The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

portioned, and they were quite vain
on account OF A.
One day a ship sailed over the part
Of the ocean where The founders lived.
and a young girl dropped a looking
glass out Of her cabin window The
looking glass came down and down
through the water until Il fell right
into the founders back yard. Mr.
Flounder found Il a little while later
and picked It up TO look at It. He saw
the reflection Of his own face In the
looking glass, and he thought Il was
some other founder who had no bus
ness there.
Get out Of here at once he cried.
What do you mean by coming right
in here without an invitation and
walking about among my clothes
linesg You know all fishes hang up
their clothes to get nice .sz,d wet be-
fore putting them on. OF Course, the
reflection did not answer, but the Look
ing glass reflected Mr.. Founders
mouth as he spoke, and he thought
the other founder was making faces
at him. That made him SO mad that
he kicked out with both fms and his
tail and he fell down on the back of
his neck so hard that he Jared down
four clothes poles. Mrs Founder saw
the clothes dragging In the sand and
she came rushing out of the house to
give Mr.. Founder a piece of her mind.
The very idea, she said. you
ought to be ashamed to be cutting such
didos at your age.
Tt struck me- sobbed Mr.. Floun-
der. That round thing tipped me up
and hurt the back Of my head Then
he sat up very straight to see Mrs.
Founder with looking glass in her
fin, smiling and bowling and putting
her hat on straight, oh, this is just
lovely she cried in surprise. You
are a dear, good, old Founder oun-
der, to bring your little WHEY such a
nice present. declare, never knew
was so handsome. we must go more
into society so people can see how
beautiful I am. I will give a party
this very day!'
"Mr. Founder got up at once, and
when he looked in the glass he said:
Hum! All! Well, really, you know, I
had no idea that was so distinguished
looking. Go ahead with your party
by all means.
I'm a few days the Founders had a
very grand party, and they invited an
immense number of fishes, nearly all
of whom came.
Before long they finished playing
all the games that the fishes knew, and
then young Mr.. Sunfsh, who had been
brought up in a river where boys often
came to fish, proposed that they play a
game that he had often seen boys play
on the banks of the river The game
was called squat tag, and all the
fishes thought it was the greatest fun
they had ever known.
They had been playing for a long
time and enjoying themselves very
much when Mr. Sturgeon, who is a
very fast swimmer, was it The very
first one Mr.. Sturgeon chased was Mr.
| Whale, and just as he was about to
be caught Mr.. Whale squatted in q
! great hurry. He was so afraid of be.
ing caught by Mr.. Sturgeon that he
squatted right on Mr.. and Mrs. Floun-
der, who were holding each others
hands and taking turns peeping in the
looking glas. Of course, as Mr. Whale
was nineteen million times heavier
than both the Founders, he squasheC
them just as fiat as could possibly be
and he broke the glass into little
pieces.
''As soon as Mr.. Whale found wha
he had done, he said he was very sor
ry, and offered to sit on the edges O.
the Founders and squash them bacl
again, but Mr.. Founder said he mad,
it a rule never to be squashed twice il
one day, and Mrs. Founder and Mr.
Whale ought to be made to go and as
sociate with gun foundry, for he wa
a regular blunderbuss. The party brok
up at once and the Founders hav,
never forgiven Mr.. Whale for breaking
their looking glass.
Neither ever tried to regain the oil
shape. After awhile they decided
was the correct style to be fiat, for
was so different from the common kim
Of fishes, and all founders are fat t
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