Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-09-19
DADDY.)EvEN|NQD
FAIRY TALE Fl
THE RoosTER's IDEAS.
6y nary Graham ~ B Bonner inner

Nick and Nancy had come home
again. They had left their cousins
feeling very happy for all now were
such good friends, and they were bet |
ter friends than ever before after the !
visit, which made everything very |
nice to tell to Daddy. Some of the |
animals from the barnyard belonging |
to the house where the cousins lived.
had been taken over by Daddy, for the
cousins were going to move to the
city, and they wanted their animals
to be among friends. They had only
taken their dog with them.
Sir Benjamin Bacon and Sir Per
cival Pork, now two of the leading
pigs of the pig pen were having a
fight over some food, but Mr.. Red
Grown Rooster was paying no atten-
tion to them. Nick and Nancy had
been feeding all the animals and now
they were listening to Mr. Rooster,
who was talking at the top of his
voice, or growing, as his talk is usual
Iy called.
"In the good old days." said Mr..
Rooster, folks paid attention to me.
They may think lot of Miss Fidgety
Fashionable Hen now that her eggs
have become so scarce, but they don't E
pay half enough attention to good
natured, kindly old rooster.
''Now, last summerH had a narrow
escape. I wasSrossing the road when
one of these horrible dust throwers
came along. By dust thrower I
mean motor car or an automobile, or
whatever it is they are called.
"This one had the usual horrid horn
attached to it and how that horn did
toot. I hurried out of the way and
1 was almost nearly run over. Dear
me. but it was a narrow escape. I
might have lost my life. True, they
did warn me they were coming.
But what uppish creatures motors
are. The very idea of telling fellow
to get out of the way in such rude
manner. And think of the service I
have always done people.
81 have awakened them in the morn
ing. True, they have grumbled. They
have said that just because 1 was an
early riser it was no reason I should
try to wake people up. But 1 knew
what was good for them.
81 knew they shouldn't be staying
in bed so long, I knew they should be
getting up and enjoying the sunlight
and working and not wasting time.
ST feel a friendly feeling for that
alarm clock Nick and Nancy talk
! about. That alarm clock gets abused
too. 1t seems to my rooster mind
that alarm clocks lead very sad lives.
They see that children aren't late to
school and that men aren't late to
business and that ladies see that the
breakfast is on time but do they get
thanked for it?
"Not bit of it. I've heard people
say,
] "'Oh, I could have killed that old
alarm clock this morning. I was hav-
ing a nice sleep and it didn't care, in
: the least
'Now, the alarm clock was doing its
duty. It was seeing that whoever was
, in the room with it wasn't late. That
4 was most important. So I feel a
j
S for have been abused, too.
4 "But 1 could stand all that if only
I could still be the king of the barn
3 yard. Now that motors have come
J. along the motor horn is treating us
q all as slaves, making us rush this
V way and that, from one side of the
e road to the other. I am against all
| Al
days when a growing rooster was
n thought to be a creature worth while
h ''It may be all right for Miss Fidgety
II Fashionable Hen to live in these mod
!. ern days, but they are sad days for the
8 rooster"
y "What are you growing about, ole
Red Crown?" asked Nick.
"Yes, you have lot to say for your
+ self" said Nancy.
% "I'm dreading the summer and thu
q automobiles" said Red Crown.
10 "But the summer has just past
~ said Nancy, 'you shouldn't be so up
= set, and you do seem upset abou
. something. I guess I'll give you al
extra handful of grain"
- "Pm dreading next summer" SAT-
- Red Crown, shut feel a little bette
now. I've two good friends in a goo
- old barnyard, after all. Maybe tn
o. automobile will go out of date an
the motor birds of the air, the all
= planes will take their places. The
- they'll toot their horns for creature
to get off the clouds and the good oil
. roosters of the barnyard will rule a
=. they used to rule. In that case II
- for the days to come.
~ "But 1 do dread next summer, fo
70 this last one has been hard, har
one," he ended.