I fell,” he repeated for the hundredth time.
“But you didn’t fall very far,” Mary Sarojini now said.
“No, I didn’t fall very far,” he agreed.
“So what’s all the fuss about?” the child inquired.
About author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: english
- Born: July 26, 1894
- Died: November 22, 1963
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