WASN'T THE EARLIER BIRD.
Turmits and wurzils were both farmers and neighbours, and they had a standing dispute as to which of them was the earlier riser.
©ne morning Turmits decided to settle the matter once and for a'lSo he got up at two-thirty, and. in gleeful steaJth, walked over to his rival's farm.
Judge of his disappointment when he found Mrs. Wurzels just hanging out the last of a lmeful of clothes ! The good woman eyed him in surprise at this early visit, so. with as much concern as possible Turmits asked :
"Good morning, Mrs. Wurzeis ! The farmer anywhere about ?" '"Well," replied Mrs Wur.el', removal-- about fifteen Kgs f.on her mouth before Lhe could :-\:-ca'-, ai:d glancing io'tid, 'he v.-&s in th •: i-ovl-try yard in the car'i:r rart o' ih-! morn'n.r, tut I dent l.iio.v v.;:ere he's .EOiie now." * 1335.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 647, 28 February 1914, Page 3
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141WASN'T THE EARLIER BIRD. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 647, 28 February 1914, Page 3
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