The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-12
furry object over and over with his

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whats the matter with the Weasel?'
Buddie asked Cant he Walk"
Hes asleep,' REPLIED Colonel Hes
always asleep You Rnow the old say
Ing. You can't catch weasel awake
Come along and help toss him.
Budde followed the others. and present.
ly found herself holding one corner OF a
blanket upon which the Weasel had been
rolled Then the jolly party began to skip
around In circle, singing
Imply. Mimpty. Jiggety-jg,
lbbity. blbbfty. beazIe,
Pop goes the Weasel!"
At the word Pop the Weasel was toss<
ed high in the air; and as he sailed sky
ward he half.awoke and made a sound
like cork coming out Of bottle. Be
fore he began to descend he was sound
asleep again.
Round and round they skipped and sang.
breath. IF | could only sleep like that!'s
sighed the Great Huge Bear, as he rolled
the .e, Weasel aas, back %ssn into the bushes
bear-back riding by the Stork. The Great
Huge Bear raced around the clearing as
fast as he could go, and tried in various
finished the trip In triumph.
Playing Postum was the next gam9
on II the =, prro 'r Choose partners!.f
Ing off, formed airing around the 'Possun-
Change partners!'' called the DonkeNs
and a scralnhls fn:iowed. ',,,P.ssulnls
another scramble. followed by a laugh AT
Buddie's expense. The Postum had selz1
SHE Been Ru oreo Into s
L vas SOMETHING like Sold Man III Tuek ers
with the Music and dancing omitted.
9 Next IA me n bowling conf eSf pDat1 To
ali members Of the Club large enough to
take part. Ten chipmunks sitting up
Eretless Porcupine curled himself up for.
the ball. In the ordinary bowling alley,
the ball must be rolled back in a trough.
after each, throw and trotted back for
another The Porcupine seemed to enjoy
the game as we'll as the, others. and the
we're seldom knocked over, and when
they were It didn't hur then d bitA
While these sports we're going on two
the still smaller members of the Club
there the B pnynE wo eaE Fsos cock b!
and other games and everybody was hav-
ing such, good time that very few heard
tn, 1ae, Donkey ANNOUNCE no, that Doctor Gooses
Shall you stay for the lecturer" ask
ed the Rabbit. hurryins up to BIddle.
ahs sad ha hf e f ponksy Is
shda repled the RPenksy some
letters should be encouraged.
u like lectures as well as any one"
said the, Rabbit; but ], Doctor Goose never
The Donkey put on his most plying
smile. Life is not all eating and drink
- Maybe not, returned the Rabbit; "but
I'd rather eat than hear one Of Doctor
Goose's lectures.
"phstine mut t.es the D s9S .,s
But the Donkey seorned to reply.
The audience that gathered eGa ID Ito r hear
We're the Donkey and Buddie, who really
wished to hear III the Yellow ,ho R Dos' Who Who
@ond e az bo dosng else
where: the Rabbit. who was present tun-
der protest; Doctor Fox. wearing his
m posot er yery d ana and 2 tile
Loon who move, missed chance q
shriei<. Hear! heart
nsd aq ops his wesk ss5HR RSs9
tio !'a,o St;7."
A ball driven BY the Golf Lynx carried
away the lecturers manuscript, -,
BIT, starting art Alter The Golf ysX. orI nas
had recovered the scattered man y tElpr.
and Doctor Goose proceeded. as II TIERS
nag l-t 1een Man ian Story. 1T is impossible ia
fix the date Of tho first nun story !. be,
cause we do, not know preciss.elS' AZ VIA
WI. aIltssr r nterrupted Doctor Fox
began with the Fox family
rsSSSss are %'s ssa5e ny ssaF a9l'saSs
era'u Icsy 9efa" s saa Doctor FOX sxei,ed
". 10 my learned friend. PROFESSOR
I1pu
'r Tie Donkey bowed, ~ have always he.
leved." he said, that Donkey a., w 1,oss
o oia With any literature BY the Fog
family. with the exsand1on OF ,ma ho az N.
structive. though not so entertaining, az
the rhymes OF Mother Goose; The first
is tho older, but the second Is the more
This This decision was, as usual, asreeahle
to both disputants. and Doctor Goose son. con
..Xt all events It safely may be be- ass sum
merely records OF the chase AFTER q =. man ~.
had been pursued captured ana eass'i W
ri? What's that?', asked the Great l,..a,:
Huge Bear, unclosing ms eyes. = heNet
a'n 81 a Mas spea * t' Of the old and saw
qss da aggsss r o saa noe'o' GOOSE anu W
the custom to relate the details, VIII
more or less exaggel,a ton, to a circle OF
sa @ e sasy b Tas Fhss Hssn shess
tales OF the chase held, tlieir1 populaFlty
and animals advanced in-ciyilizauon.t they
hunted man less and studied . him more ,bat
tie world, possessed reasoning faculties
similar to their own-he mghit, Even nay haXe
Ted that the line between the lowest AMI
mails and the highest man Is so fine as
sea rcely to be discerned.
nounce. with little swagger. the com
plete tiiscomforture of the Golf LynA
Buddie WAS not SO sure OF this; she couia
see the Lynx peepins from behind q tree az
the farther end OF the amnhitheatre
whereas according to the Rabbit, he
should be running yet"
Doctor Goose, "is superior to the AVERAGE