78 choice BITS FROM MARK TWAIN.
between my father and myself. My father and
mother, my uncle Ephraim and his wife, and one
or two others, were present, and the conversation
turned on a name for me. I was lying there
trying some India-rubber rings of various patterns,
and endeavouring to make a selection, for I was
tired of trying to cut my teeth on people's fingers,
and wanted to get hold of something that would
enable me to hurry the thing through and get at
something else. Did you ever notice what a
nuisance it was cutting your teeth on your nurse's
finger, or how back-breaking and tiresome it was
trying to cut them on your big toe ? And did you
never get out of patience and wish your teeth
were in Jericho long before you got them half
cut ? To me it seems as if these things happened
yesterday. And they did, to some children. But
I digress. I was lying there trying the India-
rubber rings. I remember looking at the clock
and noticing that in an hour and twenty-five
minutes I would be two weeks old, and thinking
to myself how little I had done to merit the
blessings that were so unsparingly lavished upon me.
My father said, " Abraham is a good name. My
grandfather was named Abraham."
My mother said, " Abraham is a good name.
Very well. Let us have Abraham for one of his
names."
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