THE SUGAR RATION
HOW YOUTH SOLVED IX
On a wet day small boys' thoughts frequently turn towards toffee making. and mine have just done so with their accustomed vigour, writes a correspondent.
"All right," I said, "but you'll have use your own sugar rations."
"Very well," they replied, and got down all the recipe books and proceeded to study them for recipes with as little sugar as possible.
I thought of the arguments there would be during the rest of the week over the remaining sugar, and the thought of a small bag of brewer's crystals left over from brighter days.
"I'll tell you what," I said generously, "I'll give you some of my brewer's crystals—only in return you'll have to be most frightfully good."
"What sort of good?" they wanted to know. I outlined the particular brand of goodness I considered the splendour of the offer warranted. There was silence for a moment, broken only by the shuffling of recipe books. Then they both burst out as one: "Mum, we'll use our own sugar anil be done with it!"
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 114, 16 May 1942, Page 4
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