Show I I Y THE BARN DANCE Of Ot all aU you ou little folk who ha have c been bun to dancing school know o of tho the barn an fance ance but perhaps not all aU of or you OU have ever fIVer heard where and how the first bam barn tan lance Was cas given One die nS night t tho the farm as animals maIs cave Javo a party and nd thought the barn the best PaC Elace ac for them to dance For or a week before betor be- be tor fore everyone was talking about It It Tho The music was to be furnished by the cat who played the fiddle and tho the doS dog said paid he be could play the drum and the goat boat was to play pay the tie flute The orchestra was to bo be In the hayloft so 80 that the floor could coul l be given to the dancers as some of ot them haa ha very large feet and needed a groat deal of room Madam Duck came wa waddling in early carh n I I that she sho could get et a good seat She c did not dance her feet feat wore were so 50 large but the he ie intended to see seo all aU the costumes he seated herself comfortably in a tub of ot water I In Ina a few minutes Mrs Gray Tabb Tabby an and I 11 her r three daughters came camo In lii the door The kittens frisked about and shook out their tails Good evening Mrs frs Tabby abby said the duck You have havo brought your daughter daugh laugh te tel ter I see Bee Will the they dance I 1 1 shall see Ie who is 15 s here first said the careful Mrs Tabb Tabby and tho the kittens gig gig- filed behind her back I The orchestra had arrived and ami were tuning their instruments The horse poked his nose out of ot his stall and pricked up his ears cars He lie was wag looking for Cor fora a partner I Is Miss Pig he lie said Sail Ill ask her to go In the grand march with me mo o So he trotted over to her MUs Pig PIff will you jOU lead lear the tho march with me mo he asked The Tho pig was vas delighted to be chosen by BO so fine a looking animal a all as the horse and made her prettiest bow how The cow thought she abe should have havo been asked ala arid and looked very cry angry but a able able- big dog bowed before her ber and she he smilingly took his arm A calf and a sheep fol tot lowed towed and a a. cat and anil a small dog joined Ju Just t then a loud braying wa was heard to and the tha donkey donker stood In the tho doorway Vell Well of ot all things gho said Why Yh dont don't you wait walt for tor me mc I X should hould have llave led this march I 1 would like to know whom 1 I can oan n have for a partner J r need someone someone some BOrne one tall talI and stately looking I Take Tako the goose said ald the dog You two will look well together So the tho donk donkey smiling very sweetly bowed bowe to Miss Mis Goose who turned h her hr r head aside and ami bluh blushed d. d The gobbler and a cr very sedate looking lurke furke came In Ju just JUHt t then and followed tho the dorik donkey and goose Then lieu a n goat prancing alon along and bowed hawed to 10 one I of ot Mrs Irs Tabb Tabby's 8 daughter Thu Tho kittens j be began an t to giggle again and hid bid their faces behind their theil tan fan tans May lay J I lIa haye c the tho honor of or having on one OIlA of your charming daughter for or H 14 part part- ncr ner ho asked arid Mrs Tabby rabby gave him one of ot her daughters daughter wh the other rolled o over oer er and over oer and giggled I again White Rooster came In Sn with the brown brom ben hen lIe He looked hooked very cry much disgusted when I ho saw tho the horse leading the march buthe hut but lie he took his place behind the goat and andl l kit kitten ton and stepped very high The duck luck all this time timo was telling Mrs frs Tabby what hat she thought of ot the guests Just look hook at this Billy Miss l Pig She has done ilone nothing but smile ever eVe since the horse spoke to her He Ha I Is 15 very likely telling her how graceful she is and she sho is silly enough to believe it And Just look hook at Miss The Idea of or that thai clumsy creature dancing She is old enough to know bettor Look she stepped on the pigs pig's tallAnd taU tall And look at donkey and that sill silly goose Did you ever e see such marching They aro are out of ot step lt p all aU tho the time RealI Really Mrs Tabby your daughter is the belle of ot this dance It Is too bad sho she has had not a better hetter looking 1 partner lie He seems to bo be as t. t good goed looking as aft anyone here said Mrs Mii Tabb Tabby rather sharply and he certainly certainly Is graceful There the they are torm forming ng for tor a Quadrille quadrille quad Quad- rille rUle said the duck The dog who played the fiddle was Wag prompter and when ho he called Eight Bight hands around Miss Mlee tholy caught her toe In a loose board hoard and down she sho went the others f falling on top of her Just lok n at t that said Raid the d duck k flopping flopping flapping flop flap ping out of ot the tub lant she sho the tho clumsiest clum clum- siest thing But or order er was quickly restored restored re re- re stored store and the dance went on Presently a clatter was heard and the goat ont who pIa played red the flute was In the cent center r of the floor dancing a hornpipe and in IC spite of ot his whiskers ers showed ho he had not lost hIs hie youthful W ways LS The donIce donkey don don- Ice key Icey wanted to to dance tho sword dance danco but there thero was no sword to be found Some Somo one on-c suggested the use ot of a sickle but the donkey would not dance danco with anything but swords PO fIO o they thay all waltzed Old Hen who had a brood of ot chickens In one of or tho the empty mangers put her liar head out and said sho never nover heard such Ruch goings on Her children could not steep sleep for fOI tho the noise and told them It wa was time decent docent animals were in Sn bed Just then the tho duel duck aw saw w the guinea hen I If It she Isn't here hero in that old poll polka a dot drees dress she said ald she has worn It over since I Ican can remember And the she looked over her glasses at poor Miss Guinea In the most roost disgusted wa way I But someone stood in the doorway an and andall all an eyes were upon him The Tho peacock had come lute late and his tall tail was 08 spread to the tho full ruB breadth He slowly 1 advanced ad with Ith measured steps step looking straight ahead The Tho music ceased cas and the dancers moved mo to either cither tilde side of oC tho the bam barn The Tho peacock marched through even tho the duck was a ss with admiration and th the kittens kittens kit kit- tens for forgot ot to giggle Ho lie did not turn tun hil his 1115 lead ead to right or left but walked out of if the barn bain through the opposite door suit ami disappeared Into the nl night ht The rile grandeur of or his appearance and ud th the of nC t his hla cani p. p quite overcame th the theother other ti and no lie one cared to appear r u upon On I I tho the floor again Mrs Tabby gathered her tier daughters about her tier and arid said Good Goodnight Goodnight night and two by two the tho animals left leCt tho the barnS barn But Bul Madam ladam Duck waited until the last one ona had gone I 1 Just wanted to see Sec If It that old flirt of or a horse would go JO home lloma with Miss Mies Pig she sha said to the guinea hen lien after aCter acting EO so foolish all tho the o lIe Ho did lId said Bald 1 the tho guinea I I saw them go bO out I T suppose ho he saw mc me watching him said the duck and uan he lie knows what I think of or him Too bad ball you did not have havo a partner Miss liss Guinea she said ld aa as she sho turned to go Oh I did not mind said the guinea I 1 was there to look on Just as you OU were Copyright 1913 by the McClure Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Syndicate New York City |