THE BABY SHOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 20 (Supplement)

THE BABY SHOW.

(By llarjorio Bradley, IS, Manie Avenue, . ■~ Edendale, age 12.) "Aw, gee, I'm siek o£ minding these two kids." Thus spoke Fatty Jones, m.ember.of "Our Gang." As he spoke he looked disapprovingly at Dicky and Dot, his brother and sister, or the "kids." "Ma is mean keeping me from fishing with, the gang." Ho dumped the small ones into his cart and proceeded to take them into the street. Fatty, wrapped in his thoughts of revenge as he was, failed to look where ho was going, and ho barged into someone. "Why don't yer look where yer going," "Trowled the "someone." . "Oh, Freckles, is that you ?" gasped Fatty. "Yes, and look what sort of job ma's given me." He stolid aside, and Fatty saw that ho had three children with him. Freckles "and Fatty walked along together explaining the plans of revenge on their mothers, for making them work in their, holidays. .' • . .' Presently they -met the rest- of the gang, and to their surpriso they all had children in their charge. • , "Now we can't go fishing," said Ginger.

■ "No, xre can't. One of the little beggars will fall into the creek,'? Baid Skinny. "But what shall we dot" V . ,

"''l know. There are .twenty youngsters] and all of them are under two years of age. We'll have'a baby' show/ , said Carrots. . • - ,

The idea wa3 applauded by all tfoi gang, which .consisted of eight known as Freckles, Ginger, Fattjjj Skinny, Deny, Parrot, Boots and Carrot* They held the show in a.n old barn. Hβ gang arranged the infants in rows, and just as Carrots and.Ginger were about to weigh them, Mrs. Jones rushed fcj followed by the other members' mother^

Fatty's: mother seized her children, and grabbing Fatty by his collar dragged Mm home. ■ Fatty spent a warm half-hour over his mother's knee, and, according to .what they said, the rest of the gang did so too.