One little curly-haired boy, with a very grave face, was eating pudding very slowly and solemnly—so I said to him:

“Do you like pudding best?”

Little Boy. “Isss.”

“And can you read?”

Little Boy. “Isss.”

“And write?”

Little Boy. “Isss.”

“And have you got a sister?”

Little Boy. “Isss.”

“And does she wash your face so nicely?”