Meanings of sharp child in English

You are a sharp child, and pick up things readily.

But she was a sharp child, and the change of title did not go unnoticed.

What a sharp child you are, Polly.

You are only a child, but you are a sharp child, and you pick up things almost without being taught.

Betty was a sharp child, with a disconcerting knack of seeing straight through grindstones; she would certainly perceive and probably resent any underhanded management.

Like other sharp children, Why-Why was always asking metaphysical conundrums.

Nora had always been fond of children, and she found the Sharp children unusually interesting.

"Oh!" And Maud seemed satisfied, but the sharp child had her suspicions nevertheless.

"I guess she'll say you led me into mischief," and the sharp child nodded as if she defied him to deny the truth of that.