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silently    bore    the   poet   a   grudge    for   having     been   the   accessory     of 

Providence   in   the   mandate   that   she   should   wear   the   loathed   corduroy。 

The   unpractised      ear   played   another    little   girl   a   like  turn。 She   had   a 

phrase for snubbing any anecdote that sounded improbable。                      ;That�察─�she 

said more or less after Sterne�察 �is a cotton´wool story。; 

     The   learning   of   words   is�察  �needless   to   say�察  �continued   long   after   the 

years   of   mere   learning   to   speak。   The   young   child   now   takes   a   current 

word into use�察�a little at random�察�and now makes a new one�察�so as to save 

the   interruption     of  a  pause    for  search。    I   have   certainly    detected�察  �in 

children   old   enough   to   show   their   motives�察  �a   conviction   that   a   word   of 

their    own    making     is  as   good    a  communication        as   another�察   �and   as 

intelligible。    There is even a general implicit conviction among them that 

the grown´up people�察�too�察�make words by the wayside as occasion befalls。 



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How      otherwise    should    words    be   so  numerous      that   every   day   brings 

forward some hitherto unheard�拭             �The child would be surprised to know 

how irritably poets are refused the faculty and authority which he thinks to 

belong to the common world。 

     There is something very cheerful and courageous in the setting´out of 

a child on a journey of speech with so small baggage and with so much 

confidence       in  the   chances    of   the   hedge。     He    goes    free�察 �a   simple 

adventurer。      Nor   does   he   make   any   officious   effort   to   invent   anything 

strange or particularly expressive or descriptive。            The child trusts genially 

to his hearer。     A very young boy�察�excited by his first sight of sunflowers�察�

was eager to describe them�察�and called them�察�without allowing himself to 

be checked for the trifle of a name�察 �summersets。;                This was simple and 

unexpected�察  �so   was   the   comment   of   a   sister   a   very   little   older。 ;Why 

does he   call   those   flowers   summersets�拭─  �their   mother   said�察  �and   the   girl�察�

with a darkly brilliant look of humour and penetration�察�answered�察 �because 

they are so big。;      There seemed to be no further question possible after an 

explanation that was presented thus charged with meaning。 

     To a later phase of life�察�when a little girl's vocabulary was�察�somewhat 

at random�察�growing larger�察�belong a few brave phrases hazarded to express 

a meaning well realizeda personal matter。 Questioned as to the eating of 

an uncertain number of buns just before lunch�察�the child averred�察 �I took 

them just to appetize my hunger。;            As she betrayed a familiar knowledge 

of the tariff of an attractive confectioner�察�she was asked whether she and 

her   sisters   had   been   frequenting     those   little   tables  on  their  way   from 

school。 ;I sometimes go in there�察�mother�察─�she confessed�察 �but I generally 

speculate outside。; 

     Children   sometimes   attempt   to   cap   something   perfectly   funny   with 

something   so   flat   that   you   are   obliged   to   turn   the   conversation。   Dryden 

does the same thing�察�not with jokes�察�but with his sublimer passages。                   But 

sometimes a child's deliberate banter is quite intelligible to elders。                Take 

the letter written by a little girl to a mother who had�察�it seems�察�allowed her 

family to see that she was inclined to be satisfied with something of her 

own writing。       The child has a full and gay sense of the sweetest kinds of 

irony。 There was no need for her to write�察�she and her mother being both at 



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home�察�but the words must have seemed to her worthy of a pen�此 �My dear 

mother�察  �I   really   wonder   how   you   can   be   proud   of   that   article�察  �if   it   is 

worthy to be called a article�察�which I doubt。               Such a unletterary article。 

I   cannot   call   it   letterature。 I   hope   you   will   not   write   any   more   such 

unconventionan trash。; 

     This is the saying of a little boy who admired his much younger sister�察�

and thought her forward for her age�此              �I wish people knew just how old 

she is�察�mother�察�then they would know she is onward。 They can see she is 

pretty�察�but they can't know she is such a onward baby。; 

     Thus speak the naturally unreluctant�察�but there are other children who 

in time betray a little consciousness and a slight mefiance as to where the 

adult sense of humour may be lurking in wait for them�察�obscure。                       These 

children may not be shy enough to suffer any self´ checking in their talk�察�

but they are now and then to be heard slurring a word of which they do not 

feel   too   sure。   A   little   girl   whose   sensitiveness   was   barely   enough   to 

cause her to stop to choose between two words�察�was wont to bring a cup of 

tea to the writing´ table of her mother�察�who had often feigned indignation 

at the weakness of what her Irish maid always called ;the infusion。;                    ;I'm 

afraid it's bosh again�察�mother�察─�said the child�察�and then�察�in a half´whisper�察�

;Is   bosh   right�察  �or   wash�察  �mother�拭─    �She   was   not   told�察  �and   decided   for 

herself�察  �with   doubts�察  �for   bosh。    The   afternoon   cup   left   the   kitchen   an 

infusion�察�and reached the library ;bosh; thenceforward。 



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           CHILDREN IN MIDWINTER 



     Children are so flowerlike that it is always a little fresh surprise to see 

them blooming in winter。          Their tenderness�察�their down�察�their colour�察�their 

fulnesswhich is like that of a thick rose or of a tight grapelook out of 

season。     Children   in    the   withering   wind   are   like   the   soft   golden´pink 

roses that fill the barrows in Oxford Street�察�breathing a southern calm on 

the north wind。       The child has something better than warmth in the cold�察�

something more subtly out of place and more delicately contrary�察�and that 

is   coolness。     To    be  cool   in  the   cold   is  the  sign   of  a  vitality   quite 

exquisitely alien from the common conditions of the world。                   It is to have 

a naturally�察�and not an artificially�察�different and separate climate。 

     We can all be more or less warmwith fur�察�with skating�察�with tea�察�with 

fire�察�and with sleepin the winter。         But the child is fresh in the wind�察�and 

wakes cool from his dreams�察�dewy when there is hoar´ frost everywhere 

else�察  �he   is   ;more   lovely   and   more   temperate;   than   the   summer   day   and 

than the winter day alike。         He overcomes both heat and cold by another 

climate�察  �which     is   the  climate   of  life�察  �but  that   victory   of   life  is  more 

delicate and more surprising in the tyranny of January。                By the sight and 

the touch   of   children�察  �we   are�察  �as   it   were�察  �indulged   with   something   finer 

than a fruit or a flower in untimely bloom。             The childish bloom is always 

untimely。     The fruit and flower will be common later on�察�the strawberries 

will be a matter of course anon�察�and the asparagus dull in its day。                  But a 

child is a perpetual primeur。 

     Or rather he is not in truth always untimely。              Some few days in the 

year are his own seasonunnoticed days of March or April�察�soft�察�fresh and 

equal�察  �when   the   child   sleeps   and   rises   with   the   sun。 Then   he   looks   as 

though he had his brief season�察�and ceases for a while to seem strange。 

     It is no wonder that we should try to attribute the times of the year to 

children�察�their likeness is so rife among annuals。            For man and woman we 

are naturally accustomed to a longer rhythm�察�their metre is so obviously 

their own�察�and of but a single stanza�察�without repetition�察�without renewel�察�

without   refrain。     But   it   is   by   an   intelligible   illusion   that   we   look   for   a 



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quick waxing and waning in the lives of young childrenfor a waxing that 

shall   come   again   another   time�察  �and   for   a   waning   that   shall   not   be   final�察�

shall not be fatal。      But every winter shows us how human they are�察�and 

how they are little pilgrims and visitants among the things that look like 

their   kin。   For   every
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