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PUDDLECHIN MADE IT AS CLEAR AS MUD.
Professor Puddleohin is no end of a bigwig in the intellectual world. The other evening his small son, who always came to him when in difficulties, inquired:— "Papa, what is pride?" "Pride, my child," said Puddlechln, whose thoughts were far away in the fourth or fifth dimension, "pride? Oh, you know what it is. A kind of aloofness, stuck up, being proud, or —oh, get that dictionary that I edited, and look it v/p instead of bothering me every time!"
"Yes." said the young Puddleohin, after searching through a dictionary as large as himself. "Here it is: 'Pride, Being Proud.' " "Exactly'" said papa. "Now look up 'proud.' " "Yes, Dapa." "Well,"what does it say?" " 'Proud: Having the quality of pride.' " "There you are, you see! Quite simple! Nothing like a good dictionary when you want to know anything! Shut the bookcase door when you put it back."
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 238, 29 December 1916, Page 5 (Supplement)
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155USEFUL BOOK Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 238, 29 December 1916, Page 5 (Supplement)
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