THAT AWFUL SMALL BOY. Small Bny: What is a roost, papa? Parent: A Toost, my son, is the pole on which the chickens roost at nurht. Small Bov: And what is a perch, papa? Parent: A perch is what chickens perch on at liifrht. Small Boy: Well, papa, could a chicken roost on a perch ? Parent: Why, of course. Small Boy: And could they perch on a roost? Parent: Certainly, of course. Small Boy: But if the chicken perched on a roost, that would make the roost a perch, wouldn't it? Parent: Oh, heavens, yes! I suppose Small Boy: But if just after some chickens had perched on a roost and made it a perch, some chickens came along nnd roosted on the, perch and made it a. roost, then the roost would he a. perch nnd the perch would he a roost, and some of the chickens would be percher* and the others would,he roosters, and " Parent: Susan, Susan! Take this child to bed before he drives me mad."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 234, 11 February 1911, Page 10
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170Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 234, 11 February 1911, Page 10
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