The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-09-12
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FAIRY TALE 81
THE WHITE LEGHORN.
6y hary Graham Bonner

can lay as manv as one hundred
and eighty eggs. and so shall boast"
said the White Leghorn of the barn
yard
II keep roosters away from eating
M all the food" said the dog. Il am
going TO boast"
II can make believe this stick is q
bear" said the small boy, land when
i want TO pretend my bear is angry, i
throw my stick about. It's a make
believe bear. I can boast, because IL
Is very nice of me- TO have good
time with such poor sort of make
believe bear as a stick"
II can boast" said Mr. Rooster. "for
j call the Mrs Hens to eat very, very
often; that is generous Of me-"
Il can boast" said Red Top. the
Rooster, because ] often give the 9TH
er creatures a part of a worm / dig
from the ground"
Il can boast" said a bantam hen.
because I stole five chickens and had
theml as my own"
That is nothing to boast about"
said another bantam, "for I took care
of some chickens whose mother had
left them. That is something TO real
II boast Of"
Still you enjoyed taking care of us,
didn't you. Mother Bantam7" asked
the chickens.
"Cluck, cluck. did" said Mother
MAINTAIN.
And we can boast. for we were
gotSd children" said the chickens.
Mrs Bantam must want to sit on
some eggs" said Mrs. Duck, "and that
is why she is clucking. At other times
she would cackIe. I shall boast of be-
ing so smart as to know that"
1--WE dave 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 well water" said the pump. 'T
also can do my bOasting."
Were handsome pair; we're Miss
and Master Calf, good-looking and
gentle. We are both of those things"
they said
I'VE help the farm and are very
healthy" said the toads.
1.-THE same can be said of u.s."
agreed the frogs.
well. we are really healthy" said
the toads.
And we're really healthy, too" said
the frogs.
II suppose that is So" said one of
the toads.
"Of course II Is true. goog-a-rum.
goog-a-rum. of course. 1t Is true" said
the frogs.
1--WE grow up quickly" said the Pig
Weed; that shows we're generous"
And we're nice enough to thorough
Iy enjoy you" said the pigs. <runting
and squealing excitedly.
I'VE do the same" said the Silver
Weed 1--WE grow so quickly"
'Ah. but you do harm to the farm
er's plants. just as the pig weed does"
said the rooster.
mo matter" said the pigs; at Is
far more important that they do good
to u.s."
"Well IL you think so,r said the
rooster.
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"
Were helping the tins of milk to
cool" said the buckets of water
4'We're going TO cool off the farmers
children after the heat of the day"
Couldn't have done 1t 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"
II Matched in the summer. as I al
ways do" said Mrs. Hen. Il 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
iEgs-that none of you come up to me
and my one hundred and eighty eggs"