OUR STORY.

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 17, 22 October 1943, Page 6

OUR STORY.

WANTED—A CAR This is the true story of Tommy and the tomatoes. One day daddy and mummy and Tommy went out shopping,, and Tommy took his Saturday penny along with him to spend. Daddy was thinking of buying a larger car. and while they were looking at some beautiful ones in a showroom, Tommy suddenly said, "Please 1 want that one!" and ofIfered, the. salesman his penny for the biggest. Of course the man was very much amused, and mummy had to explain that a car costs lots and lots of tic'kies. (Tickics is the. African name for a threepenny bit.) The next afternoon mummy wanted to turn out the front room, so she said: "Run off and play in the garden, Tommy, and don't get up to any mischief!" Tommy disappeared at once and mummy started her work. Presently there was a knock at the door and one of the* neighbours came in. "I wonder if know what your small son in doing?" she said. "If not just come and have a look." Mummy followed her down the path and they both leaned over the front gate. There was Tommy sitting on the kerb with a basket full of tomatoes from the garden, which he was trying to sell at 3d a pound;. Mummy had had a tremendous struggle to get her tomatoes to grow at all,, and at this particular season they were still grass green and auite smallTommy knew that his mummy usually paid 3d a pound for tomatoes when she went to market, and he expected the neighbours to buy at the same, price. The unfortunate part of it was that he had completely stripped the plants, so there would be no chance of home-grown tomatoes in the salad that year! "But whatever made you do it?" I asked mummy, quite mystified. "I wanted the money for my car," explained her son brightly, "and I thought I'd get lots this way."