Singe they’re such small things, made of "sugar and spice and everything nice,” you’d hardly think a little girl’s hands could play such havoc. They lose their mittens on the coldest days, and bake the muddiest mud pies, and dabble in the messiest water colors. They pick wild flower where poison ivy grows, and sometimes they help Daddy by picking every bloom in his iris garden. They require quick treatment when they’ve twisted the cat’s tail, and they're forever getting in the way when the car door is closed. They steal around a Daddy’s neck as he leaves for the office — and leave breakfast jelly on his collar. They have forbidden dealings with matches, lease telephone's "off

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