Oh, it's all very well to talk! I knew a rich girl once right in this city of New York who go round visiting the poor and sitting up with sick people, and there was no end to the remarks made about her. No, you mustn't breathe bad air, nor over-exert yourself unless you do so from a purely selfish motive. Then, it's all right and proper. Oh, you needn't sit over there, looking mischievous, miss! What do you know of life? You will soon learn to be ashamed of your rosy cheeks, and think it's pretty to have bad health. I'll bet a copper that by spring, if we manage right, we can send you back as white and withered as Miss Emily was. E. Now, Dr. Hardhack, you dreadful man! You must stop this talk. I brought Pussy down here on purpose to help me live better than I have lived. It's so interesting now in New York that Pussy is here with me. I never knew what wonderful things there were here. Pussy taught me to know the birds this summer at her home, and now we have been this morning to see a most wonderful collection at the museum.

Dr H Monologue from Dr. Hardhack's Prescription: A Play for Children

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