GOOD DOG
Heading lessons were a sore trial to Teddy. Words insisted on cropping up that didn't sound what they looked. "When she came within hailing distance," he read laboriously, "the vessel proved to be tho very same —the very same —tho very same —" "Barque," prompted teacher. Teddy's eyes appeared likely to burst from his head. "Barque," repeated the teacher, mildly uncomfortable in the face of such petrified amazement. A strained silence. "Good gracious, child! Barque!" At the top of his voice ,Teddy obliged with: "Bow-wow! Bow-wow!"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22628, 16 January 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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87GOOD DOG New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22628, 16 January 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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