what is the refrence to 'the butcher's smile' in the lesson the little girl
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The reference to 'the butcher's smile' is Kezia's father smile.
Explanation:
'The Little Girl' is a short story written by Katherine Mansfield. The story is about a little girl named Kezia and her viewpoint of people around her, especially her father.
At the end of the story, Kezia used the reference of 'the butcher's smile' to refer to her father's smile.
In the story, Kezia feared her father very much because he punished her with ruler when she tore his important paper to pieces. Kezia suffered from having a nightmare of a butcher approaching her with a big smile and a big knife in his hand.
When, Kezia again had this nightmare she screamed for her grandmother but instead her father came and comforted her. It was at this time, Kezia refers to her father's smile to the butcher's smile. Most probably because of her fear that vanished after her father comforted her.
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