Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-01-03

the phalangers
-oo just as though
they had private
airships of their very own. And they
can always be ready for a flying trip,
too!
Now three little phalangers had
curled up in the corner of a tree far
away from here. They had some straw
beds which they thought were espe-
cially fine and they were talking.
Their names We're Polly P%halanger,
Peter Phalanger and Patrick Phalan-
ger, n their mother thought their
names sounded very well together.
ut wa a good thing, too, that they
had other names beside their last one.
for it would be pretty hard to have to
say %Phalanger all the time"
Indeed it would" agreed the chill
dren, nodding their heads. "Do you
ever have trouble saying it, Daddy ~. 2
well, l am glad to say Polly and
Peter and Patrick instead" Daddy adj
mitted.
The children laughed and Daddy
smiled.
swell, as I said BEFORE" he contin-
ued, "they were all talking. 1t was
Peter who was speaking at the time.
".Do you know he said, that people
think airships are very wonderful?
They always look up in the sky when
they see II They get stiff necks
looking at them, and they think they
are marvellous sights"
Sc sNNl@ %oll -. ~ lL:.os .-i-.a 81
Polly.
"Never mind said Peter. 4 know
what / am saying
EDO the people jump into the air
ships and f1yY asked Patrick, who was
the Youngest of the three.
"sNo,' chuckled Peter. They don't
get a chance. People can only watch.
Only a few can so up in airships. They
are most expensive and besides there
are folks who do not like to leave the
i ground
care there, really?' asked Polly in
great surprise.
"fYou don't mean to say SOP said
Patrick, in a questioning voice. He
thought he must seem surprised, too,
thought, if the truth were known, Pat
rick had been mapping through half
the talk and only awoke when some
one said something in a high-pitched
voice. He was very young and fuzzy
and sleepy!
"'Why don't they like to leave the
ground?' asked Polly. OF course I
don't like to go up into the sky, but I
love to fiyr And she spread her own
private airships.
"'Oh,' said Peter, they think that
the minute they get their feet off the
ground they are going to drop. You
see they have to depend on these little
airships to carry them. If they had
their airslips attached like we did-it
would be different then
Eyes. like the birds said Polly.
Cor the flying squirrels, our cou-
sins said Patrick.
"'Good" exclaimed Polly and Peter.
You are getting to be a big phalanger.'
And Patrick looked very shssppy.
cit seems to me, contin ,td Pd
that it is just as fine to have pril
airships as it is to have private a
mobiles or trains. Suppose we
trains attached tt Us. Wouldn't id
think we were %wonderfulg'
yes said Polly, and if we
automobiles, or wings, wouldn't
think we were
sinart?' N@M,
"eWe're just GSs&A@y y
young, that's ALL ~
chimed in Patrick. aEIR
1.-THE very AY D|
thing said Peter. &L
you have said the SLLI 8
right thing, Pat IN EW
rick and Pat 6 S m
rick's little eyes /sSy@G
shone with pleas -I,sg-sSfS I
ure. "
"'Nhen airships I
are no mere Won y, SnH
derful than auto ~ "
mobiles and trains, then people n
think We are lucky to have ouT+l 81 N
Yes We're ahead of the TIMES,
it. And so are the birds, and
creatures who have their own ait kEKkM Il
Fol airships are finer, higher NH
than trains and automobiles. A kIHH
will show that we know how
things and not be foolish with
We do not so too high with Of
ships. We know just how higi
will go, and we never try silly
eyes said Polly, we pfi
are ahead of the times.'" iih,H
Remarkable InteIIeo
"Why are you so proud Of
gressman?"
because he's a smart.
@Really?"
:, eyes. In fact, h
ses new
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