b-a-s-h-f-u-l

Updated: May 24, 2025

Will you please call for him, as he is a little b-a-s-h-f-u-l' Marie, what does b-a-s-h-f-u-l spell?" shrilled the eager voice. It was a new word. Marie came over to the Child's chair. "How can I tell without I see it?" she said. But the Child drew away gently. "This is a very intimate letter you'll have to 'xcuse seeing it. Never mind, anyway, thank you, I can guess it."

Annie Hamilton Donnell - The Very Small Person