I am small because I am a little child. I shall be big when I am br as old as my father is. br My teacher will come and say, "It is late, bring your slate br and your books." br I shall tell him, " Do you not know I am as big as father? And br I must not have lessons any more." br My master will wonder and say, "He can leave his books if he br likes, for he is grown up." br I shall dress myself and walk to the fair where the crowd is br thick. br My uncle will come rushing up to me and say, "You will get br lost, my boy; let me carry you." br I shall answer, "Can't you see, uncle, I am as big as father? br I must go to the fair alone." br Uncle will say, "Yes, he can go wherever he likes, for he is br grown up." br Mother will come from her bath when I am giving money to my br nurse, for I shall know how to open the box with my key. br Mother will say, "What are you about, naughty child?" br I shall tell her, "Mother, don't you know, I am as big as br father, and I must give silver to my nurse." br Mother will say to herself, "He can give money to whom he br likes, for he is grown up." br In the holiday time in October father will come home and, br thinking that I am still a baby, will bring for me from the town br little shoes and small silken frocks. br I shall say, "Father, give them to my data, for I am as big br as you are." br Father will think and say, "He can buy his own clothes if he br likes, for he is grown up.