1. Anna. O papa! I have stung my hand with that nettle.

2. Father. Well, my dear, I am sorry for it; but pull up that large dock

leaf you see near it; now bruise the juice out of it on the part which is

stung. Well, is the pain lessened?

3. A. Oh, very much indeed, I hardly feel it now. But I wish there was not

a nettle in the world. I am sure I do not know what use there can be in

them.

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