SOME KUMARA

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 71, 10 January 1947, Page 2

SOME KUMARA

At Ruatoki once there lived A famed George Washington Who grew a mighty kumara That weighted more than a ton. The fellows of this monster Whose dimensions were stupendous After they were excavated Proved proportionally tremendous; Far too heavy for the dray George rolled them to his barn And afterward for many a day He told his famous yarn— Of how he left the biggest one Too ponderous to be lifted For an horticultural monument That refused to be shifted. Long afterward (so George said) Four surveyors visited his shed Asking to be shown the way To a section they wished to survey. Says George, “Come along with me. Across my paddock then you’ll see The track that leads you to the spot! Don’t walk so fast I’m tired and

hot.” Just then, said George, the ground

gave way And the four of them to their dis-

may Were up to their chins in a morass Of rotten kumara! Now pass The bottle please, for I am dry. Now Georgie peacefully doth lie Near the spot, but as the years go by Georgie’s yarn will be handed down To the posterity of Ruatoki town. H. SERGANT.