A VERY GOOD REASON
A benevolent old man invited a number of small hoys from the slums to spend a day at his beautiful oldworld country home, and among the many good things which he provided for them was a bountiful and wondrous feast of strawberries and cream. As the day drew to a close, wishing to impress the lads with a lesson, their benefactor asked: ‘ Now, suppose, instead of having been invited her© to eat my strawberries, you had come and helped yourselves when nobody was looking, would you have enjoyed the fruit so much?’ ‘ No, sir.’ ‘Ah ! And why not?’ asked the old gentleman, inspired with a new faith in young Britain’s honesty, ‘ ’Cause, gir,’ came the sad but prompt reply, ‘we wouldn’t ’av ’ad no cream with ’em!’
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New Zealand Tablet, 27 November 1913, Page 62
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131A VERY GOOD REASON New Zealand Tablet, 27 November 1913, Page 62
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