A child should always say what's true
And speak when he is spoken to,
And behave mannerly at table;
At least as far as he is able. (Robert Louis Stevenson)

A child should always say what's true And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table; At least as far as he is able.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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