This book was originally published as part of the series, “TheDumpy Books for Children.” Other titles include Little YellowWang-lo and Little Black Sambo. Two preliminary pages havebeen moved to the end of the e-text.Punctuation and capitalization are unchanged.
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Little White Barbara
By Eleanor S. March
ILLUSTRATED IN COLOURS
London: GRANT RICHARDS 1902
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This is Little White Barbara. She was called Little White Barbarabecause she had such a white face.
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She lived with her two aunts, Aunt Dosy and Aunt Posy.
This is Aunt Dosy.
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This is Aunt Posy.
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They were very kind to her. All day long they used to talk about whatshe ought to do to get fat and rosy.
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Every morning Aunt Dosy gave Little White Barbara cod liver oil tomake her fat.