Show MARy Mt GRAHAM GRAHAM HAA BONNER rt N PORKY PIGS PIG'S LETTERS Betty had passed by the animals and the time barnyard and she he hadn t saida said a word as she usually a J JI I sa ally y did i id i AI Always Allays ays she had I spoken pohen to them un on until dl this timet time m t All the animals j talked and wondered won won- won 1 dered is what hat Betty 1 had meant by not noti i I speaking to themI them I 4 She had bad not r seemed to be carrying car car- carl app appl l l any seeds f with Ith her nor any I St 4 1 lumps of ot sugar sugar- sugar I iT no cerno no Betty was vas certainly i tl beba behn v 1 I n g M g very 7 Queerly today y j they thought S s Grunt gr grunt un t s 8 squeal q u n en e a I 1 squeal said 6 the pigs P 3 as asSaid asSaid Quack Quack Said the tha Ducks she walked wa cd by the pen without throw throw- throwIng throwing throwing ing In any pig weed Quack quack saId eald the ducks what a s the matter with Betty nett 7 No No cornmeal go gobble ble gobble gob gob- gobble gobble gobble ble gol gobble ble what In to the world does this mean asked the turkeys Now Betty had gone oft off In La the cor cor- corner corner corner ner of the time bm barnyard nyard near the pasture She sat down on her favorite fa old stump and opened the book she had l Ith i It was wis an unusually mild day for forthe forthe forthe the winter Inter time 1 Then she began reading her ber book She began reading out the time letters and with her eyes eves C es bent upon the book she sat and sat She hail had Just started her reading le lessons cons The animals were standing around her The roosters hens and chickens had all wan wandered ered near the stump The ducks and geese were waddlIng around and the pigs from the pen kept grunting and squealing She She never neer gave us any an anything thing to eat She never spoke to us they kept say sayIng tag Its It's really most extremely strange II Suddenly Betty noticed them as she looked up for tor a second from her book The animals were trying to look looh theIr best and to attract her attention I didn t mean to forget about you but I m learning to read she said I Its so hard at nt first I m just be- be beginning be beginning ginning to understand I Some words are all nil right cud ld Porky from his pen Food rood Is la a nice word and pig pigweed eed Is another The other animals laughed but net Bet netty Betty Betty ty was getting goodies out of her pocket to give gRe h e to them now flow happy they were that she slie hid h not forgotten them The roosters crowed the hens clucked the ducks quacked the tur tur- tur- tur turkeys turkeys keys hys gobbled the pigs squealed and grunted and the time geese cried In their shrIll voices We We are very much obliged d We sere re afraid you had forgotten all the dainties you usually bring u us uc It was as that lesson les ies Af Aff f son I had come outto outto out 1 to study upon my fa favorite stump Betty said e eThe The anImals weren't quite sure ss what hat she ss was as say i Ing but at least she was sins paying paving at atten ten t Ion to them now The diy dip ended sery ery h for r she s Betty netty had bad got soshe soshe so she understood the r hook book and the ani mini i l fl- fl fi fiher IS f hid had received recel If mats mals t J i d her attention andt and t id If gifts of food from r l lher w her Inver cr Some Words Are Ara But nut Porky Pig All Right went around saying say sayIng Ing people could get along wIth fe feser feer er words or s thin than they do They limey 1 hey could just use a few tew really Import nt ones most ones most Important of nil all of which Is FOOD rOOD |