When Himalayan mothers go out to the fields to work they place their children in mud and straw cradles. Trickles of water from mountain brooks fall gently on each little head, inducing slumber. When the mothers return they find the brooks, but no babble.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 September 1938, Page 8
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44When Himalayan mothers go out to the fields to work they place their children in mud and straw cradles. Trickles of water from mountain brooks fall gently on each little head, inducing slumber. When the mothers return they find the brooks, but no babble. Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 September 1938, Page 8
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