GROWN-UPS I DISLIKE.
(By Peter)' Those who pat me oh the head and call me “Mummy’s boy.” Those who ask me what I’ve learned at sehool. - •' - ‘ " f . Those who forget -that I-have passed the age when I liked woolly dogs and teddy bears. Those who are forever asking me to go somewhere or do something, for them just when I am busy making a boat. Those who will persist in kissing me. Those who say “little boys should be seen and not heard,” or “Good things are wrapped up in small parcels.” • Those who give me sweets and then keep on asking me how many I’ve Those who take me to the “pictured and then keep telling me to sit still. How can a fellow sit still when there’s a cowboy riding full-tilt across the screen to the rescue of the heroine? , , , T , m Those who watch closely when l m struggling with my cabbage at dinner. Those who will read aloud to me.
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Matamata Record, Volume XIII, Issue 1109, 27 March 1930, Page 3
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