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 "It costs heaps and heaps and of money, a baby, don't it?"

"Yes, heaps."

"Two shillin's?"

"Oh, more than that! "

"Yes, I s'pose they're very 'spensive. Could I have a baby, uncle?"

"Oh, yes; two."

"No, really! On my birthday?"

"Oh, don't be so silly! Babies are not dolls. Babies are alive! You don't buy them. You are given them. when you are grown up."

"Shall I have a baby when I'm growed up?"

"Oh, it all depends! And don't say 'growed up.' You've been told that before. It's 'grown up,' not 'growed up.' I don't know where you get your English from."

"When I'm growned up, then. Shall I have a baby when I'm growned up?"

"Oh, bother the child! Yes, if you're good and don't worry, and get married."