excerpt from 'Nuts in May: memories of care-free days' pp. 16-17 (124 words)
excerpt from 'Nuts in May: memories of care-free days' pp. 16-17 (124 words)
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At the age of five I very reluctantly went to school with my elder brother and two sisters […] There was a little room and a big room. We all congregated in the big room for prayers and a hymn before lessons, and I can so well remember the old school master with beaming face twirling the cane he always carried, and poking me in the tummy as I sang most heartily “Count your blessings name them one by one” a hymn of many which I had learnt from my mother who had a lovely little voice, having no idea what was meant by “when upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed”, but appreciating it all much later. |
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