On her return from school，little Dolly，aged ten，was pulled on to her Daddy's knee，and informed that the fairies had that day brought a big surprise a little baby brother．She see med glad，and presently^{1 said：}

Will you give me a stamp，daddy？I want to write and tell brother Tom．

The father was touched by this，and provided^{2 the little lass with the materials to write a letter to her brother，who was away at school．Later，curious to know how she would tell the news，he took an opportunity to read what she had writen．He received something of a shock on reading the following：}

Dear Tom，

It's come off today．You've lost；it's a boy．

1．你輸了

放學(xué)回到家，十歲的小多莉被拉過來坐在她父親的膝上，她被告知那天仙女們帶來了一個(gè)大大的驚奇一個(gè)嬰兒小弟弟。她好像非常高興，立刻說：

父親，你能否給我一張郵票？我要寫信告訴湯姆哥哥。

爸爸被這話感動(dòng)了，他為小女孩提供了給她哥哥寫信所需的各種用具，她的哥哥住在學(xué)校里。后來，想了解她是如何報(bào)告這個(gè)消息的，他找機(jī)會(huì)讀了她寫的信。在讀到下面這兩行字時(shí)，他差點(diǎn)兒驚呆了：

親愛的湯姆：

今天結(jié)果出來了，你輸了；是個(gè)男生。