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might have taken Neighbour Saunderſon's Dog with his cold Noſe for a Ghoſt; and if they had not been undeceived, as I was, would never have thought otherwiſe. All the Company acknowledged the Juſtneſs of the Obſervation, and thanked Little Two-Shoes for her Advice.
REFLECTION.
After this, my dear Children, I hope you will not believe any fooliſh Stories that ignorant, weak, or deſigning People may tell you about Ghoſts for the Tales of Ghoſts, Witches, and Fairies, are the Frolicks of a diſtempered Brain. No wiſe Man ever ſaw either of them. Little Margery you ſee was not afraid; no, had good Senſe and a good Conſcience, which is a Cure for all theſe imaginary Evils.
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