The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10

and he knew that he was very ignor-
ant. BY and by Mrs. Bantam hen came
strolling through the meadow. but for
an early walk.
Good morning. children" she said.
why aren't YOU at schOOl?"
I'VE ran away and don't know the
way back" said Lucky.
Then Mrs. Bantam-hen laughed
funny clucking laugh and she said:
Why. you're right outside the barn
yard now, / guess you've never
studied much chicken geography, have
yop?"
Lucky said no. he hadn't-but he
didn't say it was because he thought
he knew it all already.
He made up ibis mind that he would
study it very hard when he was back
in the gobbler school again. IL
thought it would be well TO know how
the barnyard is bounded. after all.
When they slipped quietly through
the barnyard gate all the little chick
ems were in the midst of an oral exam
ination.
Professor Rooster was conducting it.
Lucky and Plucky slipped into the
back of the class. where they thought
he wouldn't notice them. but Professor
Rooster pounced on Lucky the very
first thing
What are worms he asked.
"Worms?" said Lucky. Il don't
know
Then he passed the question on to the
next. who had been tapping his wings
very hard to show that he knew the
right answer.
Worms are things that chickens
like" he said.
Lucky was already at the foot. OF the
class so he just stayed there. but he
looked so unhappy that Professor Roos-
To- he civ hi her
chance.
So he said, Lucky. you may give the
principal parts Of the verb to crow e"
"Quack-a -doodle-deer said Lucky
promptly.
OF course that was all wrong. as any
girl or boy will tell you. But. as I said
first Lucky was terribly ignorant
All the class laughed and Professor
Rooster had to dismiss them.
He kept Lucky and marked him "fail-
ure.' and after class he made him say
the principal parts Of the verb ito
crow % times.
Then he talked very seriously to him
and said: My dear little chicken. do
you wish to grow up as ignorant as an
Easter egg?"
No" said lucky. II want to learn"
'Supposing." said Professor Rooster.
that when you grew up to be a big
fellow like me you should not know the
principal parts of the verb to crow.
How terrible that would be. Cock-a-
doodle-doo. Goodby."
Next morning Lucky was up bright
and early He was practicing scratch
ing and saying over to himself his les
son on the principal parts of the verb
ito crow for he really didn't want to
be as ignorant as an Easter egg.
1t is now some years since all this
happened. and Lucky has grown so
large that you wouldn't know him from
Professor Rooster if you saw him.
/ saw Sally the other day and l asked
her about him. "Oh. Lucky is a fine
large rooster now" she said He
crows better than all the rest"
And that shows what lessons and
going to school are good for.
Kenneth Hunter. r. f. d. No. 1,
box So. Napa. age years
Bertha Furze. A street. San Fran
Raymond Ganoung. Jolon. age
Myrtle Levin. Smell avenue. Elm
Virginia Meiser. soos Harrison
street. San Francisco. age years.
Bessie Groce. 3S3OA Eighteenth
street. San Francisco. age . years.
Norman Avery. 230S Grove street,
San Francisco.
Josephine Verdellet. care Mrs. c. S.
Lawlor, Ross.
Francisco. age 10 years.
Edward ROsberg 1856 Twentieth
street, San Francisco age years.
George Manning. 1903 Utah street.
Alfred Ailsebrook. s51 AIvarado
street San Francisco. age 10 years.
Van Read Sargent. 452 Lincoln ave-
nue.. Alameda.