WISDOM IN A NUTSHELL
Three of Norfolk's well-known story,,;tellersih^ye.been entertaining an audi■ence with.a flow of.stories in Norfolk dialect, and one of them delighted vne people of Norwich with a true story by the way, declaring that it happened in St. Stephen's Street, Norwich, England, states the "Children's Newspaper." ■ He said that at the top of the street someone emptied a large paper full of monkey-nuts out of; the window of a car. A policeman'saw it-and held his hand up,. The car stopped. The''policeman pointed to the nut- ' shells and said to the driver of tha ' car, "What's all this?" . ; "What do you mean?" said th« • driver. ■" . ' . '■■ : ■■ , "Pick 'em up,", said the policeman. 1 "Pick them up!" exclaimed th« driver. ■.••■•• -'■'■■ ' "Yes,"; said the policeman; "pick ' them up or I'll pick you up." The end of it was that every member of the family (father, mother, son, and daughter) had to get out of the car and pick up every one of the nutshells. :
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 100, 30 April 1938, Page 20
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162WISDOM IN A NUTSHELL Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 100, 30 April 1938, Page 20
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