you were lost! And keep it up all day too! You _are_ the most
obstinate
child! It's anything but fun to us, I can tell you!"
It was the only way the nurse could account for her disappearance.
"I didn't do that, Lootie," said Irene, very quietly.
"Don't tell stories!" cried her nurse quite rudely.
"I shall tell you nothing at all," said Irene.
"That's just as bad," said the nurse.
"Just as bad to say nothing at all as to tell stories!" exclaimed the
princess. "I will ask my papa about that. He won't say so. And I don't
think he will like you to say so."
"Tell me directly what you mean by it!" screamed the nurse, half wild
with anger at the princess, and fright at the possible consequences to
herself.
Madhuri Noah
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