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MR. BUNT ANNIE

Continuing

And the man told him to “ get the hell out of here ! ") ROSE

Annie, you mustn't say that word. ANNIE

Innocently.

I didn't, Mummy. The man said it right out.

You know the corner by the merry -go -round. ROSE

But don't you know you mustn't repeat that word ? ANNIE

But I ain't, Mummy, I was just saying what the horrid man said. He said ROSE

Annie, think. Now do as Mummy says. ANNIE

Meekly. I am --but Dabs he tells everybody to "get the hell out of here ! ” ROSE

Annie, darling, listen to me.

Don't you remem

ber the story I told you about the little girl who said naughty words, and her mother didn't know what to do with her and ANNIE

Without seeing in the least how it applies to her.

Yes, she was a horrid little girl and her mother