  "Mamma, I quite dislike these shoes, I hope you'll send them back; They are so ugly! I should choose Much prettier than black! "I thought you mention'd blue or buff When ordering a pair, Or green I should like well enough, But black I cannot bear!" Young Isabella's prattle o'er, Her mother soon express'd A wish that she would say no more, Since black ones suited best. Which, when the little lady heard, She did not say another word. |
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