The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-11

friendly like Mr..
or Mrs. or Grand
pa or Grandma. They simply call us
Frogs and then give our family
names. The only way l know that is
because l heard little Boy say so
who was wading in our Pond not long
ago.
Well said Mr.. Pond Frog, I am
sure they'd call me Mr.. Pond Frog
in the book if l asked them to. Books
are very obliging I imagine and not
bit like Frogs
But said Grandpa Frog, you're
talking lot of nonsense about some. |
thing you don't know thing about. /
You've never read a book, have youq
OF course not neither have |. And !
what's more | have no desire to. It
would hurt my eyes and make them
water. Water should be in the Pond
and not in my eyes. And why should
| read in a book what | already know?
l know I'm Frog and so are you.
What's more still, you don't know
whether books are friendly or not.
They may be awful snobs-we can
never be sure until we know and we
never can know as don't suppose any
of our family would ever care to send
their Children to a book School when
there are so many other more impor.
tant things to learn.
What's more important, said Mr..
Pond Frog, than family history?'
But we all can learn family his.
tory from each other
Some of US won't bother to tell
l should think you'd know a Profess
sor when you saw one
Grandpa Frog opened his mouth
very wide with surprise. While il
was open he swallowed a very nice
bug and when he had blinked with
pleasure over that he said:
"'At last I see. You want to be
called Mr.. Pond Frog to add dignity
to your appearance. That's quite noble
l will admit. And you want to be
Professor in the new Pond School
down by the creek of which | am the
chief head Um-um, Gr-r-r-r-r I shall
think about it. Yes, now I've thought
"'What, what?' croaked Mr.. Pond
Frog.
You may be the new Professor in
our School, and you may teach Fam
lily History. From now on Wen all
call you Mr.. Pond Frog, the new Pro-
fessor of Family History
ooh how happy Mr.. Pond Frog was.
| and tho nayt y1ocrr,;po Il
place on top of stump in the creek
| at the end of the pond
"All the little Frogs gathered
around soon after, and School began.
| OF course there were other classes
| and lessons for the Frogs, but Mr..
| Pond Frog had a class every half hour
| in Family History. He taught them
of the different kinds of Frogs, and of
| all their cousins,
| uncles aunts,
and just what
they were famous wzrxzxn
for. He told 90
them of all the A
great happenings kS.s.s7
in days gone by, Z9ZYA
s s sss s I :s, e e.. s ;S :,
e.: EN- !
their grandpas,
| grandmas. and " 5"
great, great. NLN
great, great NsH
grandpas and III ~.
grandmas.
Frogs thought y want to Be
Family History Called Mr.. Pond
was a fine study. Frog.
and they enjoyed
hearing all the Fairy stories too that
Mr.. Pond Frog told them at recess.
And when it came time for the
Summer vacation there was an ex-
animation In Family History. All the
little Frogs got one hundred as they
couldn't make mistake when Mr..
Pond Frog had made it SO interest
Ing for them.
And the Frogs decided it had been
q great success and were very CRATE
full to Mr. Pond Frog for suggesting
1t and to Grandpa Frog for allowing
it. As for Mr.. Pond Frog he was
the happiest Frog you can imagine
and croaked and croaked with Joy for
Grandpa Frog had asked him to teack
Family History in the School again
In the fall"