THE CHAMPION LIAR.
The Prevaricators’ Society was proceeding in peace and harmony, till the snake-story man spoke. “ Some people,” he said, “consider the snake hasn’t got any sense; but they’re wrong. For instance, once, when I was in India I saw a Hindoo mother place her year-old baby outside the hut to sun himself, and, to keep his spirits up, she gave the little chap a big feeding bottle of milk.
“ Well, as I watched I saw a snake insinuate himself close up to that child. My heart was in my mouth, I feared for the baby. But, bless you, the snake was only after the milk! He just slipped the teat out of the child’s mouth and into his own, and then the thoughtful and kindly reptile put the end of his tail into the child’s mouth by way of a comforter ! ” With a great sob, the president of the society arose, and handed the laurel which encircled his brow to the snake-story man. And then they passed silently out into the night,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 27 August 1907, Page 2
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174THE CHAMPION LIAR. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 27 August 1907, Page 2
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