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Little Folks Astray
by Sophia May (Rebecca Sophia Clarke)
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Title: Little Folks Astray
Author: Sophia May (Rebecca Sophia Clarke)
Release Date: February 24, 2004 [EBook #11257]
Language: English
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LITTLE FOLKS ASTRAY.
BY SOPHIE MAY
"To give room for wandering is it That the world was made so wide."
1872
TO
MY YOUNG FRIEND,
EMMA ADAMS.
"JOHNNIE OPTIC."
TO PARENTS.
Here come the Parlins and Cliffords again. They had been sent to bed and nicely tucked in, but would not stay asleep. They "wanted to see the company down stairs;" so they have dressed themselves, and come back to the parlor. I trust you will pardon them, dear friends. Is it not a common thing, in this degenerate age, for grown people to frown and shake their heads, while little people do exactly as they please?
Well, one thing is certain: if these children insist upon sitting up, they shall listen to lectures on self-will and disrespect to superiors, which will make their ears tingle.
Moreover, they shall hear of other people, and not always of themselves. Fly Clifford, who expects to be in the