TO RAISE A SMILE.
SMART. Schoolmaster: Now, Tommy, what Iβ ' the meaning of the word "excavate"* ' ■■■ Tommy: "Excavate" means to hollowout. ■ ■ :""7^r,:'~"' Schoolmaster: Quit* right. Now mak£ a sentence using that word. Tommy: Stick a pin in a boy and hi will excavate. INTELLIGENT. A certain man said that lie would teach a parrot to say, "Hullo," in aa hour. He, therefore, went to the parrot and started saying, "Hullo." This went on for half-an-hour with- . out the parrot noticing. At last the bird merely turned its head and said, "Number engaged." : BOBBY KNEW. "Which i> farther away," aeki-d the teacher of her class, "France or the moon?" "France," answered Bobby, a student. "France," she questioned. "And what makes you think that?" "Well, 'cause I can see the moon and 1 can't see France," answered Bobby, triumphantly.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 252, 23 October 1926, Page 25
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