Peepy

THERE was a little girl who was called Peepy; but why she was called so

The Nursery, October 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 4 Various

But all the little children had come up to the landing outside to look at the phenomenon of Peepy lying on my bed, and our attention was distracted by the constant apparition of noses and fingers in situations of danger between the hinges of the doors.

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I was not so attentive an auditor as I might have wished to be, however, for Peepy and the other children came flocking about Ada and me in

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As if I were never to have done with Caddy, I am reminded here of Peepy and old Mr. Turveydrop.

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Therefore I proposed to the children that they should come in and be very good at my table, and I would tell them the story of Little Red Riding Hood while I dressed; which they did, and were as quiet as mice, including Peepy, who awoke opportunely before the appearance of the wolf.

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“Yes, I will go, Caddy!” cried Peepy, who was really

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Peepy retired behind his elbow at first, but relented at the sight of sponge – cake and allowed me to take him on my lap, where he sat munching quietly.

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But even this disinterestedness was attended with no inconsiderable cost, to my knowledge, for before Peepy was sufficiently decorated to walk hand in hand with the professor of deportment, he had to be newly dressed, at the expense of Caddy and her husband, from top to toe.

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Peepy at the head of the table, and we showed them Caddy in her bridal dress, and they clapped their hands and hurrahed, and Caddy cried to think that she was going away from them and hugged them over and over again until we brought Prince up to fetch her away — when, I am sorry to say, Peepy bit him.

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Peepy as he was going out and to take him up to nurse.

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