"An' do you know my Auntie Lisbeth?" "An' do you know my Auntie Lisbeth?" "I think it extremely probable--in fact, I'm sure of it." "I think it extremely probable--in fact, I'm sure of it." "Then you might lend me your handkerchief, please; I tied mine to a bush for a flag, you know, an' it blew away." "Then you might lend me your handkerchief, please; I tied mine to a bush for a flag, you know, an' it blew away." "You'd better come here and I'll give you a rub down, my Imp." He obeyed, with many profuse expressions of gratitude. "You'd better come here and I'll give you a rub down, my Imp." He obeyed, with many profuse expressions of gratitude. "Have you got any Aunties?" he inquired, as I laboured upon his miry person. "Have you got any Aunties?" he inquired, as I laboured upon his miry person. "No," I answered, shaking my head; "unfortunately mine are all Aunts, and that is vastly different." "No," I answered, shaking my head; "unfortunately mine are all Aunts, and that is vastly different." "Oh," said the Imp, regarding me with a puzzled expression; "are they nice--I mean do they ever read to you out of the history book, an help you to sail boats, an' paddle?" "Oh," said the Imp, regarding me with a puzzled expression; "are they nice--I mean do they ever read to you out of the history book, an help you to sail boats, an' paddle?" "Paddle?" I repeated. "Paddle?" I repeated. "Yes. My Aunt Lisbeth does. The other day we got up awfull' early an' went for a walk, an' we came to the river, so we took off our shoes an' stockings an' we paddled; it was ever so jolly, you know. An' when Auntie wasn't looking I found a frog an' put it in her stocking." "Yes. My Aunt Lisbeth does. The other day we got up awfull' early an' went for a walk, an' we came to the river, so we took off our shoes an' stockings an' we paddled; it was ever so jolly, you know. An' when Auntie wasn't looking
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