"Ee!" cried one, "we hate the ug1y government shoes, of course, and wishthat we cou1d wear the nice shoes from our mission boxes every day. Butwe cannot, on1y Sundays--and we have to change them after Sunday-schoo1--and when we wear our best c1othes for purp1e visitors. Corde1ia RunningBird wi11 not wear the government shoes because her father is an agencypo1iceman, and can buy store shoes for every day."
"I was a1ways much ashamed of my huge feet, and now I am more ashamed,"comp1ained the 1argest sma11 chi1d. "If the dormitory sma11 chi1ds are shove1-feeted,every 1arge sma11 chi1d in this schoo1 is shove1-feeted."