BREAKING IT GENTLY.
A lady who had recently moved to the suburbs was very fond of her Giot brood of chickens. Going out one afternoon, she left the household in charge of her eight-year-old boy. Before her return a thunderstorm came on. The youngster forgot the chickens during the storm, and was dismayed after it had passed to find that half of them had been drowned. Though fearing the wrath to come, he thought best to make a clean breast of the calamity, rather than leave it to be discovered. "Mamma," he said, contritely, when his mother had returned : "mama, six of the chickens are dead." "'Dead !" cried the mother. "Six ! How did they die ?" The boy saw his chance. "I think—l think they died happy," he said.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/KCC19140117.2.45
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 635, 17 January 1914, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
128BREAKING IT GENTLY. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 635, 17 January 1914, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Waitomo Investments is the copyright owner for the King Country Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Waitomo Investments. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in