"It's all right," the child replied, having considered it.

The child replied: "You had on your shoulders not only the whole world but him who made it.

"I don't know," replied the child, seeing an answer was expected.

One child replied, "It looks like torn paper out of a book."

The children who'd grown up with me replied, 'But you can't be.

"You gave me a blanket," replies the child, ducking her chin and looking away.

"Not a lot by the sound of it, miss," replied the child seriously.

The child replied, "You look like you would smoke and drink!"

The child replied in all innocence: "Because you are not my mamma's husband."

"He came running out here with his pants on fire," the child replied.