Here are mummy and daddy.

Mummy is prettier than

daddy, and much cleverer,

too.

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prettier cleverer mummy

Here are Peter and Jane.

Jane is teaching Peter to

read. It is slow, because

Peter is a boy.

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teaching

Pat the dog has been trained

to bow before skirts.

Good boy, Pat!

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skirts

“Mummy says training dogs is

like training men,” says Jane.

“Can I have one?” drools

Peter.

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drools training

Peter’s school has girls and

boys in the same class!

It is very hard for the boys.

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hard boys

Peter has opinions on Jane’s

dress, but he doesn’t dare

say.

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opinions

“Can I come up yet?” says

Peter.

“You’ll stay where you are,”

says Jane.

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“I told him to stand in a

bucket and try to lift himself

up,” says Jane.

“Boys are so stupid,” laughs

Helen.

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bucket stupid

“I’ll walk in the flowerbeds if I

damn well choose,” says

Jane, “I’m a girl.”

“I love you,” says Peter.

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damn flowerbeds

“When I grow up, I want to be

a train driver,” says Peter.

“You’ll be my driver,” says

Jane.

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train driver

Jane has found her skipping-

rope.

“When you have finished

here, you will do my room,”

she says.

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skipping-rope finished

“Mummy seems cross,” says

daddy. “I think I might stay

here”.

“Mummy asked me to take

her these canes,” says Jane.

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might canes

“It’s a soft c in panacetta,”

says mummy. “It’s Italian.”

“He’s such a retard,” laughs

Jane.

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Italian retard

“It’s a crab!” laughs Peter.

“It’s a carcinus maenas,” says

Jane. “Now put it in your

trunks.”

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crab laughs trunks

“Shall we let them out?” says

mummy. “Peter is shivering.”

Jane eats another biscuit.

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shivering biscuit

“Policemen are the brain-

washed bulwarks of the Gyn-

archic State,” says mummy.

“I want to be that,” says

Peter.

“You will,” says Jane.

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policemen brainwashed bulwarks

gynarchic state

On Christmas morning, dad-

dy and Peter are allowed to

sit at table.

“Don’t get too comfy,” says

Jane.

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allowed comfy

“Gynarchy is like a butterfly,”

says Jane. “It is delicate, and

we must care for it together.”

“Yes, Miss,” says Peter.

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delicate Miss