A little girl can be sweeter (and badder) oftener
than anyone else in the world.
She can jitter around, and stomp, and make funny
noises
that frazzle your nerves yet
just when you open your mouth she stands
there demure with
that special look in her eyes.
A girl is Innocence playing in the
mud,
Beauty standing on its head,
and Motherhood dragging a doll by the
foot.
-Alan Beck