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The Skating Party and Other Stories

THE SCISSORS GRINDER.

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Oh! here he comes, his little bell tinkling, and inviting those who have knives or scissors that want sharpening to give him a call, as he won’t charge them much, and will sharpen the ladies’ scissors, so that they will cut like razors. See that little dog, how he watches the operation, and then there is a little boy hastening with his mother’s scissors, no doubt as well pleased with the importance of his errand, as if he was a great man. Poor old man he has a hard time to make an honest penny and yet he is as cheerful, as if he was wealthy.

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