PINCHED PLUMS.
The mistress of the mathematical class was mathematising for her mathematical pupils, whilst her mathematical pupils were inwardly mathematising mathematics. “Now, suppose,’’ said the mistress, “I had a pound of plums ’’ At which point it occurred to her how much better she could illustrate her example to her youthful charges If she really had a pound of plums. '"‘Mary,’’ she said to the girl of eight, “here’s sixpence. Go out and get me a pound of plums. And as I’m going to give them in the end to the girl who gets the sum right first, be sure before you buy them you pinch one or two, just to see that they are wholesome.” A few minutes, and Mary had returned. With flushed face and triumphant eyes, she approached the teacher’s desk as one worthy of commendation, and plumped down a bag of plums—and the sixpence ! “There, mum !” she said. “I pinched one or two, as you told me, and when the man wasn’t looking I pinched the blessed lot !”
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2208, 15 August 1910, Page 7
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172PINCHED PLUMS. Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2208, 15 August 1910, Page 7
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