A Moral Lesson. — A.t the conclusion of a festival, last summer, an excellent teacher, desirous of administe-ing a trifling moral lesso'i, inquired of the boys if they had onjoyed the repast. AVitli the ingenuous modesty of youtH they all tesponded, "Yes, sir." "Then.,".asked thn excellent teacher, "if you had slipped into my garden and picked those strawberries without my leav, would they have tasted as good as now ?" Every small boy in that stained and stidcy company shrieked "No. sir!" "Why not!" "Cause," paid little Thomas •with the cheerfulness of conscious virtue, "tn'ettw« shouldn't have had sugar and cream with cm'!"
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Auckland Star, Volume XV, Issue 3757, 26 August 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)
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