The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-27
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HAIRY ARMADILLO.

I'm the Hairy Armadillo, If any one
should care to know it. and if no one
cares to know it l will be good enough
and kind enough and sweet enough to
give this piece of interesting informa-
ton free"
"Forsooth you are kind" said Mrs.
Hairy Armadillo, land l am deeply
grateful"
you talk like a-well-like a-well,
| don't know just what you talk like,
but you talk powerfully foolishly, that
l can say.
Evidently you can say it, for you
; have said it," Mrs. Hairy Armadillo
! answered.
But what did you mean by all that
silly talliing-saying 'Forsooth' and so
forth?" asked the Hairy Armadillo.
Il mean nothing by it," said Mrs.
| Armadllo, 'for creatures don't have
to bother about what they say. Didn't
you know that, you poor dear?'
! 81 didn't know 1t, but l am not
poor deer. l wouldn't be poor deer.
i l wouldn't be poor deer for anything,
or any sort of q deer for that matter.
] Deer have foolish horns and big, beau
tiful eyes and they are so affection
ate and sweet"
"My dear, or rather, my love-" said
Mrs. Armadillo, Il didn't mean you
were the sort of poor deer you
thought i meant.
"You were thinking of the animals
called deer, with horns, and who be-
long TO the antelope family. | meant
that you were a poor dear-wen n
poor dear armadillo. And 1 meant it
kindly, a word Of sympathy, so to
speak"
81 WISH" said the Hairy Armadlllo,
that You would stop talking in that
ridiculous fashion / don't understand
what one thing means before you up
and say something else l can't under
stand"
Il don't get up and say these things
at all. Eve been lying down all this
time, or rather squatting on my floor
ooh, we'll" said the Hairy Armadillo
Il didn't mean you actually got up.
meant that you-well-that you were
always saying funny things"
you would like to have me explain
why | say 'Forsooth,' and so to speak,
and such sayings of mine, eh?"
eyes, please" said the Hairy Ar
madillo politely.
n well, l can't" said Mrs. ArmadillC
: proudly. u don't know what sucl
! things mean. It's enough that cal
o say them.
o ''To me it's fine to be able to tall
d 1 in a big, clever way. 1t doesn't matte
e in the least-to my way of thinking
; whether | know what l am TALKING
= about or not.
!, 80 l copy what hear-but no on
n would be able to understand me whel
e tried to show off my learning ex
It cept you. And therefore l have t
Il show off before you. You're so unaI
IS preciative, too" she said sadly.
e How can l bother about being al
= preciative?" the Hairy Armadillo al
70 swered, when L. can't even bottle
20 about being afrectionate? And yo
? can't be affectionate yourself"
W 81 know" said Mrs. Armadillo.
= heard that we were far from being a.
le fectionate, and | can understand i
for our bodies are covered with hare
hard shell-even our tails are hard
T. "TailsT repeated the Hairy Arm;
dillo. 1--WE haven't more than ia
apiece"
IF Il wasn't speaking of one of l
alone-I was speaking of many
us" said Mrs. Armadillo. eve hay
more than one tail among a lot of I
we each have our own tall
That's so, you're right, except yo
will talk so queerly," said the Hair
Armadillo.
Tell me of some of your adve
lures" said Mrs. Armadillo, for 81