Q.How can mice make servants diligent?
A.If people do not put their candles in a proper place the mice will gnaw them.

Q.Are mice of any other service?
A.
Please, sir, if the mice did not make a smell, some people would never clean their cupboards out.[A] [Footnote A: This answer was given by a child four years old; and immediately afterwards another child called out, "Please, sir, if it were not for bugs, some people would not clean their bedsteads."] N.
Q.What letter is this?
A.Letter N, the first letter in nut, &c.

Q.
What is a nut?
A.A thing that is hard, and it grows on a tree.

Q.
What shape is it?
A.Something in the shape of a marble.

Q.How can it be eaten, if it is like a marble?
A.Please, air, it is the kernel that we eat.