Show THE PIN BROTHERS One night nie-ht there TV was as a great commotion commotion com corn motion In in work the Work basket on the table the threads left their spools to see what was going on and became so entangled in the quarrel themselves that all th the tiec colors were in Jn a perfect snarl the next morning It began bythe by bythe bythe the Pin Tin bo boys bos s saying saying- that their sharp little sisters the needles were the very ver brightest and most useful things things' Inthe in inthe inthe the basket and that they were the next in the order of usefulness That is not true said the scissors scissors ads ads- sors I am the sharpest thing In this basket and as for being bright why it would take of your sister needles to be as bright as one of or our fam fam- ily I am am the most useful thing Inthis in inthis inthis this basket The scissors snapped with a click of anger as he finished speaking and hopped out of the basket and stood on I his points on the floor with a look of defiance up from th the cushion on their points to defend themselves How dare you make such a claim they asked We certainly are the sharpest arid and brightest articles in the work basket and if you come back we will make make- you feel the sting sUng of our sharp points Oh ho you roa silly little needles laughed the scissors your tiny little points would not hold good when hen they struck against my bright sharp steel no sir If it were not for me what would you be worth I should like to know Dont Don't I cut the cloth and get set it ready for fort you to sew Well if you put it it that way Mr Ir Scissors snapped the white thread crawling to the edge of or the basket and hanging over the side we are the most important thing in this basket for what use would your our work be or that of the needles if It there was no thread And of pf all the colors I am the most important important- That Is not true snapped the black thread thread- crawling ng up beside besides the white whited I I am far more useful and ada be s seen en plainer than han you ou sister white thread If you talk taik of being seen said the red silk jt II T claim that honor and wU will give place to no one And up she he ran to the sides of the basket to prove It It In a a. minute more all the colored threads and silks had crawled up the side of the basket and for a little white while the quarrel became so mixed up that the needles and pins stopped to listen The threads and silks became so en entangled entangled entangled en- en tangled In their anger to prove their importance that they could not get apart and there they hung on the basket In a a. regul regular r snarl Now se see where you are said the tue brothers Our sharp little sisters Wave have been pulling you in and out all their lives but now you have got sot mixed so no one can pull you out No answer came from the tangled threads and silks and the little emery ball spoke up in a very fine clear I Voice I feel In justice to myself I 1 should not let anyone in this basket claim the the- Importance that rightfully belongs to me Who Vho would keep the needle sisters sharp and bright If It were pot not for me I think you will allagree all allagree allagree agree that I am the one who makes them keen and gives them polish an anI and andI I must say that tha they do me credit for forsh forsh sh sharper rp r needles than th the ones ones in inthis inthis' this this' basket I have never seen Having spoken the little emery ball bali ban rolled over and went to sleep a a ball ban of cotton Have it your own own- way if it you feel better said the scissors I am out out of or It but Ill I'll stand on my points In In Inot spite of ot you that without me to cut cutout cutout out the work the rest of or you ou would woul become useless and I T am sharper and I brighter than a a. hundred d needles and pins The Pin brothers dared him to come comeback comeback comeback back and their little sharp sisters pricked the cushions to by show what they would do do If they thc only could get set at him but Mr Scissors only laughed and stood firm I will hold my points until I am forced to lie down do he said The next morning when the mistress took her work basket from the table she claimed Oh that mischievous kitten She has mixed everything up in this basket L I can never untangle this thread Ill I'll have ha to cut it Then she sa saw the scissors still st standing on his points Oh dear she said that thatIs Is a sure sign we are to have visitors tors She picked up the scissors and snipped off the tangled threads and nd silk and then laid the scissors in inthe the basket while the Pin brothers and their little sharp sisters wished it were night nl ht time so they could scratch hint him |