Attracted by a bright youngster, a dear old lady said to him: "I’d give a thousand pounds to have a little boy like you for my own.” "That's a lot el money, isn't it?" said the lad. "Yes. but I have lots of money and no little boy." "Mother wouldn't let,you have me for good." said the boy. Then he thought for a minute and added brightly :"But you can hold my hand for sixpence."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 March 1941, Page 5
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