GRANDMA WAS GRIEVED.
I An old lady went to spend a fortnight lat Christmas with her only married daughter. One day there was company, I and little Theodore, the hope of the house, was doing his best to amuse his mother's visitors. Presently he. left the room, to return shortly afterwards with a zinc bucket. This he planted right in . front of his grandma, while the others sat wondering what was about to hap- ; pen. { “Grandma.” said little Theodore, “will oo kick it?” j "Bless the child/” said the surprised * old lady, “why do you wish me to do that darling?” ! “Because.” replied the young hopeful. |“I heard pa say yesterday we should be awfully rich when oo kicked the (bucket!”
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 December 1926, Page 5 (Supplement)
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