1. “All in a row! See how we go!” sang Sambo, as he marched out of school one Saturday afternoon with several of the other boys. Each one carried a basket slung over his shoulder on a stick, and they were making their way to a spot in the jungle where they knew they would find heaps of ripe nuts on the trees. “Old Lion is a brick to let us gather nuts for tea this afternoon,” said Rhino. “Yes,” chimed in greedy Jacko, “he’s not a bad sort sometimes; but I vote we have a good feed before we go back, because he won’t let us have a bigger share than the others at tea-time.”
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue VII, 17 February 1900, Page 335
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1161. “All in a row! See how we go!” sang Sambo, as he marched out of school one Saturday afternoon with several of the other boys. Each one carried a basket slung over his shoulder on a stick, and they were making their way to a spot in the jungle where they knew they would find heaps of ripe nuts on the trees. “Old Lion is a brick to let us gather nuts for tea this afternoon,” said Rhino. “Yes,” chimed in greedy Jacko, “he’s not a bad sort sometimes; but I vote we have a good feed before we go back, because he won’t let us have a bigger share than the others at tea-time.” New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue VII, 17 February 1900, Page 335
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