The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-09-06
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FROGS. LIZARDS AND sNAiLs.


Frog.
"What sort Of a club will II be7"
asked Lionel Lizard. = -
"Oh. what do you care what sort OF
a club 1t will be? asked Samson Snail.
He always spoke last. He never got
around to speaking before anyone else
had finished.
1--WE want 1t to be a Cue club" said
Grandpa Frog. ~ = = ~. =
"Of course we do" said Lionel Liz
ard.
"You don't know what sort Of
club Grandpa Frog is thinking Of.
said Sampson Snail. "YOu shouldn't
be such a smarty."
"Ah. but / have a very good idea"
said Lionel Lizard. But even If
hadn't have a good idea of the sort
of club which Grandpa Frog would
think Of"
How smart you are" said Sampson
Snail. For my part If we do get up
a club, or start one, or whatever 1t is
one does with a club, think we
shouldn't be too particular what sort
of club 1t is"
"Why not. goog-a-rum, goOg-a-rumT
asked Grandpa Frog. "Goog
never did hear Of such talk"
yes. why not, why not?' asked
Lionel Lizard. What ever do you mean
by saying such a thing?"
"Just for this reason" drawled Samp
son Snail ut would seem to me a
pity if ever we got up club and both
cred to stop and think about what sort
it should be-"
you mean you'd rather go hurrying,
right on to fixing up the clubT' asked
Grandpa Frog, his right eye winking
and his left eye blinking. :
"You don't want to stop for any
thing, you're in such hurry about the
club, eh?'' asked Lionel Lizard
ooh, no, oh, no." said Sampson Snail.
81 mean that once we got so far as
deciding we'd have a club we shouldn't
take extra time in deciding the sort
of club 1t was going to be. Wed have
to wait so long for that"
1--WE wouldn't have to walt so long
If we hurried a little bit" said Grand
pa Frog. ..- ------~ ...~-
"That wouldn't be so much" said
Lionel Lizard.
"Are you asking me to join. this
club" asked Sampson Snail. ----.---
'"To be sure, goog-a-rum, goog-a-
rum" said Gsandpa Frog.
"Of course we are" said Lionel Liz
ard, :
"Then," said Sampson Snail. zone
Of the first things you had better do Is
to make a rule and a bylaw and a
| regulation, and the rest of 1T. and you'd
better post the notices everywhere:
"There is to be no hurryfng In this
ciub.'''
Both Grandpa Frog and Lionel Liz
ard laughed hard. ' ---'''7'-
''A1y idea was" said Grandpa Frog,
'for US to have a club and call it
the Frogs, Lizards, and SnaiIs' De-
partment Of Water Health"
Something the same idea as had"
said Lionel Lizard, who was a water
| lizard of course. ~ s
"Well," said Sampson Snail, II may
agree with you when / get around to
thinking about it.. But I mustn't be
| hurried"
Days passed, and after iong-drawn-
out talk on the part OF the snails.
| Sampson came to Grandpa Frog and
sLionel Lizard, who were having a chat
at the time, and he said: - ~
| Friends, we have agreed, we think
| the club would be nice, and we like
the name. But we haven't yet had
time to discover just what II means"
you've had time enough to think
about it," laughed Grandpa Frog. g.;
-"Not in our time" said Sampson
Snail.
swell, will explain to you" said
Grandpa Frog, land by, the time the
club is really very old you snails will
know all the rules and regulations
| which Lionel and myself and our fam
lilies now know. Bot you'll be good
| members, so We'll let you in before you
have learned all the rules.
you see, they have committees or
organizations: or something of the sort
called departments of health. They're
to see that things and cities and build
| ings are kept clean. -s- - q
"Well, all of US purify water. We do
a great, great deal of good, so we
should be called something special, and
let folks know about US. That's the
| idea of the club" And all the snails
were made members, too! 3
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