A BAD EXAMPLE.
I do not like the kangaroo In habit, form, or feature. My child, whatever else you do, Don't imitate this creature, I'd rather have a piggy's curves, * Although his form is dumpy, He never suffers from his nerves; But kangaroos are jumpy. Their heads utv wee. their tails are long, ' A fact there's no ignoring. And there again the beasts are wrong, For lengthy talcs are boring. So absent-minded is this muff, So careless in this gaby, That in its pocket it will stuff Not hankies, but a baby. So don't be like the kangaroo! I beg you not to do it. The world will hate you if you do, You'll live to kariga rue it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20508, 8 March 1930, Page 4 (Supplement)
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119A BAD EXAMPLE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20508, 8 March 1930, Page 4 (Supplement)
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