The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1919-10-02
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FROGS. LIZARDS ANp sNAILs.
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Lets start n club" said Grandpa .
Frog.
"Whn, sort Of n club will It be?"
asked Lionel Lizard.
"Oh, what do you care what sort ~
n club II viii be? asked Samson Snail.
lie always spoke last lie never got
around 10 speaking before unyuHe else
had finished.
1--WE want 1t to be fine club" said
Grandpa Frog.
"Of course we do" said Lionel L!z-
ard.
"Yon don't know what sort of
club Grandpa Frog Is thinking off,
said Sampson Snail. "You shouldn't
be such smurty."
"Ah. but have very good idea"
said Lionel Lizard. "Eut even n I
hadn't have good idea Of the sort
oc club which Grandpa Frog would
think Of"
"How smart you are" said Sampson
Snail. For my part II We do get mp
Il club. or start one, or Whatever II Is
one does with n club. ] think W"
shouldn't he too particular what sort
of u cub It is"
"Why not. goog.a. rum. rooc-a.rulnf'
nskcd Grandpa Frog. "Goog-a-rum, |
never did hear Of such talk"
"Ycs, why not. why not?" asked
Lionel Lizard. "Whnt ever do you mean
by saying such n thing?"
Just for this reason" drawlcd Samp-
son Snail. ut would seem to me
pity II ever we got M n club and both.
cred to stop and think about what sort
II should he"
"lou mean you'd rather 60 hurrying
right on to fixing up the cluh?' asked
Grandpa Frog. his right eye wirklng
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.
"Oh, no. oh, no." said Sampson Snail.
81 mean that once we got so far as
deciding we'd have n club we shouldn't
take extra time In deciding the sort
OF a club II was going To be. We'd have
To wait so long for that"
1--WE wouldn't have TO walt so long
II we hurried little bit" said Grand.
pn Frog.
"That wouldn't be so much" said
Lionel Lizard.
"Are you asking me to join this
club" asked Sampson Snail.
"To he sure, goog.a-rum. goog-a-
rum" said Grandpa Frog.
"Of course we are" said Lionel LIZ
ard.
"Then," said Sampson Snail, zone
of the first things you had better do is
10 make rule and bylaw and n
regulation. and the rest Of It. and you'd
? better post the notices everywhere
, "'There Is to be no hurrylng in this
: club"
Both Grandpa Frog and Lionel Liz
ard laughed hard.
"AIy idea was" said Grandpa Frog,
"for us 10 have club and call II
the Frogs. Lizards. and Snails' De-
partment Of Water Health"
"Somethlng the same idea as had
said Lionel Lizard, who was water
lizard Of course.
: well" said Sampson Snail, 81 may
agree with you when get around tc
thinking about It. But | mustn't be
hurried"
Days passed. and after n longdrawn'
, our talk on the part Of the snails
:, Sampson came to Grandpa Frog and
, Lionel Lizard, who were having a chat
. ut the time, and he said:
, "Friends, we have agreed we thinh
, the club would be nice. and we like
:, the name. But we haven't yet hat
=. time to discover Just what II means
you've had time enough 10 thlnl
about It." laughed Grandpa Frog.
"Not In our time" said Sampson
~, Snail.
"Well. will explain to you" salt
: Grandpa Frog, "and by the time th'
!, club Is really very old you snalls vii
:, know all the rules and regulations
:. which Lionel and myself and our fam
: illcs now know. But you'll he goot
members. so we'll let you In before yol
have learned all the rules.
"You see. they have committees o
organizations or something Of the sor
u called departments Of health. They'r
Ia see that things and cities and build
= ings are kept clean.
"Wcll all Of us purify water. We d
great, great deal Of good, so W
should lac called something special, an
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