What Mum Says

Published: March 19, 2010, 2:03 a.m.

b'When Mum says,\\n"I\'ll be there in a minute."\\nShe really means,\\nI\'ll be at least another half-hour."\\n\\nBut when Mum says \\n"I want this room tidied NOW, or there\'ll be trouble."\\nShe really, really means it!\\n\\nA poem by Margaret Schroder\\n\\nNew Zealand School Journal'