A Boy’s Appetite.
My boy. yon really must acquire Some limitation of desire; Your freaks of appetite are dire. A score of apples, somewhat green, With many nuts consumed between, j And pasties —was it not thirteen? gj Of melon many a juicy slice, Quite indigestible, though nice. And several cups of raspberry ice. Some gingerbreads, n hunch of cake, 1 Two pennyworth of almond bake— Of course, you have the stomach-ache. And after this, I truly deem jj ’Twas 111-advised in the extreme fS To feast on jam and clotted cream. I 3 While more to crown the surfeit—del ? To eat so large a slice of pic .t? Was courting trouble by and by. 1 ? Be warned in time, and eat no more, Or, when the passing joy is o’er, Digestive pangs .will cost you sore. A. LESLIE.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIII, Issue VIII, 20 August 1904, Page 60
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139A Boy’s Appetite. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIII, Issue VIII, 20 August 1904, Page 60
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