Jokes About Children.
Mother: "Dear! dear! What ? pity it is you c-an’t agree!” Jacky: “Well, mother, we should agree, only Daisy’s so unkind! She won’t be a big pig and let me drive her about by the leg!”
A little boy was seen the other day trying hard to ring a door-bell beyond his reach. A gentleman came along and kindly wanted to help the hoy. “Want to ring that bell, sonny?”
“Yes, sir, but I can't’ reach it.” The gentleman stepped to the door and gave the bell a vigorous pull, as he pat ted the lad on the head. “Now run like mad!” shouted the boy, as he scampered down the street at top speed. All the gentleman could do was to laugh at the boy’s naughtiness, and to explain matters when the door was opened.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXI, Issue I, 4 July 1903, Page 65
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138Jokes About Children. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXI, Issue I, 4 July 1903, Page 65
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