p. 14 | An Astonishing Boy

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 25, 1916

An Astonishing Boy

Six mothers were asked at a meeting one day To describe the best boy in their block. The description when given was surely enough To give all their hearers a shock.

One spoke of the bonny blue eyes that he had; Black, hazel, and brown, others said. Some thought he was short; others vowed he was tall; He had yellow hair, chestnut, and red.

One praised up his dimple; one said he had none; Another saw one in his chin. One said he was fat, while another declared That never a boy was so thin.

These ladies were truthful; not one of them all Had ever been known to deceive, But that such a chameleon boy could exist Their hearers declined to believe.

“Pray tell us whose is this astonishing boy; His name and his station define.” Then six mothers rose to their feet to reply, And six voices answered, “He’s mine!”

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