THE WRONG MOTTO.
A kindly squire was giving a little treat to the village school children. After tea ho announced with a beaming emile "Now I am going to perform certain actions, and you must guess what proverb they represent. The boy or girl who succeedsfirst will ■ receive sixpence." Instantly every eye was fixed upon him.. He lay down on the platform and then one mail came forward and tried to lift him. Two others came to his aid, and between them they managed to lift the squire. The actions were meant to represent the motto, "Union is strength." The squire stepped forward and asked if any child had solved the puzzle, and at once a grubby hand shot up and an. eager voice squeaked, "Let sleeping dogs lie."
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 123, 27 May 1933, Page 19
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129THE WRONG MOTTO. Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 123, 27 May 1933, Page 19
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