` What is this ? ' said Miss Ophelia , seizing it . ` You naughty , wicked child -- you have been stealing this . ' The ribbon was pulled out of Topsy 's own sleeve . Yet she did not seem a bit ashamed . She only looked at it with an air of surprise and innocence . ` Why , that 's Miss Feely 's ribbon , a n't it ? 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 . '
XXXXX Ophelia was so angry at such a barefaced lie that she caught Topsy and shook her .
Laws Miss bit clothes lie ribbon seed sleeve truth whip