to say, "In quiet comfort there; No noise was made bv night or day To fill you with despair." " 'Tis as you say," the woman said, "And I was free from sin; I went to church as Christians should Now, pray thee, let me in." "You hunted round until you found A flat," St. Peter said, "Where children never romped below Nor scampered overhead." "Ah yes! they barred the children out," She answered him." ancl that Was why I took such comfort in My cosy, cuiet flat. "There were no children there to raise A soul disturbing din. And mine, therefore, were happy days Now, prythee, let me in!" "Nay, nay, go down below," he said, And turned his head and smiled, "There are so many children here. They'd simply set you wild: "Go down below far down below "You'll find a place there that Is just as free from children as They kept your childless flat!' |