Personal Friends
HIS was one of the easiest stories to get. Without blushes she confessed that an American sailor was using all her spare time, and she found it a bright way of using it. She’d met her sailor friend at a club a few weeks ago. As she entered the lounge she saw a lonely American come to the door, look in shyly, and then turn away. Feeling rather like a bad bold hussy she went after him, brought him back, and introduced him to the party. Soon several other friends of his drifted in and joined (Continued on next page)
What Shall We Do With Soldiers And Sailors?
(Continued from previous page) the circle. "We tried dancing, and some managed to follow their ~partners, but Dick and I just got all tangled up so we sat out and talked. I thought he might be interested in details about New Zealand, and was amazed to find that he knew almost more about our little country than I did. He could tell me the population, chief towns, industries, give statistical figures, and details of our early history. He explained that as soon as sailors know their probable destination they swot up all the available books on the subject they can get hold of. The majority of those I meet seem to be well educated and very keen to learn. They escorted us home just as our New Zealand boys would have done, and were very anxious to see us again. Since then Dick. and I have gone out a lot together. Occasionally we have dinner in town and then go on to pictures or dancing, and on other nights he comes home with me and we have a quiet evening round the fire."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 156, 19 June 1942, Page 8
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293Personal Friends New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 156, 19 June 1942, Page 8
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