sounds blissful to
fly, and use a diving boat, but I'd draw the line at learning Japanese."

"Oh, it will be one of the languages of the future, no doubt!" Lorraine
assured her. "French will probably be quite old-fashioned, unless it's
studied like Greek and Latin are nowadays."

"I expect the children of even a few hundred years hence will have awful
times learning the history of this war," said Dorothy.

"Probably they'll know more about it than we shall ever do. There are
generally secret facts that crop up again after everybody is dead. It'll
be a gold-mine for historians."

"And for story-writers."

"Rather!"

"Audrey, choose another scrap of paper, and see who's next on the
list."

It proved to be Patsie, and her contribution was a collection of
parodied proverbs. She called them:

MORAL MAXIMS FOR YOUTHFUL MINDS

Take care of the shrimps, and the lobsters will boil themselves.
Haste not pant not.
A cockroach saved is a cockroach gained.
A mouse in the hand is worth two in the hole.
Treacle by any other name would taste as sweet
Catch moths while the moon shines.
All is not mirth that titters.
A squashed slug dreads the spade.
It's the last sob that breaks the camel's heart.

"And if a child won't learn his maxim,
The teacher promptly takes and smacks 'im!"

Vivien, who was fond of rhymes, had cudgelled her brains for Limericks,
and produced the following:

NELLIE APPLEBY

There was once a schoolgirl named Nell,
Who fancied herself quite a swell;
With her head in the air
And her frizzled-up hair,
She reckoned she looked just a belle.

PATSIE SULLIVAN

We know a young damsel named Pat,
She's big, and she's floppy and fat.
When to dance she begins
We just shriek as she spins,
And wonder whatever she's at!

LORRAINE FORRESTER

There is a head girl named Lorraine
(Of which fact I admit she is vain),
She walks on her toes,
With an up-tilted nose,
Her dignified post to sustain.

AUDREY ROBERTS

There is a young slacker named Audrey,
Whose taste in cheap jewels is tawdry,
Necklace, brooches, and bangles
She flaunts and she jangles,
And her get-up is just a bit gaudy.

DOROTHY SKIPTON

I know a young person named Dolly,
Who's ready for any fresh folly.
She thinks she's a wit,
And can make quite a hit,
But she tell