The Archive · 1939

Be Kind To Your Neighbour

Br kind to your neighbour, he's human like you: look out for some kind little deed you can do. When he throws all his rubbish from over next door, just bung it right back with a little bit more.

And when his small boy clambers over plants, to get back the ball he threw over by chance, don't rate him or scold him—just pat his wee head with an old lump of brick or a large piece of lead.

Ah, yes, let us live in accord with our neigh-hour, and do all we can to help lighten his labour. And then when the wife wants a half-pound of marge, she can go round and cadge it without any charge.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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