How could it a got into my sleeve ? ' ` Topsy , you naughty girl , do n't tell me a lie . You stole that ribbon , ' ` Missis , I declare I did n't . Never seed it till dis blessed minnit . ' ` Topsy , ' said Miss Ophelia , ` do n't you know it is wicked to tell lies ? ' ' I never tells no lies , Miss Feely , ' said Topsy . ` It 's jist the truth I 've been , tellin ' now . It a n't nothin ' else . ' -LSB- Illustration -RSB- ` Topsy , I shall have to whip you , if you tell lies so . ' ` Laws , missis , if you whip 's all day , could n't say no other way , ' said Topsy , beginning to cry . ' I never seed dat ribbon . It must a caught in my sleeve . Miss Feely must ' a left it on the bed , and it got caught in the clothes , and so got in my sleeve . ' Miss Ophelia was so angry at such a barefaced lie that she caught Topsy and shook her . ` Do n't tell me that again , ' she said . The shake brought the gloves on the floor from the other sleeve . ` There , ' said Miss Ophelia , ` will you tell me now you did n't steal the ribbon ? ' Topsy now confessed to stealing the gloves . But she , still said she had not taken the ribbon . ` Now , Topsy ' , said Miss Ophelia kindly , ` if you will confess all about it I wo n't whip you this time . '
So XXXXX confessed to having stolen both the ribbon and the gloves .
Feely Missis Ophelia Topsy dat day left minnit stealing tellin