I m going to be a clown in a circus when I grow up.
Oh, are you! That will be nice. They re so lovely, all spotted up.
Yes, that s so. And they get slathers of money most a dollar a day, Ben
Rogers says. Say, Becky, was you ever engaged?
What s that?
Why, engaged to be married.
No.
Would you like to?
I reckon so. I don t know. What is it like?
Like? Why it ain t like anything. You only just tell a boy you won t
ever have anybody but him, ever ever ever, and then you kiss and that s
all. Anybody can do it.
Kiss? What do you kiss for?
Why, that, you know, is to well, they always do that.
Everybody?
Why, yes, everybody that s in love with each other. Do you remember
what I wrote on the slate?
Ye yes.
What was it?
I sha n t tell you.
Shall I tell _you_?
Ye yes but some other time.
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