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Story 39

The Overpaid Maid

There was once a staid old maid, who no one would
say was a gay blade. She never wore makeup, nor

did she ever put her hair up in a braid.

To the woman of the house, she was no aid: beds she never made,
and ironing she would always evade. For hours messes usually stayed,

cockroaches making their daily raid, as she lay sleeping in the shade.

Nevertheless, she was handsomely paid: $10 an hour is what she

made.

Story 40

The Waif

When jets made a bombing strafe, the child received only a minor skin

chafe, but she lost her parents, her house, and the money in her

family's safe. And so, she became a wandering waif and lived a life so

unsafe!