SIMPLE STORIES
IN THE TRAM HE tram rocked itself down the hill towards the city. The heat was oppressive and the few passengers felt languid. But soon their flagging interest in their surroundings changed to one of amused tolerance, as the Bright Young Thing boarded the car and greeted an acquaintance. She looked more like a doll than anything ever purchased and started chatting immediately. "Oh, what a day! My word, look at those girls in uniform. How on earth they. work in them these days, to say nothing of the drivers of the vans, and the girls on the ‘land giving up the pleasures of cool feminine frocks and things, I don’t know!" Her grammar was slightly askew, but | her hat also was at a rakish angle. "You wouldn’t catch me joining the army for anything-me for the bright life every time." Nearby a small child had been absorbed in studying something which Santa Claus had recently brought her. The Voice of Discovery shattered the Listening Silence. "Mummy, listen! The doll’s head is made of sawdust!"
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 190, 12 February 1943, Page 6
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177SIMPLE STORIES New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 190, 12 February 1943, Page 6
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