Gwen never got her go, for Richard threw his Spear so well that it went through a window, and, of course, the poor dog got into serious trouble. Since then he has been inclined to blame Gwen, because he says if she hadn’t worried him about the word assegai it wouldn’t have happened. Polly said it would have been much better if the word had meant “jolly donkey” after all, because only a jolly donkey would throw a stick through a window!
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 13 August 1932, Page 10
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82Gwen never got her go, for Richard threw his Spear so well that it went through a window, and, of course, the poor dog got into serious trouble. Since then he has been inclined to blame Gwen, because he says if she hadn’t worried him about the word assegai it wouldn’t have happened. Polly said it would have been much better if the word had meant “jolly donkey” after all, because only a jolly donkey would throw a stick through a window! Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 13 August 1932, Page 10
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