g-i-r-l

Updated: May 28, 2025

Now, that the little pigs have come to school we must see how much they know, so we can tell what class to put them in." So she said to Curly: "Spell cat:" "D-o-g," spelled the little pig boy. "Wrong," said the teacher. "I guess you will have to go in the kindergarten class." Then she said to Flop Ear; "Spell boy." "G-i-r-l," spelled Flop. "Wrong," said the teacher.

Howard Roger Garis - Curly and Floppy Twistytail; the Funny Piggie Boys

"That's it," said Osterman, winking. "Have three guesses. Guess right and you get a cigar. I guess g-i-r-l spells Hilma Tree. And a little while ago she quit Quien Sabe and hiked out to 'Frisco. So did Buck. Do I draw the cigar? It's up to you." "I have noticed her," observed Magnus. "A fine figure of a woman. She would make some man a good wife." "Hoh! Wife! Buck Annixter marry! Not much.

Frank Norris - The Octopus : A story of California