The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-03
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FROGS, LIZARDS AND sNAILs.
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Lets start a club" said Grandpa
Frog.
"What; sort of club will 1t beT
asked Lionel Lizard.
"Oh, what do you care what sort of
club it will be? asked Samson Snail.
He s'ways spoke last. He never got
around to speaking before anyone else
had finished
1--WE want it to be a fine 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 smarty."
"Ah, but / have a very good idea"
said Lionel Lizard. "But even il I
hadn't ! have good idea of the sort
of club which Grandpa Frog would
think off,
How smart you arc" said Sampson
Snail. For my part if we do get up
club. or start one. or whatever IL is
| one does with club, | think we
shouldn't be too particular what sort
| of a club ii isl
"Why not. goog-a-rum, goog-a-rum?"
asked Grandpa Frog. "Goog a-rum,
never did hear of such talk"
Eyes. 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. 1T would seem TO me
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
j right on to fixing up the club?" 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 a 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 club we shouldn't
take extra time in deciding the sort
of club it was going TO be. We'd have
to wait so long for that"
i eve wouldn't have TO wait so long
If we hurried 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.
ITO be sure, gOog-a-rurn, 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
; TO make rule and a bylaw and a
regulation. and the rest of ii. and you'd
better post the notices everywhere:
i There is to be no hurrying in this
club"
s. Both Grandpa Frog and Lionel LIZ
) ard laughed hard.
"My idea was" said Grandpa Frog.
+ 'for US to have a club and call IL
. the Frogs, Lizards. and Snails' De-
partment of Water Health"
Something the same idea as 1 had"
said Lionel Lizard, who, was a water
lizard of course.
''Well," said Sampson Snail. 81 may
agree with you when l get around to
thinking about 1t. But mustn't be
hurried"
Days passed, and after long drawn
out talk ON the part of the snails.
S Sampson came 10 Grandpa Frog and
Lionel 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 it means"
f you've had time enough to think
| about it," laughed Grandpa Frog.
5 "Not in our time." said Sampson
Snail
''Well. l viii explain to you" said
/ Grandpa Frog. "and 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. But 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.
swell, all of us purify water. We do
e a great. great deal of good. SO we
should be called something special, and
k let folks know about u.s. That's the
/ idea of the club" And all the snails
r were made members, tool