The Girl Who Grew a Tattle Tail

Annabelle Fansworth was a sweet young girl from the South, polite and proper. However, she had a great flaw. In school, she was called the “Tattle–Tail” because she would tell on her classmates all the things she saw and heard.

Bothered by her daughter’s attitude, Annabelle’s mother told her not to tattle on her peers just to get them into trouble. “You’re friends might learn to dislike you, you will be all alone and you might grow a tail where one doesn’t belong,” her mother cautioned.

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