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Show W GRAIWA BONNER I I "" WtiiGwi turtmm wfynt umoi i ' BTAR-NOSED MOLE : ' "Such n strange Tittle creature ns ) am." said the Star-Nosed Mole to Ull I Ho Brownie, who had come to rail. "I have curious ways and I uin dll i fcrent from others. I don't lke to h . the same ns others, do you, llllll I Hrownle?" I "Oh. dear no." cold lllltlc ItrownH "If I were the same as owry one els i I am sure I would get quite mixed u und confURcd so .hat I would nt t know If I were myself -or not. "Yes, I am sure that that would hu pen. I would be wondering whctla ; I were Itlllle Urmvnle or the nelghb" Ing Hrownle I t "And If alt other creatures wei i alike whitt n very dull world It woul be. "Now, lioya and girls nnd Indies nr j gentlemen are very nice, very nice 'i b deed." continued Itlllle Itrownle. "Hi i If nil the world were made up of ho; nnd girls and ladles nnd gi'iitlemen t wouldn't find It co Interesting us I i- now. s ( "I would feel very badly If the I were no horses and dogs and cows ai 1 chickens, lions and tjgers, elephnu I und birds, nnd tho Star-Nosed Mn ii and his family 1" il ' The Star-Nosed Mole wiggled I noBc und chuckled. II "How polite you arc, Hllllo Brown il to put me Into thpt list ton. I- . "Now. I like Star-Nosed Moles." think they're pleasant. I like my n "I Havo Little Feelers." I relatives nnd my rwn family, r nothing ngiiliiHt them. "Hut It would he horrible If nil I world were made up .of Star-Not Moles perfectly horrible. J "I don't siippone there would he n Stur-Nosed Motes after a time If tin ,s I were only Star-Nosed Moles hi I first place." m i .iTnn, 8 vcry utmnge thing sny," said Hlllle Hrownle. "And I i 1p sure I do not understand it at nil. I would he ever so grateful to you. St I Nose) Mide, If you would explain, its I ' "Won't you, please? I beg of j to explain." s "I'll explain." rnld the Stnr-Nn' 10. Mole, "You needn't beg It of me. ot I will do It willingly, even "ugcrly, ei anxiously, even gladly 1 no I "You see." the Stnr.-Noscd Mole r L, I tlnued. "I have the Ramp ways as of ho Stnr-NoRed Moles. V.'e are very ftm ei Hut In order to keep that st-englh a, I must eat. And we must eat u gr by d"1' II' "Wo would nctunlly starve If ,lj, didn't eat every ftw hours, Wi in j. eat most of the time. That len't " I Icnuse we are mi greedy. It Is our w t "We have to do this to keep strength. I the world were made up of Slar-NV . Moles and you want me to exp I ..li.t I tii.iiit ivlntri I aiilfl tlli.rf ui he no Star-Nosed Moles after a llm much a thing happened. "For we miiHt eat Insects, plenty Insects. So you see there mux hp i,' i ports In the world If thero arc to e- jSlar-NoKod Moles I" I "Now I unilerstund," said H nt iHrownle. "I'm glnd ! came to mil ed 'you. You're n most lively and In ng Lcsilng IH'le creature." in. I "Thanks, thniik," said the S ?," 'Nosed Mole. "And I suppose yi io-1 like to know about rv name?" un Hlllle Hrownle nodded his head. "I have little feelers on the em do !n,y nmv which some folks think n ,pr ine look us though my nose were t uy 'shaped. I love ;ny name, don't ,ut Hlllle Hrownle?" Jn. "Indeed I do," snld Hlllle Hrownl i "Hut please when you go hack Inv tell my story to others please i ,. tlon that I do not destroy the v 'table roots that I nm accused of stroylng. Hint Is the work of the lTti mice who use my runwuys under , . ground. "I don't sleep nil winter like f w creatures. I stny nwnke, nnd e the meals I havo under the surfac of the enrth. I stay awnko nnd cut, chuckled. |
