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An important official, having spent some years in Cairo, was leaving for England. On the last day his little son asked to be taken to see "Gordon" once again (in Cairo, there is a more-than-lite-size statue of General Gordon riding a camel). The small boy stood before the monument, and said with visible emotion: "Good-bye, Gordon, good-bye." His father was very gratified and touched by this evidence of patriotism, until, as they walked away, the child suddenly asked, "Daddy, who is that man sitting on top of Gordon?"
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 59, 9 August 1940, Page 14
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