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To Young Listeners, NCE again Wiri needs most of the page, but there is still a little space for news which isn’t in the papers. Some of it you'll find hard to believe, but it’s all true. Beginner’s Luck A N.Z. Flight-Lieutenant who was staying for a few days in a Scottish town, was invited to take part in the annual Curling Tournament (rather like bowls on ice). The airman had never "curled" before, but he entered for fun and they lent him a tam-o’shanter with a feather in it to bring him luck. It brought him such luck that he won the tournament, and was presented with a silver spoon, a genuine Scottish badge, the tam-o’shanter, and
the feather! And the airman said "It was all very funny, but not half as funny as I looked in the tammy!" Hard to Believe A canary we know was very sick and quiet, so he was taken to a bird doctor who said, "He needs a moulting tonic," and sent along some special birdseed medicine called "Sing-Song." The canary pecked twice at the seed-burst into a tiny song, and settled down to his morning sleep. Soles, Not Heels Billy’s mother sent him to the fish shop to buy some soles. Billy, who is young and forgetful asked the fish-man for some heels. The fish-man said "We don’t sell eels here, sonny. Next please." Which reminds us of another small boy who went into a butcher’s shop for some cat’s meat, and the butcher said, "Sorry, we haven’t killed any cats to-day," People shouldn’t tease people, should they?
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 98, 9 May 1941, Page 47
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267NEWSLETTER New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 98, 9 May 1941, Page 47
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