Bill Fox may well be called the champion optimist. He was sitting on tho roof of his house during a flood watching the water flow past, when a neighbour who owned a boat rowed across to him. “Hello, Bill!” said the man. “ Hello, Sam,” replied Bill pleasantly. “ All your fowls washed away this morning?” "Yes, but the ducks can swim.” “Orange trees gone, too?” “ Yes, but everybody said the crop would be a failure, anyhow.” “ I see the river’s reached above your windows, Bill.” “ That’s all right, Sam,” was the.reply. “Them windows needed washin’.”-
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Evening Star, Issue 21628, 25 January 1934, Page 6
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