FOOLISH.
A man who wanted to know what, ho looked like when asleep stood before a mirror with his eyes closed. A man hearing that a raven would live 200 years bought one to proTe it. A foolish fellow wi.-.hing to sell his hou-e took a brick from the wall to show .-;< a sample. A man wanted to teach his horse to live without food. When it died of starvation he said it was unfortunate, because it had just learnt to do without eating. A man who was nearly drowned while bathing said he would never enter the water again till he could swim.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 109, 10 May 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)
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