Conclusive Evidence

A little girl was heard holding the following monologue:

“Did God really make the whole world? I couldn’t do it. It must have been dreadfully hard. But I know one thing He didn’t make, this washrag of my doll’s; I knitted that myself, the dear Lord can’t knit.”

Misery Loves Company

Little Carl had been scolded a good many times for dropping and breaking things. One day his mother happened to drop and break a cup. “Why, mother, now you are a naughty boy, too!” exclaimed the little one.

Uncle and the Donkey

There is nothing like a jolly and good-natured uncle in a family. What fun the children have with him! Just now they are all hanging around him waiting for what is coming next.

“Now, young gentleman,” he says to the oldest, “I am going to give you a riddle. It is gray, has rather large ears, and you can ride on it; what is it?”

“Why uncle, that is you,” cries the youngest, joyfully.

The Unsuccessful Ruse