Show EVE IN FAIRY FAIRYTALE TALE M A y mary grahal bonner erga THE OTTER 1 I have hao known such a free life such ikwild a wild free life sald the alie otter that I 1 grow impatient that Is I 1 grow restless and I 1 become bored with the dull dul life of the goo 1 I would rather be freo free even if I 1 were in danger of having my beautiful fur taken and tile the only way my fur can bo be taken Is by getting me ino first and putting mo me to a sorry end cud uy by a sorry end I 1 mean a real end there would mould bo be un tin end of life ino it they got my luy fur that la Is there would be mi all end of the real gnei me tile me ino that speaks lit in otter language and and breathes and eats cats and plays pla there would still ile bo otter ns as far RN as my fur far Is concerned lut hut that III IB only it part of me inc it would bo be as though they would keep my cont coat and leave me to got get another hut I 1 cant get another once my coat Is taken thero there Is no otter left 1 I stilt still it Is a great compliment to hove have them like my fur it Is a great honor to feel that my fur keeps aco plo barni hut dut they cant get tile ino easily for I 1 dont look out for compliments ments no I 1 would bo be perfectly happy without tiny peoples compliments coin pi am cuts of course otters offers coin pi I 1 in put a are quite quit quite vincient dinci ent 1 I mind phoso lit in the least no not lot in tile the least they to do tile mo tiny any harta but those coin compliments till of the people well they iffie e funny runny funny indeed As an though they hey would take dike one cille hant hand find vat pat 3 ion nad and slap you oil will walh tile the other still liow how could tile compliment vili nent our fur in fit fifty other oilier faN fashion lilon no they alic guht compliment our fur jn in anit way I 1 we twe that tant they bach n glorious glor loua life ns as till nn otter lini ling when lie ho Is frev free lie ile to Is such mich a ino fine a fine furry lian ito ho loves lop anti tho the cold weather 1 liu lie north norah anti the wind and the biow lie loves lovea real winter better than limn lie does a inake belleve winter and till lie care much for summer mer a foolish sort eort of it henson for a creature cren tuio with till nil the furs lio lie wants want I 1 cant put my furs into storage or lit in camphor balls as I 1 hear people call I 1 have to keep mine with nic ine for dp 7 such a glorious life as a an otter has ha there Is no safe storage house for otters furs except on their own backi so I 1 have to keep my fur on and that to Is why 1 I hate bate the summer time this tenson of the year often I 1 try to get away hut but they like to keep me hore here for people to look at t ali ah many people come to look tit at me and they soy say 11 oil what beautiful fur for how ane a coot cont would bo be of that fur or a rouff muff would be nice too and a fur lint hat would be delight fill and fur mittens quits quite too won darful de rii yes that Is what they say bay when they aliey see nip me in the zoo but I 1 would like to answer them thein antl say any 1 11 11 I nin safe here you cannot touch lac ine dut I 1 would rathor he bo wild will wild unit and tree free and run the danger of if you and of your love of fur than I 1 would bo be hero here where lite life Is so lull dull and lie BO indich the lite same day fitter iny day after day yes that is what I 1 would like to say nn to them and yet I 1 have had find a happy winter I 1 have enjoyed myself aiding down hill for im a jolly fellow too yea I 1 am like in the way I 1 like to slide down hill and like many a grownup grown up too for ive noticed grownups grown ups like to slide down hills when they get a chance they pretend pleasing the he children when they get on their sleds plods rut but nh ive seen them and ihnow they like it hut im an honest otter and I 1 admit I 1 like it and who so ive had a good winter but oil for the lite old otter the fre free life la 14 tile the real lite life though I 1 have little to brunje bruni ie of hero here but that alint Is the trouble the lite life Is si o dull one cant everi even grumble ua its too bod bad I 1 |