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Johanna Spyri: You mischievous child!...

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You mischievous child! she cried, in great excitement. What are you thinking of? Why have you taken everything off? What does it mean?
I do not need them, replied the child, and did not look sorry for what she had done.

Source: Heidi, Ch. 1, 1885.
-- Johanna Spyri, (Jun 12 1827-1901), Swiss novelist; Her story for children, Heidi, is known all over the world for its psychological insight into the child mind.


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