A Very Smart Boy.
Tall Gentleman : "How can I get to the railway station from here, boy?" Boy: '"Which way you like." Tall Gentleman : "You're a smart boy. How old aro you?"
Boy : "Nine when I stand on my feet, six if I stand on my head — nine is six upside down."
Tall Gentleman : "Have you any brothers or sisters?" Boy: "Yes, one brother; Vs nine." Tall Gentleman : "Then you must be twins?"
Boy (disgustedly) : "Weil, yer didn't fink we were triplets, did yer?"
Gentleman passes on to seek further information elsewhere.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2523, 23 July 1902, Page 77
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92A Very Smart Boy. Otago Witness, Issue 2523, 23 July 1902, Page 77
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