Tho arguments of adults could not ewerve little May from her purpose, for she was always able to reply in kind. Thus one day she refused to eat a dish of rice pudding that was placed before her. “Eat your pudding dear,” her mother, urged. “Mother, I don’t like rice pudding,” was Mary's response. “WeR dear, just pretend you like it.” “No, mother: suppose I just pretend I’m eating it.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 December 1926, Page 21
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