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MR . BUNT ANNIE
Continuing
And the man told him to “ get the hell out of here ! ") ROSE
Annie, you mustn't say that word. ANNIE
Innocently.
I didn't, Mummy. The man said it right out.
You know the corner by the merry -go -round. ROSE
But don't you know you mustn't repeat that word ? ANNIE
But I ain't, Mummy, I was just saying what the horrid man said . He said ROSE
Annie, think. Now do as Mummy says. ANNIE
Meekly. I am --but Dabs he tells everybody to "get the hell out of here ! ” ROSE
Annie, darling, listen to me.
Don't you remem
ber the story I told you about the little girl who said naughty words, and her mother didn't know what to do with her and ANNIE
Without seeing in the least how it applies to her.
Yes, she was a horrid little girl and her mother
