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    What Shall Baby’s Name Be?

    Sep 01, 2022 3 minutes
    retold by Pat Betteley

    Characters

    Narrator

    Mother

    Father

    Peggy

    Peter

    NARRATOR: Once upon a time, there was a well-to-do couple who had only one foolish daughter named Peggy. She had passed the age when most women marry, and still no suitor would look at her.

    I don’t understand. Why don’t those crack-brained lads in the parish marry my daughter? They know I have a fine farm and hundreds of dollars and could give a

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