12 JUNE 1993, page 49

Dressing Mother

I help roll her stockings over her feet, then up to her knees. She's managed her dress but I free her fingers from the sleeves. Before the mirror she rouges her cheeks, combs......

What It's Like To Be Ten Brilliant

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Youth's Stuff Should Not Endure

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