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* Mary, aged ten, stopped off the scales proudly. “ Seventy-seven pounds!” she said. “Bet you don’t weigh so much.” Jane, aged nine, weighed also and looked discouraged. “ Seventy-two!” she sighed,'“but I’m barefoot, or I’d weigh more. And you I’ust ate three green apples. I’ll beat you to-morrow. It was fun getting weighed. Mary, aged forty stepped off the scales proudly- . “ Lost two pounds since yesterday!” she said. “Ono-sixty-three.” Jane, aged thirty-nine, weighed also and looked discourajred. ,1 One-sixty-nine!” she sighed, “but 1 have on a sweater. That’s why I weigh more. And that jpiec* of chocolate cake! I’ll bo down to-morrow.” ]t was an anxiety getting weighed.— " Life,”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19898, 16 March 1920, Page 9
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