A ROOKIE WRITES HOME

Goat Island Groan, Volume 1, Issue 5, 4 October 1941, Page 2

A ROOKIE WRITES HOME

Goat Island, Thursday.

r er i st ' > ■■ ’ you remember that .litter wot i sends you last week well you wont get it becos it didnt go becos ; a 4 sargint guy name ; beetie found it in the bottle wot 1 told you about and put it in his paper wot he calls the grone for everyone to reed and no about it. -, ' ' : ! • ■ i thort it was a' dur1 7 t rick'* but ; gunar bold sed no it was tn the grone so all gunai's could see how to rite a nice letter home.--., so i dont mind and i am goin'to'- show him’this one so as they can c-rl see it. " .' z .\ ' ; this dump gits worser as it n goes on and i dont seem to not go nothing rite, some guy* named wattle a sargint grabs us early this mormin and pulls us outer bed and sends us up to peel taters crool guy he is too - made us go even when -We said we didnt like peeling taters. > - ■ well i was peeli® slow like.-when a big guy in white named ellyit sez ter meter git a move on so i ups an tels him i didnt come here to peel spuds and i want s. some akshun so e gays ter me : go'an arsk bomberdear billing ,for a kidey punch wot i did and the - , crool cow when i found him at breakfast punches me in the bak like j was a maverick and him a boxer to sos i coodn hit him back wel i has a nice breker and gits told to wash owt the hutt wot was easy after the cow shed only,.they try to keep the wals clean hear did you ever here of a cow shed, wiv cleen wals anyhow i has just finish this and wattle coms down and tels me to report to the ellyit guy again sos i can peal some mor spuds so i thinks its time, to disapere so i hops -behind the reck hut’ to hyde and finds a bomberdear golewatter their and he tels me not to tel dicksori he is'their so i gows over into a big concrete shed were they keeps all the rubish , {o hid an i fines a won striper name of kissin hidin their so 1 looks, four somwear else •" 1 . :• but i runs into 4 the r eleyit guy and he gos crook at, me cos .<l, hav gottm billing exited cos billing is very rumatiky and shoodnt goe faster than a wark cos he mite brake down an then they wood poot him in the ole mans hoam a nice concrete playce down by the beech were all the worn owt guys live ’ - . - v • •. . .. . -- . . i ses i.am sbrrie and seein as how he is rumatiky\i will hit him furst nex time sb he ses alrite take this tukker to leftent darbie up at the beeopee < this guy darbie is another bad temperd bloke cos i goes up to him and ses pi you and he ses sir to you and i ses to him dont bother calling .me-sir , cos i .am only startin yet an ar you left ent darbie and he ses 00 the hell do you think i am genral booth and i ses o no hes a big. shot and. you are only small /W change whitch he didnt like at orl and i cood see his seven a side mostach twitching sb i beets irt, mitey smart >. as is gos dwt a litel wee guy naim urine ses in a horse wisper that i orter call him mager barbra so ill remember that . wel dere t wen i gets down the hill that dickson stopps me and sez dont you 20 you saloot oficers in this; mans show and i sez ow do ino them and : -he' sez o they v were a coller an ty an i sez so • do i on sonday as soon as i had sed that he narows his eyes stiks his chin at me an sez all fearce like o no you dont now you ar workin-four mister frazer : - so i gos down the rode a bit an i sees a little guy with a wiskey flushed compleckson name of gifkin an so i gives him a reel good saloot but nocks me hat of and everywon larfs just becos i nocks me hat of '. wel dere its time to go and dig hols for som guy leftent mxsa mason wit gunner bold sez all the bois call dismal desmon so- i must close dere ..... • yoi* boy : john ps ted sez we wil hav some leave in sicks weeks time ♦