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Children in the Nursery (1898)
 

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Two boys are put to bed by their mother, who then leaves them. A little girl enters, tickles their faces, and then crawls under the bed. Each boy thinks the other did it and they commence fighting and burst their pillows. The mother enters and parts them just as one is emptying the water jug over the other. She restores order and discovers the girl under the bed. The girl is smacked and sent out of the room.