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“_I bet they’re jealous because they ain’t boys, too._” ]
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“_Gee! I wish the circus ’d hurry up and come. I’m terrible hungry. We’ve been waiting nearly three hours and it’ll be sure to come if we go home for breakfast._” ]
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“_Gee! I don’t see how anybody can be sad in summer-time, ’specially if he’s a boy an’ likes to go swimmin’!_” ]
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“_You just step over that line and I’ll learn you that you can’t call my little sister a cry-baby._” ]
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THE CHIEF OF THE INDIAN FIGHTERS—“_Don’t cry, they’re not real Indians—they’re only cornstalks. We’re just pertending they’re Indians. Come on, you’ll never make an Indian fighter if you act this away._” ]
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“_You bet this is the last time I’m gunna visit Aunt Mary, not even if she invites me._” ]
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“_Dog gone it! This kind o’ life ain’t the kind o’ life for me. I’m gunna run away ’nd be a soldier, ’nd get killed, ’nd then you bet ma ’ll be sorry she treated me this away._” ]
“_It’s funny how much easier it is to work the ice-cream freezer than it is to churn._” ]
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THE PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN A ＄100 CHECK TO A CHILD THAT WAS NAMED AFTER HIM
“_Here is a check for little Theodore._” ]
“_You’re wanted below, sir._” “_This is no time to rout a man out. Tell him to wait._” “_It isn’t a ‘him,’ sir; it’s a ‘them.’_” ]
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UNCLE ALEXANDER THOUGHT HE HAD AN INVITATION TO THE WHITE HOUSE
“_I see by the newspaper that President Roosevelt likes to see large families. Now, I take it, that’s an invitation to visit him, don’t you?_” ]
SO UNCLE ALEXANDER AND HIS FAMILY, COUSIN SILAS AND HIS FAMILY AND THE HIRED MAN AND HIS FAMILY WENT DOWN TO THE DEPOT AND GOT ON THE CARS FOR WASHINGTON— ]