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The Good Little Girl

It’s funny how often they say to me, “Jane? “Have you been a good girl?” “Have you been a good girl?” And when they have said it, they say it again, “Have you been a good girl?” “Have you been a good girl?” I go to a party, I go out to tea, I go to an aunt for a week at the sea, I come back from school or from playing a game; Wherever I come from, it’s always the same: “Well? “Have you been a good girl, Jane?” It’s always the end of the loveliest day: “Have you been a good girl?” “Have you been a good girl?” I went to the Zoo, and they waited to say: “Have you been a good girl?” “Have you been a good girl?” Well, what did they think that I went there to do? And why should I want to be bad at the Zoo? And should I be likely to say if I had? So that’s why it’s funny of Mummy and Dad, This asking and asking, in case I was bad, “Well? “Have you been a good girl, Jane?”