Visitor: "I understand that your son is still at the University. What is he going to be when he takes his degree?” Father (groaning): “An old, old man!” The teacher had been giving an account of the reindeer, its haunts, habits, and uses. One boy, however, was not paying any attention, so the teacher asked: “Now, what is the use of the reindeer?” The startled youth looked up and said: “It makes everything in the garden lovely, teacher.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 January 1940, Page 8
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