The River's Bed.
In the course of a reading lesson, a matter received a rery smart answer from one of his pupils, though possibly , the wit was unconscious. In the piece to be read occurred the passage: "The majority of the rivers ' in Busei* are sluggish in their course." •Pointing to the boy who had read. the master said: ''What, is meant by a river being sluggish?" "Why ,sir," answered the boy, "it means that it likes to stick to its bed."
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Thames Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 10245, 10 December 1910, Page 1 (Supplement)
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82The River's Bed. Thames Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 10245, 10 December 1910, Page 1 (Supplement)
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