River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-10-16
DADDY,} EVENING
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WMADY GDAHAM RnNNEn
NEWSPAPER PICTURES.
GRAHAm BONNER
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"Oh, / have heard something so
fine" said the little tree toad II am
as happy as happy can be-
'What makes you happyg' asked
Grannie Tree Toad.
"The news" said the little tree toad,
known as Teddy Tree Toad.
'Tell me the news" said Grannie
Tree Toad.
1--WE were the news" said Teddy
Tree Toad.
"What?" squealed Grannie Tree
Toad. Are you telling me the truth,
my little grandson?"
Il am" said Teddy Tree Toad. Il
am telling you the real truth"
That's good grandson" said Gran
ME Tree Toad. ''Well, how were we
the news?'
"In this way" said Teddy Tree Toad.
"What way?" asked Grannie Tree
Toad, blinking her eyes.
sin the way of my explanation, not
in any direction you can see with your
eyes,"
But you're telling me the truth?
Grannie would be very angry if you
weren't" said Granhie Tree Toad.
Il am" said Teddy Tree Toad. Il
am telling you what really happened,
but you can't see it with your eyes for
it isn't around here-or they aren't
around here, should say"
II am very much confused" said
Grannie Tree Toad.
Il will tell you and then you won't
be-" said Teddy Tree Toad.
TELL me, my grandson; tell me at
once" said Grannie Tree Toad
in newspaper they had pictures,
lots and lots of pictures. In fact"
said Teddy Tree Toad, 81 have been
told that they're always having pic
tiful ladies, pictures of big ships, pic
lures of famous men, pictures of far
away lands, pictures Of all sorts Of
things.
"These pictures show the people who
read the papers what those who are
written about are like, just as when
people read stories there are often
pictures of us and the other creatures
the stories are about.
swell, what do you suppose they
did,"
'What?" asked Grannie Tree Toad
''They had pictures of us-of ami
mails and queer, interesting creatures"
rs it compliment to be queerY
asked Grannie Tree Toad.
II think So" said Teddy Tree Toad,
''as long as we are interesting, too.
Of course l am not quite sure if it ID
always a compliment to be thought
queer, but it is always compliment
to be thought interesting. / am quite
sure Of that. SO at least being queer
and interesting would make half a
compliment, and, maybe, as long as
they're together, hand in hand, so to
speak, they may both be compliments.
"At any rate" continued Teddy,
"they had pictures quite a few times
in the papers of great many inter-
esting animals. And photographs
just like us-too! We were a part of
the news, for we were in newspaper"
"How wonderful" said Grannie
Tree Toad. "Who were there among
the animals?"
swell, they had picture of me,
showing how I could almost be mis-
taken for the leaves and the trees, and
that was very clever to know how to
hide myself by wearing such suit.
''They had picture of spiny tenroc
from Madagascar. The children who
saw it thought it looked like great
big burr from a chestnut tree until
they read under the picture that 1t |
wasn't.
"And they had a picture of a rat
from the Sahara, showing his great,
long skinny legs. They had picture
Of marmoset monkey and an owl
monkey with his great eyes looking out
from the picture.
'sThey had picture Of the ocelot |
cat, and of the great long-necked gil
raffe. They had two pictures of the
ugly old wart hog, showing his string
like tail in back and crooked husks in |
front-a picture for each. They also |
showed the picture of the biggest bear
in the ZOO"
But the greatest honor Of ALL" said |
Grannie Tree Toad, twas that they |
printed picture Of my fine grandson"