The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-06-06
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Aunt Bella 70 the children one rainy
day. You must sit II row upon
your little benches, and will ask You
questions That does no, sound very
amusing. does it? But You will grow
interested after awhile. and the one
who answers the most questions shall
order lunch for the party. shall be
gin at once ana not waste time. Polly,
have You anything that The animals
gave yOu?"
Yes" said Polly promptly. "Iyo
got a scWatch wight on ny arm that
my pussy gave lie when WoulIl't
let her drink my milk" And she rolled
up the sleeve Of her apron % show it.
they all laughed, and then Polly cried
Then they kissed her. ani Aunt Bella
said:
No one laughed At the scratch. Pol
", and you shall have another Ques-
ton. Try to think Of something nice
something that you like to have, that
an animal gave you"
Not single fWing," said Polly.
Think, Polly" said Aunt Bella
What have you got On your feet"
Shoes and stockings. Ny yarb's-
wool stockings and my brown kid
shoes" said Polly, kicking her foot.
Well. Polly. the little white lambs
gave you the wool off their backs for
the stockings, and the pretty kids gave
their skins for the shoes"
OH cried Polly. Il never frought
Of tat. So tey did" Then she laughed.
and the others felt they might, too, and
Aunt Bella continued:
Now the rest must answer in their
turn. only they must not tell of the
same gifts Polly has told OF. What
have the qUadrupeds or birds or fish
Or insects given you, Tom
well said Tom, with his hands in
his pockets, "the tailor said my suit
was strictly all wool 50 the sheep
must have given me that, and my hat,
TOO; and-oh, an alligator gave me my
shoes-alligator skin, they are; and I've
got a knife in my pocket that a she'll
fish gave me-the handle for it, at least,
because it's mother-of- pearl. and that
is the lining Of she'll and guess
that's all remember just now"
Now, Tilly" said Aunt Bella.
oh" said Tilly, Il am under OBJ
legations to the silkworms for my dress,
for it IS made of Japanese silk. And
a tortoise gave me my hairpin. And in
my pocket | have something Little
blind mole gave me-a moleskin purse.
! suppose some animal with horns gave
me these little red buttons. for think
they are bone"
can animal gave them to YOU" said
Aunt Bella, "but in a very curious way,
Those buttons are made Of bullock's
blood. There is great factory in
some part Of the country where they
take all the blood that is gathered from
the places where they slaughter beef
and turn it into something like bone
Of which they make buckles and combs
and breast-pins and lots Of things. You
may know them by their red color
Very few people guess what it is"
Now, Fanny?'
"A seal gave me my cap and muff and
collar" said Fanny; and the feathers
in my hat an ostrich gave mech, ]
have little snake-skin pocketbookv'
And you, Lilly" asked Aunt Bella
'Oh, monkey gave me my cape and
mum" said Lilly, "and kid gave me
my gloves"
Now, I am going to ask you all ia
look about the room and see what crea
lures have helped to furnish it,"
"Of course, sheep have, for there Is
wool In the carpet said Fanny: land
silkworms. for the curtains have silk in
then,"
ooh, and horses" said Tom, "for
here Is horse-hair sofa"
AN elephant help.z." said THY
oh, yes, and a camel. not exactly in
furnishing. but as to pretty things. The