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TEA-KETTLES.
"It costs heaps and heaps and heaps of money, a baby, don't it?"
"Yes, heaps."
"Two shillin's?"
"Oh, more than that! "
"Yes, I s'pose they're very 'spensive. Could I have a baby, uncle?"
"Oh, yes; two."
"No, really! On my birthday?"
"Oh, don't be so silly! Babies are not dolls. Babies are alive! You don't buy them. You are given them. when you are grown up."
"Shall I have a baby when I'm growed up?"
"Oh, it all depends! And don't say 'growed up.' You've been told that before. It's 'grown up,' not 'growed up.' I don't know where you get your English from."
"When I'm growned up, then. Shall I have a baby when I'm growned up?"
"Oh, bother the child! Yes, if you're good and don't worry, and get married."
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