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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue XXII, 20 November 1897, Page 697

Little Guy rememliered the stories of fierce wild animals, hut forgot their names. One day he came to the house in great fright, saying that he had heard something growling in the bushes. * And O mamma, he cried, ‘ I do believe it’s an oleander!’ Elsie, shopping with her mother, heard her ask for robin’s-egg blue cashmere. When they left the shop, Elsie said, ‘ O mamma '. 1 wish you’d Ismght me a dress of that bird’s-nest blue.’