Painful
Johnny knew the meaning of stomachache because he lived on a Hawke’s Bay fruit farm, and had bitten into apples when they were green. One day his largest uncle came to stay 7 with the family. He was very shorttempered with Johnny, who was told by his mother to take no notice. “Your uncle has indigestion,” she explained. “What’s indigestion?" Johnny wanted to know. “Tummyache, Johnny. Don’t worry him." , Next time when uncle was suffering one of his attacks, Johnny looked at him, with melting eyes fixed unwaveringly on his uncle’s stained waistcoat. “Uncle, I bet it hurts you,” he said in an awed voice.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 2, 28 September 1937, Page 5
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106Painful Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 2, 28 September 1937, Page 5
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