` Do you know who made you ? ' ` Nobody as I knows on , ' replied Topsy , with a laugh . ` Spect I grow 'd . Do n't think nobody ever made me . ' -LSB- Illustration -RSB- ` Do you know how to sew ? ' asked Miss Ophelia , quite shocked . ` No , missis . ' ` What can you do ? What did you do for your master and mistress ? ' ` Fetch water , and wash dishes , and clean knives , and wait on folks . ' ` Well , now , Topsy , I 'm going to show you just how my bed is to be made . I am very particular about my bed . You must learn exactly how to do it . ' ` Yes , missis , ' said Topsy , with a deep sigh and a face of woeful earnestness . ` Now , Topsy , look here . This is the hem of the sheet . This is the right side of the sheet . This is the wrong . Will you remember ? ' ` Yes , missis , ' said Topsy with another sigh .
` Well , now , the under-sheet you must bring over the bolster -- so , and tuck it XXXXX down under the mattress nice and smooth -- so .
Illustration Nobody Ophelia Spect Topsy bed master missis right sigh