A FLATTERING EXPLANATION

A sturdy Scot, 6 feet 5 inches in height, is a gamekeeper near

Strafford. One hot day last summer he was accompanying a bumptious

sportsman, of very small stature, when he was greatly troubled by gnats.

The other said to him:

"My good man, why is it that the gnats do not trouble me?"

"I daresay," replied the gamekeeper, with a comprehensive glance at the

other's small proportions, "it will be because they havna' seen ye yet!"

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