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Far, far away" said Daddy, lin a
| country called South Africa, which you
both Il Ii.tless know about from your
| Geography lessons"
Are we going to have a Geography
story" asked Nick, feeling "a little
sad
OF course we have so many pleas
ant stories, Daddy" said Nancy polite
| ly, that you must tell us just what
| you feel like telling us
! Daddy laughed hard. Dear me-,
! you were both afraid the story was
/ going to be Il Geography story. and
though you both wished to be polite
| time for a leSSon-that is when Daddy
| comes around to tell his goodnight
! story.
well, | don't think so myself, and
| the story has nothing to do with a Ge-
/ ography lesson except that the crea-
ture l am going to tell you about came
from South Africa, as l said before,
! and doubtless you both know where it
| is-but if you don't, this isn't the time
| for telling you-you can find that out
| from your maps tomorrow.
/ 'GoOd-morrow,' said Maxwell Ma
/ holi Galago to his brother, Mansfield.
I 'Good-morrow,' said Mansfield.
"Do you know that we are distant
relatives of the Lemur family and
| they are related to the monkey fam
| lily? asked Maxwell.
"I don't know it and l can't say
| that I care whether I do or not said
| Mansfield.
"'Oh, DEAR said Maxwell, there
passes a bug. I must have him. He
caught the bug and ate it.
"Tll have the next one, Brother
MAXWELL said Mansfield
"'Your home is as untidy as mine
| Isl said Maxwell. You find Il forked
branch so that two sides of your house
are built without much trouble and
you get some old sticks, dried leaves
and any other old stuff you can find to
finish II off with. You don't bother
about housekeeping, nor does your
mate. 1 can see that
"'What's the use in fussingT asked
Mansfield. AS long as L have place
to eat and sleep, that is all l care
| about. Of course don't build large
enough home as q rule, for when the
| little ones came not long ago had tC
| move out-there wasn't room for al
| OF US, and 1 didn't think it was gentle
| manly to turn Mrs. Mansfield out.
but later on the little ones found
their own homes, and built them, so
| moved back once more
".You think just the same as | do,
| said Maxwell. And you do just the
same, too. 1 have heard of creatures
who were forever fussing about theil
| homes, busting, finding pretty thing:
| and bothering all. the time. Really
they get all tired out, and why, may
i ask?'
"'You may ask, but l can't tell you,
said Mansfield, for l do not under
stand such people,
81 feel sleepy said Maxwell; Il
is bedtime. So he went back to hi
own home, folded his two huge ant
very peculiar ears behind his heat
and slept for long time.
! when he woke up he had a meal O.
| insects.
Eating, sleeping, doing nothing
are the only things in the world be
ieve in he said when Mansfield cam,
to return his call later on.
81 agree said Mansfield 'Ah, yes
I see, you are just as untidy as am
every bit of it. My, what looking
home you have got! It's quite too ter
rible for words, and 1 think that is tn,
right sort to have.
"'Ah, to be lazy, to do nothing, wha
joy it isr
"'We are supposed to be as lazy a
any creatures living said Maxwell.
"'Good" said Mansfield. 4 am glat
folks and creatures know we have goot
sense
but we wouldn't like them all Il
follow our example, said Maxwell
We will let them work, for there il
work to be done in the world, only w
don't want to know of it.
1--WE don't want to know of ii. ant
we don't want to do it, said Mans
field, but most especially we don
want to do it-and we WON'T
AND they each shook paws on i
and each ate a leaf full of insects.