AM USING CHILDREN I HAVE MET. 
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Another little nephew 
was once with me at the 
seaside, and had quite a 
craze for fishing. He used 
to spend a great deal of 
time digging for bait which 
he never got. One day. 
getting rather tired of his 
fruitless efforts, he turned 
to me and asked, 11 Can 
you tame worms ? ’Cos, 
if so, it would be nice to 
have a stock in the house, 
and then I would have no 
trouble in getting bait.” 
Very practical was the 
suggestion of another small 
boy who was constantly 
being corrected by his 
mother. He told her that 
she should have a gramo- 
phone, “ and then it would 
say all the ‘ don’ts ’ for you , 
mother, wouldn’t it ? ” 
A little girl once said to me, “ Are there 
people on the moon ? ” I said I didn’t 
“WHAT DO ANGELS DO WITH THEIR WINGS WHEN 
THEY LIE DOWN AND GO TO BED ? ” 
know, but that perhaps there were. “ Well, 
what do they do,” she said, “ when there’s 
only a little bit ? They must get very 
crowded. Don’t they ? ” Which was almost 
as perplexing as the query put to me 
by another little maiden, who asked, 
“ What do angels do with their wings when 
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they lie down and go to 
bed ? ” 
Very quaint was the idea 
of a little girl who was 
once visiting a house where 
a small child had died 
recently. She was asked 
to draw something. So 
she drew a grave with 
some flowers on it. Her 
mother, on seeing it, said, 
“ Janie, you mustn’t do 
that ; Mrs. wouldn’t 
like it. You see, it re- 
minds her of very sad 
things.” “ Oh, well.” said 
the child, <k perhaps it was 
thoughtless of me ; but I 
can easily turn it into a 
beehive.” And she did, with 
all the bees coming out. 
Amusing, too, are 
these two “ pet ” stories. 
1 once asked a little girl 
where her pet dog was. She turned and 
said to me, “ Why, he’s gone to heaven. 
He's there now, with wings and a crown on 
his head.” 
A little boy was once drawing ships, and I 
noticed that all his flags on the boats were 
half-mast. I said, “ Why have you got all 
your flags half-mast on your drawing, 
Bobbie ? ” “ Oh,” he said, in a hushed 
whisper, “ all pussy’s kittens died this 
morning.” 
