The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-05
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LII 81 hAQN 0nAlIAM BONNER |
THE SEALS.

ave have the same Mr.. Seal whom
we share between u.s." said Mrs. Sally
Seal. ''but our little baby seals are our
own
"That is right" said Mrs. Susan
Seal. I'm fact our Mr.. Seal is shared
by about one hundred Mrs. Seals. We
don't care to have a mate apiece
that's foolish for we are used to shar-
ing Mr.. Seal and SO we think it's
all right that way"
81 wouldn't like to share the babies,
though" said Mrs. Sally Seal.
Neither would l." said Mrs. Susan
Seal. "You see how nice everything
is. Nothing happens which we don't
like, and everything happens which
we like"
Its nice world" said Mrs. Sally
Seal.
my babies were born on this very
beach," said Mrs. Susan Seal, land I
the time l came up on this beach un-
til four weeks or more had gone by
didn't have a thing to eat. Somehow
didn't think of food. was so in
terested In the children and everything
around me-"
81 didn't have anything to eat for
about six weeks, / Think" said Mrs.
Sally Seal. 1.-The beach is so inter-
esting and when / come to it l like to
stay for quite awhile. But then l be-
gan to grow restless and / knew the
children wanted to be fed, so / went
back and forth, back and forth"
"The same as l did," said Mrs
Susan Seal. .'And / do believe that
all the other seal mothers did the
same. Do you know that there is
something about us which puzzles PEG
ple?"
Il didn't know It." said Mrs. Sally
Seal.
would you like to hear about it?'
asked Mrs. Susan Seal.
/ 81 would, indeed" said Mrs. Sail,
Seal. Can you tell me? Do you know
what it ISL"
| II do" said Mrs. Susan Seal, ''and
will tell you about It."
THAT is good Of you," said Mrs
Sally Seal. And they both settle'
themselves on the beach. after the.
had had little bite of fish for thei
luncheon and then Mrs. Susan Sea
began her story.
People, she said, "are very mucl
puzzled because the Seal children al
ways know their babies. They thinl
it is strange"
/ "Don't mothers know their babies?
asked Mrs. Sally Seal.
Yes, 1 believe they do" said Mrs
Susan Seal. I'm fact 1 am sure the
! do. have never heard anything dit
ferent and in fact am positive the
always do
/ "Then why do they think it
strange that we should know our owl
babies?' asked Mrs. Sally Seal.
| Because, you know" said Mrs
Susan Seal, "there are so many of u
and such lots and lots of babies. T
every Mr.. Seal there are about hur
dred Mrs. Seals and every one of thos
Mrs. Seals, of course, has her ow
little family. So there are just lot
and lots of children around the heacl
It's different, you see, from the wa
people live. Different mothers live i
different homes so that the childre
don't get mixed up SO easily.
'9They think because there are S
many children along the beach the
they're bound to get mixed up, an
that because the children all look alik
to them they must look alike to u.s."
"Well, did ever!" exclaimed Mr.
Sally Seal.
"Of course. when the little dear
come around we love and look afte
our own; we don't bother about TIL
other mothers family. And the seal
find their own mothers, the little pet
, EYES," continued Mrs. Susan Sea
} 1--WE know our darlings and they kno'
as. and II people think it is strang