Schoolboy howlers.' —The pilot of an aeroplane is not afraid to jump out when he has a parasite with him. Gray, the poet, was famous for his lethargy. Aristocrats are people who perform at a circus. A hamlet is a baby pig. A metaphor is a thing you shout through. Alabaster is the man who had all the adventures with the Forty Thieves. Water is put into tanks and filleted. Mandolins are high Chinese officials. Guitars are what labourers wear on their legs. A ghost is an invisible object usually seen at night.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 August 1938, Page 7
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