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Title: Little Prudy
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Clarke, Rebecca Sophia, 1833-1906
Subjects: American fiction
Publisher: Boston : Lee and Shepard

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p my hands andget the naughty out. o o «/ They ought to be snipped from now tillnext Christmas, said aunt Louise, laughingin spite of herself to see the little one setto work with thumb and finger, trying to 130 LITTLE PRUBY. do her own punishing. There, there, gooff, and be a 2:0od o-irl. / t_, O Prudys bright spirits rose again at thesewords, and she thought she would keep ontrying to make herself useful. It was auntMadge she wanted to help — good auntMadge, who was so busy cooking for thegypsy supper. Ill feed her bird, thought the child;lf he sings as if he was hungry. Xow aunt Madge had fed little Daffy o »/ before sunrise, and he was as yellow and «/ happy as a canary can be. But silly littlePrudy trotted off after a piece of spongecake, climbed into a chair, opened the cagedoor, and swung the cake before his eyes. Of course Daffy flew out, and one mightsuppose that was the last of him; but it sohappened that the windows were not up. Prudy ran, in great fright, to tell aunt
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THE CANARY. — Pasre 130. PRUDY TRYIXG TO HELP. 131 Madge, and when she opened the door, thecat got in; and such a time as there was,you may imagine. Kitty rushed for thocanaiy, aunt Louise rushed for the kitty, andaunt Madge for the bird. At last, Daffy wascaught, and safe in his little home, with onlythe loss of a few tiny feathers. •/ :? Id give that child one sound whipping,said aunt Louise. r? Let Madge attend to her, replied grand-ma ; * she will do right, for she knows howto keep her temper. Louise said nothing, but she felt the re- <.—- buke; and as she left the room, there was abright color in her cheeks. fPrudy, said aunt Madge, gently, :ryoudidnt mean to open the cage door, did )7ou?Prudy remembered that she had beenscolded before for saying, I didnt mean to. Yesrn, I did, replied she, in a chokedvoice, I meant to do it a-purpose. 132 LITTLE PIIUDY. Tin really astonished, cried aunt Madge,raising both hands. Then its surely myduty to punish you. You may, sobbed Prud

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