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English
1823
A stage child never wants a bicycle and drives you mad about it. THE STAGE CHILD NEVER WANTS A BICYCLE AND DRIES YOU MAD ABOUT IT
e stage child, but you see we were mistaken. The stage child is affectionate to its parents and its nurse and is respectful in its demeanor toward those whom Providence has placed in authority over it; and so far it is certainly much to be preferred to the real article. It speaks of its male and female progenitors as "dear, dear papa" and "dear, dear mamma," and it refers to its nurse as "darling nursey." We are connected with a youthful child ourselves--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. HERE COULD NOT BE ANYTHING IN THE WORLD LIKE THE STAGE CHILD BUT YOU SEE WE WERE MISTAKEN THE STAGE CHILD IS AFFECTIONATE TO HIS PARENTS AND ITS NURSE AND IS RESPECTFUL IN ITS DEMEANOR TOWARDS THOSE WHOM PROVIDENCE HAS PLACED IN AUTHORITY OVER IT SO FAR IT IS CERTAINLY MUCH TO BE PREFERRED OVER THE REAL ARTICLE IT SPEAKS OF ITS MALE AND FEMALE PROGENITAS AS DEAR PAPA DEAR DEAR MAMMA AND IT REFERS TO ITS NURSE A DARLING NURSEY WE ARE CONNECTED WITH 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
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