The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-21
DADDY SEVENIN(
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~ MARY GRAHAM BONNER
TALK IN TIE PIG PEN.

Inc pigs were gruutIng and SQueaI
ing as hard as they could fer they
We're very much excited.
Can it be truc.' squealed Grand
father Porky Pig, wiggling his LITTLE
crooked tail, which he finally left in a
most peculiar knot.
Its true If | say it IS" said Brother
Bacon, one of the Pig grandchildren.
Now there, there, don't be rude to
grandpa" said Mrs. Pinky Pig. the
mother Of Pinky Pig and Master Pink
Pig.
Why do you mind If he's rude?"
asked Sammy Sausage You admire
him when he gets anything away from
Grandfather Porky-that is anything
that is good to eat"
All" squealed Mrs. Pinky. raising
her eyes in a happy expression as she
thought of things to eat, "ah" she re-
peated, that is very different. / adj
mire any pig who can get anything to
eat away from another pig. But most
of all | admire myself when | get any
thing away from some of you young
upstairs"
admire other pigs as you do.
said her cousin. Miss Ham, 'and, too.
like you, | admire myself most of all
when | can grab some delicious bit
from another grasping pig"
I am glad 10 hear You say another
graSping pig, said Pinky Pig. THAT
shows you are we'll aware Of the fact
that you are a grasping pig yourself.
Miss Ham"
TO be sure 10 he sure" said Miss
Ham. Il wouldn't lie real pig if i
didn't try to get everything to eat for
myself, and | am a real pig. Nv name
Is good pig name. too; its an arts
t0cratic name. There is nothing OF
binary about me- No, indeed ] am
Miss Ham Of the famous Pig family,
famous for centuries and centuries for
their greediness-the clever dears.''
"Greediness isn't supposed to be
clever, said Brother Bacon, '.but at
the same time | am in favor of it,
What do you mean by centuries
and centuries" asked Master Pink Pig.
Has it anything to do with food? Is
ii something TO eat by any chance?"
Now Master Pink Pig was very young
and lie didn't know the meaning Of
anything but hunger He always was
hungry. No matter how much he ate
he always wanted to eat more.
No, Master Pink Pig" said Miss
Ham, centuries mean hundreds of
years, and years mean a great, long
time. What | meant to say was that
there had been pigs in the world for so
long time l can hardly tell myself
how long, In fact, | couldn't think
back that long. for I'm not good at
arithmetic. Pigs aren't especially
good at lessons. We're too lazy. And
why should we study? For no special
reason, | say"
There are pigs who are being
taught to keep clean" said Brother Ba-
con
Yes agreed Sammy Sausage, I've
heard about that, too. They say there
is no reason why pigs shouldn't be
clean, and so they're trying to bring
them up like little boys and girls, max
ing them have clean aces-extremely
foolish things, and nice, neat feet
utterly absurd. They say that pigs
simply need to be taught, and so |
suppose they are having a sort Of
school for them. I'm glad don't have
to go to it."
so are all of u.s." squealed all the
pigs in the pig pen, and those who
were wandering around a great muddy
patch.
"Ah," said Grandfather Perky Pig,
ut was never like that in my day
They never talked of schools for pigs
or of keeping clean. All, me; ah, my;
oh, mercy. gracious sakes The pigs
of this day aren't like the pigs of my
day"
"A regular grandfatherly speech"
said Sammy Sausage.