| Show DADDY DADDIS V NING i AIRY TAL y Ma ry Grah Groham Donna I THE OSTRICH'S STORY I have a n story said Olive Ostrich for tor all who care to hear heal It it All AU the animals about said they would I love 0 veto to tot t hear bear the story so Olive Olivo Ostrich sa sat i down In her 51 yard In the zoo zoo chewed a n little and ani smiled her lier hervery very foolish smile Some children were talking am and v that Is how I heard a about b 0 u lit It it ita a she said grinning In a silly way a aall at atall r all ab about 0 t her ar There were two little black shaggy Olive Ostrich dogs on a little Grinned harness and they were held by a alen len leash h by a little girl and were made to look like a team of ot horses Olive Ostrich grinned and then said But that wasn't the story I meant to tell you I meant to remember this one Of course Im I'm not very ery bright and while I hear the children who come to the zoo talking I cant can't remember rem remember em ber all I hear or or If It f I remember It 1 1 forget which is the thing that Is Important important Im- Im im- im I meant to tell Let me see There was once a dog named a nice chow dog What Wha did he lie do that was famous Something Something Some Some- thin thing Im I'm quite sure but now come cometo cometo cometo to think of or It Ive I've ye forgotten It Then said one of ot the other an an- an mals r f you cant can't think of ot it if youve you've forg forgotten Uen It that is Is' Is you ou hn haven't thought of It yet Right you are right my dear friend said Olive Ostrich Still I Iwas Iwas Iwas was just about to think of ot It Ithen when hen I found I had fo forgotten gotten It I meant to think of ot it and then Lets see perhaps this Is It I heard some children talking the other day of ot two cats who belonged in a childrens children's ns n's hospital tal The cn cats 18 weren't HI nr- nr you you ou ul understand that t I hope Dont worry about our understandIng understand understand- Ing Ins Ingi said one of the other er animals a sTry s. s Try to rem remember mb r what was was the story you had hud to to fo tell ten u us us Dear me I am very stupid Very stupid You were speaking of ot two cats who belonged In a childrens children's hospital suggested one of the other animals Yes yes thanks for reminding me me said the ostrich My memory Isn't usually as bad as this Im I'm just feelIng feelIng feelIng feel- feel Ing more stupid today than usual In fact there Is nothing wrong with my mj memory oh no Im I'm just plain plait stupid Well these two cats cat belonged to the matron of the hospital She was devoted to them She used to run rUIl the elevator elc up and down The cats would never walk wall wallup up or 01 down th the stairs J They hey would get In n the elevator elevator ele- ele vator and sit there all aU curled up until time to go down that down that Is until she came and aud took them down and If It they wanted to go upstairs to another floor nn and she started to go down they would make little sounds to show what they meant Wasn't that cunning They didn't c care lre to w walk n The They had been spoilt by the elevator cl In the building Weren't they the lazy things though Was that the story you meant to tell us the time animals asked It Is a cunning story And Its It's quite true said the ostrich ostrich ostrich os os- os- os but do you rou know that still Isn't the story I Ive I've e been meaning t to tell you tou I dont don't know why Im I'm so stupid to today ay Im I'm not usually quite so stupid as this Of course cOUlse I am stupid but not so so terribly stupid Its It's just that my brain bral Is small they say Yer very small Ah now I have haye It Now I know what I was going to tell you This Is the them m most o 0 s t Important thing Ive I've heard the children say say sar h 1 for or a n long timeT timeT time T They h e j W were vere er e n I looking at me and andone andone one of ot them said I G if Did you OU se see In I I s the para parade e t the theother theother other othel da day y the horse who wore worean h han an nn ostrich plume at either side of ot othis l his head hend for decorations deco deco- rations Nations Ou One was dyed dred green a and n d the other red And Anti the other children s said lrI they had seen It too Well t that h n t did All Curled Up r flatter I n t t 6 I me to think that the horse of whom people think so much nuch had to be decorated for or the lie parade with plumes from lom the ostrich and that they went vent to to the trouble of ot dyeing them beautiful shades too Well ell ell said tl the e other animals it U UIs itIs It ItIs Is nice to hear bear your real rear st story ry at ot lu lust last t. t |
