RANDOM REMINDER

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31832, 9 November 1968, Page 27

RANDOM REMINDER

WALK-OVER

At the age of two, a girl does not as a rule have a wide vocabulary, a persuasive oratory. But people can sometimes be won over without words; and the girl of two who can do this is going to conquer hearts, without even thinking about it. for a good long time. The leading lady in this trifling affair is Nicola, whose little blond head should, by rights, have been fixed firmly to its pillow at 5.30 a.m. when

her father—-quite contrary to his usual habits—happened to wake. He went in to see her, and found her bed empty. Somewhat puzzled, he tracked her down to the kitchen, where she was busily engaged in making chaos. She had a large pan on the floor, and into it she had poured vast quantities of almost everything she could reach. Flour was there, in large quantities, and sugar and spice, and everything messy. She had found the pepper and salt.

the rice, the sauces, and at least a dozen other lines. But enthusiasm is not always accompanied by accuracy, and in discharging her treasures at the centre of operations she had managed to spread the stuff over a fair proportion of the kitchen floor. Her father approached, and asked her what she was doing. She turned and looked at him gravely with her bright blue eyes. “Cooking” she said. “Any raisins?” He found them for her.