Life with Father

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Day Clarence. Life with Father

Life with Father

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FATHER ON HORSEBACK

FATHER IS FIRM WITH HIS AILMENTS

FATHER WAKES UP THE VILLAGE

FATHER DECLINES TO BE KILLED

FATHER HIRES A COOK

FATHER FEELS STARVED

FATHER THUMPS ON THE FLOOR

THE GIFT OF SONG

THE NOBLEST INSTRUMENT

FATHER TRIES TO MAKE MOTHER LIKE FIGURES

FATHER AND HIS HARD-ROCKING SHIP

FATHER HAS TROUBLE WITH THE LAND OF EGYPT

FATHER TEACHES ME TO BE PROMPT

FATHER INTERFERES WITH THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM

MOTHER AND THE ARMENIAN

FATHER OPENS MY MAIL

FATHER SENDS ME TO THE WORLD'S FAIR

FATHER'S OLD TROUSERS

FATHER LETS IN THE TELEPHONE

FATHER ISN'T MUCH HELP

FATHER SEWS ON A BUTTON

FATHER AND THE CRUSADER'S THIRD WIFE

FATHER AMONG THE POTTED PALMS

FATHER HAS A BAD NIGHT

FATHER AND HIS OTHER SELVES

FATHER FINDS GUESTS IN THE HOUSE

FATHER AND HIS PET RUG

FATHER AND THE FRENCH COURT

FATHER PLANS TO GET OUT

THE END

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Clarence Day

Published by Good Press, 2021

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Father briefly explained that their lives, their food, and their sleeping accommodations were outlandish and "slummy." They lived in the wilds, he informed me, and they had practically gone wild themselves. "Put your cap on straight," he added. "I am trying to bring you up to be a civilized man."

I adjusted my cap and walked on, thinking over this future. The more I thought about it, the less I wanted to be a civilized man. After all, I had had a very light lunch, and I was tired and hungry. What with fingernails and improving books and dancing school, and sermons on Sundays, the few chocolate éclairs that a civilized man got to eat were not worth it.

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