LONG DISTANCE CALL
A timid Italian soldier, slipping stealthily over the defences of Tobruk, ran for all his worth as soon as he heard firing. The desert was dark and after a long time he ran slap into someone who picked him up. gave him a drink, and bade him return to the firing line. "Thanka you verra much, sergeant.” said the runaway.
"Sergeant!'’ exclaimed the other. Don’la you realise I lima da general.” "O solo rnio,” was the deserter's reilv, "I must have run a long way.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 March 1941, Page 7
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88LONG DISTANCE CALL Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 March 1941, Page 7
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