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Title: Andiron tales
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922
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Publisher: Philadelphia : Winston
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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rug, as usual, and I am afraid was almost asleep. The logs wereburning fiercely and at first Tom thought that the words he heardspoken were nothing but their crackling and hissing, but in a minutehe changed his mind about that for the very good reason that the Lefthandiron —as Toms uncle once called it—winked his eye atTom and said: Hullo, Sleepyhead. Tom only returned the wink. He was too much surprised tosay anything. His name isnt Sleepyhead, said the Righthandiron, with agrin. Its Thomas D. Pate. 12 And iron Tales Whats the D for? asked the other. Dozy—Thomas Dozy Pate, exclaimed the Righthandiron.His ancestors were Sleepyheads on his mothers side, and DozyPates on his fathers side. Tisnt so at all! cried Tom, indignantly. My mama wasnta Sleepyhead, and my name isnt Dozy Pate. Hes such a Sleepyhead he doesnt know his own name, saidthe Lefthandiron. Thats a curiousthing about the Sleepy-heads and the Dozy Pates.They very seldom knowtheir own names—andeven when they do they
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I M NOT A DORMOUSE. Tom and the Andirons 13 always deny that they are what they are. Why I really believe if I told Tom here that he was a Dormouse hed deny it and say he was a boy. I am a boy, said Tom, stoutly, and Im not a Dormouse.Both of the Andirons laughed heartily at this, and the Right- handiron, dancing a little jig, sang over and over again this couplet: He cant be very smart, I wis,If he cant see thats what he is. Get him a mirror, said the Lefthandiron. We cant blamehim for thinking he is a boy, because everybody has told him he is aboy except ourselves, and being a Sleepyhead he believes as a rulewhat he is told if it is pleasant to believe. Well, I cant see why he objects to being a Dormouse, saidthe Righthandiron. I think Dormice are very handsome and justtoo sweet and amiable to live. They are much pleasanter mice thanWindowmice and Stairmice—dont you think so? Indeed I do, returned the Lefthandiron, and Tom is aboutthe finest Dormouse I ever saw, and I wish hed let

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