Why he couldn't Remember.
A kindergarten teacher tells a good joke on herself. She had been very strict in requiring writton excuses from the mothers in case of absence. The morning of the big snowstorm only a few of the babies made their appearance. The next day they all came with written GXOUBes except one dot ,named Willit. When asked for his, he said: "I did ferdet it." He was cautioned to bring it the next day. Willie's mother was quite disgusted. It seemed to her that anyone with the slightest pretensions to grey matter ought to know the reason for Irs absence. The next morning he arrived all red and rosy with the cold, und handed the teacher his excuse. Ie read:— "Dear Miss C : Little Willie's legs are fourteen inches long. The snow was two feet deep. Very truly yours, Mrs J »
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 February 1912, Page 4
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144Why he couldn't Remember. Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 February 1912, Page 4
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