Show I I TS Blanche Sliver Silver MEETS fEI TS A t nU Well I of all things thIngS' I laughed ug Dick Dicky as s he listened to Mr Earth Worm Yorm I Who ho ever heard of tho the like hike Why Im I'm too small to be of much help to anyone anyone any any- one and look at you ou Youre You're even smaller than ian I am yet ct you ou call yourself yourself your our self sel a n. helper to m my dadd daddy Oh dear that's so 50 fUnn funny and Dick Dick Dicky rolled over o In the grass and laughed hell heartily Then Thon he sat up and demanded Whoever Who Whoever ever heard of anything quite so silly Silly or no not t silly exclaimed Mr 11 I Earth Worm What I say ay is true My 1 relatives and Ind 1 are the best helpers I. I your dadd daddy has hu Of ot course we cant can't plant the seeds but we wo can help the plants to grow ro Well mama has al always ays s said l 1 H Its It's s' s wrong to doubt anyone's word Dick Dicky hut but honest now Mr Mi Earth Worm orm I always thought you ou fellows tel fel I- I lows Jows were only good to fish flah with or to feed teed birds and chickens Well Yell I guess th there re arc are area arca a oo g-oo good man many others who sho think the tho same ame but JUt It Its It's because the dont don't know all any better better bet bet- ter ter replied Mr 11 Earth Worm onn Now Jow if you ou doubt m my word just come conic along j j and let me mo show you OU something and Mr rr Earth Worm led Dick Dicky over to lo a hole In Inho the ho ground Follow me an and J you'll soon see Dick Dicky looked looke at th the size of oC the hole hote and began to Inu laugh h hilt but his face changed when he lie glanced at his feet i Instead of the feet he lie was used to lo Dicky's feet had grown rown so ver very verb very tiny they were no larger than the thc Ce feat t tor of or an ant Sure enough b by some magic mag-ic Dicky y found Cound himself so iso 0 small ho lie was wa able ablo to walk right do down n Mr Mt l EarthWorms EarthWorm's Earth EarthWorms EarthWorm's arth Worms Worm's orm's hallways without oven even so muchas much muchas as bumping bumping- his head These er very ery halls hails youre you're walking in servo to keep the earth loose so the fine flae roots of your our dady's plants can grow said Mr Earth Barth Worm Vorm as the they I wandered through h the winding halls hails Thoy not lOt only keep It loose l hut ut the they serve as air passages pt as well To grow I and to grow row well plants must hav have air at their roots Vh Why our constant moving mow mow- ing lug around under the ground round tills tills' thc hc earth just the same samo as a rake or 01 a spade tills It above ground And all the thc time I 1 thought you ou fellows fel id- 1 lows ate the seeds or bit the roots of the plants off said Dick Dicky Im glad youre you're not destructive Well ell were we're not laughed Mr Ir EarthWorm Earth EarthWorm Worm The thIn things 8 that real really 11 de destroy destroy de- de stroy the tho seeds and yo young n plants arc are the grubs rubs or children of or some of my my- Insect friends Vh Why you probably believe me mo when I 1 sa say that Old Long Legs Legs r children arc the worst of them all By BJ this time Mr rr Earth orm 1 worm and Dick Dicky turned toward the top 01 of or the thc ground round once more Dicky Dick stepped out first then thou he turned and s saw Mr r. r Earth Worms Worm's bod body wiggle and ami twist I and out came caine a little pile plc of r dirt which ho piled right light near the thc entrance of his house Well of or all ahi things laughed Dick Dicky What In the thc world Looks funny doesn't it laughed lauSh rl Mr 11 Earth 1 Worm onn But you ou see out our bodies are tho the only baskets we have to carry UT the dirt from underground round Theres There's another way wo help the farmer farm tarm farmer er we bring our bodies full of the thc rich soil t from Crom under the ground round ane and lay the soil on tot ton tou We Ve this every da day and before Ion long we wc enrich a a. whole big field lel But ut Ill I'll tell you vou this much munch standIng standing stand- stand In Ing around talking wont won't got et us its an- an anywhere where so I r must ho on m my way war But remember this little bo boy no matter how small you ou are arc If Ir you seek youcan you youcan youcan can find some wa way to help your our felio fellow ello creatures Then without another word Mr J Earth arth Worm orm dl disappeared down another hole In ia the tho ground and amI Dick Dicky ran home |