THE WAR AND DADDY
LITTLE GIRL S DETIi^MINAT|ION -j ,1 H', 3 ?!'.>■ : iu FATHER J STAYING AT i HQME .. t■«>ATtALL r'COSTS I You can't be brave and be a-paci fist too? Read this story. "f'm going to war when Mr Hauesler is called up" said a Ruatoiii Maori teasingly to his four year okl daughter the other day. "Don't go daddy,'' answered -the kiddy. I "Yes, I must go'-" the father replied "If you go I'll chop myself" l the small girl threatened. "I'll have to go" replied father, carrying the joke on. Small daughter thereupon went out side to the chopping block 9 lifted the axe and chopped a finger off to the consternation of her father and mother fviien she came back inside and showed them what she had done. The small stoic did not let out one whimper, either then or when her mother bandaged up the finger. District Nurse McKay was summoned t and she brought the child to Dr F, Appleby when further treatment was given.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 60, 8 September 1939, Page 4
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171THE WAR AND DADDY Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 60, 8 September 1939, Page 4
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