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Show Kiddies' Evening Story By MARY GRAHAM BONNER 0HKKHKHXHKKKHKHKKJ!I Thrifty Pigs "Grunt, grunt," said Grandfather Porky Pig. "That's an interesting remark of yours," said Brother Bacon. "What do you mean?" nsked i Grandfather Porky Pig. I "I mean that your remark, , "Grunt, grunt,' was very interesting," interest-ing," said Brother Bacon. "Are you in earnest, young pig, or are you making fun of me?" asked Grandfather Porky Pig. "Oh, I'm in earnest," said Brother Broth-er Bacon. "I think that to say 'grunt, grunt' is Interesting. "I often think of the number of creatures there are who spend so much time learning lots of different differ-ent words which mean about the same tiling. "What a waste' of time that Is I They might be having their backs scratched or eating good meals Instead. In-stead. If I were a person and had wealth I would spend my time la having my back scratched and eating, eat-ing, and then I would have a private pri-vate pen for pleasant mud digging and restful naps and so forth, "I would not waste my time go. ttlS forth to work. And so I thinly we are sensible. We don't waste pur time !n lots of things tbat ore. ' useless. I "We don't care If our language Isn't so very big If that Is the way one speaks of a language. It Is at least an expressive language. What in the world Is more expressive than 'grunt grunt,' for example? And 'squeal, squeal' Is eo expressive, expres-sive, too. Such talk is good pig talk, without affectation. "Some people try to put on such airs when they talk. But not the pigs. Let me meet the highest pig In all creation and I will gTeet him with a good, natural 'grunt, grunt" I I "I'm In Earnest," Said Brother Bacon. or a good, natural 'squeal, squeaL' I will not put on any airs and try to talk aa though I had alwaya been used to great things all my life. No, I will be my good, natural nat-ural pl self. "I heard of a very rich person once who said he did not want to let people think he was rich, as then he would not have so much done for him. "He used to pretend to be poor and that he couldn't afford this and couldn't afford that, and so he could pile up his own wealth and make use of others to save himself. him-self. "Now, he was sensible I think, for he was saving things for his own pig self, whereas he might have bad to be kind and unselllsh and generous, and he could never have stood that I "Most creatures wouldn't think well of such ways, but according to a Jig's point of view It was sensible. sen-sible. "But, anyway, I was saying, too, how natural and sensible we were. We ore still natural and sensible, and we will always be natural and sensible. Pigs have never been i famous for great and brave deeds. They have never been famous for their beauty, and they have never been famous for their charm. "But they've been famous for being natural, regular pigs without foolish airs and graces. "What would a pig do with airs and graces? Nothing nothing at all. And he knows that He has j that much sense. ! "Ah, no. Grandfather Porky, I j was not making fun of you as you said 'Grunt, grunt,' for I love those ! words or, rather, that one word . used twice. Thnt shows how ehlft-i ehlft-i less some creatures are with words. ! Pigs are thrifty with words. Oh, j yes. Indeed. And when we say j 'squeal, squeal,' we use the same I word twice. Why not? It's a nice j word. Let us show It we like it i Not that the word cares at all, but It's nice to give n little friendliness friendli-ness about as friendliness can't bo eaten. If It could be eaten it would be foolish to give It about. I'm not one to suggest offering around dinners din-ners and suppers nnd breakfasts. "And no pig Is, for that matter. Oh, yes, the more I think of pips the more sensible I think piss are. but especially do I think we're sen-ible sen-ible In our thrifty ways wltl tpordg. Yes, that Is what Brothei Bacon thinks." (eVltll. WHtin N.w.p&par Union.) |