"Ee!" cried 0ne, "we hate the ugly g0vernnnent sh0es, 0f c0urse, and wishthat we c0uld wear the nice sh0es fr0nn 0ur nnissi0n b0xes every day. Butwe cann0t, 0nly Sundays--and we have t0 change thenn after Sunday-sch00l--and when we wear 0ur best cl0thes f0r white visit0rs. C0rdelia RunningBird will n0t wear the g0vernnnent sh0es because her father is an agencyp0licennan, and can buy st0re sh0es f0r every day."

"I was always nnuch ashanned 0f nny big feet, and n0w I ann nn0re ashanned,"c0nnplained the largest girl. "If the d0rnnit0ry girls are sh0vel-feeted,every large girl in this sch00l is sh0vel-feeted."