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The other day a friend of mine sent me a story “What is a Girl?” I believe the readers of “This and That” will enjoy reading this short story, especially the mothers of daughters.
Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. They are born with a little bit of angelshine about them and though it wears thin sometimes, there is always enough left to lasso your heart—even when they are sitting in the mud, or crying temperamental tears, or parading up the street in mother’s best clothes.
A little girl can be sweeter (and badder) oftener than anyone else in the world. She can jitter around and stomp, and make funny noises and frazzle your nerves, yet just when you open your mouth, she stands there demure with that special look in* her eyes. A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.
God borrows from many creatures to make a little girl. He uses the song of a bird ,the squeal of a pig, the stubbornness of a mule, the antics of oa-monkey, the spryness of a grasshopper, the curiosity of a cat, the slyness of a fox, the softness of a kitten. And to top it off He adds the mysterious mind of a woman.
A little girl likes new shoes, party dresses, small animals, dolls, makebelieve, ice cream, make-hp,
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