NO. 10 COMPETITION.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 115, 18 May 1927, Page 20

NO. 10 COMPETITION.

HE WHO LAUGHS LAST LAUGHS BEST. (lei Sheila Oulnn, S, Tnanon Street, Dominion Road, Auckland, age 13.) Two shadowy figures crept round the hoia» and flitted off into the darkness. BiU» .nd W wem going to bar* an «««*t night for both were sneaking «f J* «• Pantomime (against their P**2*« wiiW). .tSSi **•!«««•• koth boy* TeT 0, «c2:»i ( !L wll * t a a , lark '" lau « hed «W -* *wt •"' w# a ° n * w »»* to Talis

A few minutes later it started to rain, and when finally the boys reached the theatre, they were drenched to the skin. "Sorry lad, there's no seats left," the ticket-seller explained to the crestfallen boys, when they went to buy the tickets. "Just our luck," Ted muttered as they started out on their cheerless return journey. Next morning the family were in (teat spirits. . * "Wherever did you two get to last Bight," their sister asked. "We all went to the pantomime yon know. Couldn't find you anywhere.* Ted and Billy groaned. (2nd, Laortnee Paris, 2s, Cromwell Road, Mount Xd«a, ag» U.) Dkk and Gerald war* twins, and wore the same sort of clothes, the same brand of caps, and the earn* sized boots, nay wet* always getting their clothe* mfacsd up. Dick weald get Gerald's, aod Gerald would get DtokV Oμ morning, they had packed up their schootbags and wen ssarrhhif for their cape. Neither could be found. Gerald happened to go (minus a cap) past the doc's kennel and taw Busier play. Jag with tit shewed remains of s> cap. Gerald bajged It aad straightened it out. It was Siek'sl "Never mind—ifll do," said Gerald. With that ha want of to school, after shouting to Dkk. "Dick, Where's your capt Ha! Bat" Dick said nothing. He had found Gerald's in theboot-oox. What a Joke! When Sick met his brother at school he said: "What a dirty cap yours is. Mine's corke* Ho who laughs last last laughs longest," ho chanted.