RANDOM REMINDER

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30724, 13 April 1965, Page 30

RANDOM REMINDER

TRIALS

That blissful time after dinner. The children fed, bathed and happy, the dishes stacked away, the pipe drawing weU and the ideas flowing free as we sit down to write this morning’s piece. Then. . . . What are you doing? What’s that funny machine? How do you work it? Why does it go tap, tap, Up? When will you finish with it? Can I have my turn? Now? Soon? No, no, no. 1 won’t be finished with it for ages. It goes Up, tap, Up when I Up, Up, Up it. You work it by hitting these (keys

with the two fingers held rigid. It’s called a typewriter and I’m trying to type an article. Now do run along, there’s a good girl, or I won’t bring the typewriter home again, ever. But Daddy, I want to type an article too, just like you. I know I could. Miss Smith said my printing’s real good. I got a sUmp. Let me try. zzzzxxxxassssss) Now look here, you clear off right now bwfore you spoil any more or there’ll be trouble, ibterruitions ujset by traib of throught. I bet I could do an article if you’d let me. Why don’t you. Sue’a

daddy leu her write artcles. Sue’s daddy hasn’t got a typewriter. But if he did have one, he’d let her. He lets her drive the lawnmower and all. Can’t I have a little go? Well, come on here then. The thing’s ruined now so you might as well. Ready now. . . . Yes dear, it does, an awful lot. £££££&&&&&(( (()) 1234567890 I've done an article, look at the article I did. But it doesn’t look like an article. Daddy. Does it take an awful lot of practice to do articles.