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Afternoon Reading: Just William - Pursuin' Happiness

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The Revenge

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Boy scout William commits to a daily good deed, until he meets a ghastly child.

Boy scout William Brown is committed to a daily deed of kindness, but a little boy tests him to the limit. Read by Martin Jarvis.

Written by Richmal Crompton, and read by Martin Jarvis.

William Brown, surprisingly perhaps, becomes a Boy Scout - something his family agrees to in the hope that it will keep him out of trouble. William's sense of honour means that he takes most seriously his obligation to perform a daily 'deed of kindness'. 

But an encounter with a very small, extremely objectionable little boy tests his resolve to breaking point. 

Director: Pete Atkin
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
A Jarvis & Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4.

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