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English
1823
The stage child never brings home six other children to play at horses in the front garden, and then wants to know if they can all come in to tea. THE STAGE CHILD NEVER BRINGS HOME SIX OTHER CHILDREN TO PLAY AT HORSES IN THE FRONT GARDEN AND THEN WANTS TO KNOW IF THEY CAN ALL COME IN TO TEA
s--a real one--a nephew. He alludes to his father (when his father is not present) as "the old man," and always calls the nurse "old nut-crackers." Why cannot they make real children who say "dear, dear mamma" and "dear, dear papa?" The stage child is much superior to the live infant in every way. The stage child does not go rampaging about a house and screeching and yelling till nobody knows whether they are on their heads or their heels. A stage child does not get up at five o'clock in the morning to practice playing on a penny whistle. A stage child never wants a bicycle and drives you mad about it. A stage child does not ask twenty complicated questions a minute about things that you don't understand, and then wind up by asking why you don't seem to know anything, and why wouldn't anybody teach you anything when you were a little boy. The stage child does not wear a hole in the seat of its knickerbockers and have to have a patch let in. The stage child comes downstairs on its feet. A YOUTHFUL CHILD OURSELVES A REAL ONE A NEPHEW HE ALLUDES TO HIS FATHER WHEN HIS FATHER IS AT PRESENT AS THE OLD MAN AND ALWAYS CALLS THE NURSE OLD NUTCRACKERS WHY CANNOT THEY MAKE REAL CHILDREN WHO SAY DEAR DEAR MAMMA AND DEAR DEAR PAPA THE STAGE CHILD IS MUCH SUPERIOR TO THE LIVE INFANT IN EVERY WAY THE STAGE CHILD DOES NOT GO RAMPAGE ROUND THE HOUSE AND SCREECHING AND YELLING TILL NOBODY KNOWS WHETHER THEY ARE ON THEIR HEADS OR THEIR HEELS THE STAGE CHILD DOES NOT GET UP AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO PRACTISE PLAYING ON A PENNY WHISTLE THE STAGE CHILD NEVER WANTS A BICYCLE AND DRIES YOU MAD ABOUT IT THE STAGE CHILD DOES NOT ASK TWENTY COMPLICATED QUESTIONS A MINUTE ABOUT THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND AND THEN WIND UP BY ASKING YOU WHY YOU DON'T SEEM TO KNOW ANYTHING AND WHY WOULDN'T ANYBODY TEACH YOU ANYTHING WHEN YOU WERE A LITTLE BOY THE STAGE CHILD DOES NOT WEAR A HOLE IN THE SEAT OF HIS KNICKERBOCKERS AND HAVE TO HAVE A PATCH LET IN THE STAGE CHILD COMES DOWNSTAIRS ON ITS FEET
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