The Connecticut labor press., 1919-09-20
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THE WHITE LEGHORN.
6y nary Graham Bonner
 Q %S As AUTHOR

''1 can lay as many as one hundred and eighty eggs, and so I shall boast" said the White Leghorn of the barn. yard.
 |. Il keep roosters away from eating up all the food." said the dog. 'I am going to boast"
 Il can make believe this stick is a bear," said the small bOy land when l want to pretend my bear is angry, I throw my stick about. It's a make believe bear. can boast, because it is very nice of me to have a good time with such a poor sort of make believe bear as a stick' II can boast" said MT. Rooster, flor call the Mrs. Hens to eat very, very often; that is generous of me-"
 'I can boast" said Red Top, the Rooster, because I often give the oth- CT creatures a part of worm I dig from the ground" 'T can boast" said a bantam hen, "because stole five chickens and had them as my own"
 That is nothing to boast about" said another bantam, flor took care of some chickens whose mother had left them. That is something to real ly boast Of."
 "Still you enjoyed taking care of us, didn't you, Mother Bantam?" asked the chickens.
 "Cluck, chuck, did," said Mother Bantam.
 And we can boast for we were good children" said the chickens.
 Mrs. Bantam must want to sit on some eggs," said Mrs. Duck, land that is why she is clucking. At other times she would cackle. I shall boast of be- ing so smart as to know that" "We have been hitched up and driv- | en-" said two of the pigs from the pig pen. That shows we're smart" And I have seen that the whole family got up," said the rooster, sit ting on the fence.
 "Without me they couldn't get the good we'll water,' said the pump. q also can do my boasting."
 Were a handsome pair; we're Miss and Master Calf, good-looking and gentle. We are both of those things" they said.
 "We help the farm and are very healthy" said the toads. "The same can be said of us," agreed the frogs.
 the toads.
 And we're really healthy, too," said the frogs.
 "I suppose that is so," said one of the toads.
 "Of course it is true, goog-a-rum, | gOOg-a-rum, of course, it Is true," said the frogs.
 'We grow up quickly" said the Pig Weed that shows we're generous"
 And we're nice enough to thorough ly enjoy you," said the pigs, xrunting and squealing excitedIY.
 'We do the same,'' said the Silver Weed. eve grow so quickly"
 "Ah, but you do harm to the farm er's plants, just as the pig weed does," said the rooster.
 "NO matter" said the pigs; "it is far more important that they do good to us"
 "Well, if you think so," said the rooster.
 "Of course we think so. and our thoughts are right and correct, to our selves, at any rate," said the pigs.
 "Well, you are fed by both those plants, that's true.'' said the White LeghOrn, who had been trying to speak for some time. But still, those two weeds most certainly do harm to the farmers plants. There is no mis- take about that"
 "We're helping the tins of milk to cool" said the buckets of water. "We're going to cool off the farmers children after the heat of the day"
 "COuldn't have done it if you hadn't us to cool" said the tins of milk. That is, you couldn't have done the same good, kind act for the children. We, the milk tins, and the milk inside the tins, are doing the best part"
 "Not a bit of it." said Mrs. Cow. "When you're speaking of milk, never forget Mrs. Cow"
 "I matched in the summer, as I al- ways dO," said Mrs. Hen. q wouldn't make my little ones have to stand the cold of the winter. The spring or the summer is the time I choose"
 "Oh, quiet, quiet" shouted the White Leghorn. Here I started in to boast, and all of you had to do the same thing, and such absurd boast ings, too. But, anyway, it has shown me one thing-to hear all the boast irgs-that none of you come up to me and my one hundred and eighty eggs"
 Temporary Expedient.