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she does. she is no ordinary child to bring up, if she is your chick & grows worse instead of better, good hearted, but spoilt [[spoiled]]. 

Pa is eating I hear the dishes rattle he likes sugar on bread I try to get him to eat berries but he wont they would be loosening he dont [[don't]] eat sauce of any kind. he is very freaky about his eating wants to eat all by his own self dip in to things with a spoon wont [[won't]] use a knife or a fork, neither will he eat from a plate. I dont [[don't]] see what he is coming to really. sleeps all night sound but scart [[scared]] of the heat when it comes on in the night or morning. but complains when it dont [[don't]] come on in the morning. for the sake of finding fault. he is very quiet on the whole. I want to go down after stamps & some other things but he cant [[can't]] bear to have me gone & locks the door & makes me come in to the back door & goes up stairs meanwhile. well he is easily frightened & cant [[can't]] help it funny how he has changed. Ma