MOTHER, MAY I GO OUT TO PLAY?
The mother stands before her children. One asks: "Mother, may I go out to play?" "No," says the mother, "it is a very wet day."
"See, mother, the sun shines."
"Well, be off," says the mother; "but make three courtesies before you go."
The child then does this, the other children doing the same. They all run off and return.
"Why did you run so far?" says the mother. "Where did you go, and what have you been doing all this time?"
"Brushing Mary's hair," says the first player.
"What did she give you for so doing?"
"A silver penny."
"Where's my share of it?"