Show llY N ApY GRAHAM GRAHAM BONNER IT 1 UNION ON SMART BABY MOLES Im rID going to tell teU you this evening said Bald Daddy about the smart baby Moles and und the Mole Kole family As you OU know the Moles live Uve un un- Their home nest Is la of ot leaves and grass and it Is too under the ground From their home nest Is ts a long wind windIng lag Ing tunnel which they build through the earth They Ther must keep keel the earth out of ot the nest and so 0 It is pushed upward to tho surface You can imagine lne the wonc wora it is for tor these little creatures KO co tiny and yet so 80 clever From the nest there Is a special runway by which the Moles can escape escape escape es es- es- es cape 1 if danger suddenly lJ y overtakes them when they're in th their nest So that they really have bave fortresses too you see seel seelAnd 1 And all nIl this is done by little creatures creatures creatures crea crea- tures who are almost blind They have hav lived underground so much and so constantly that they can hardly see sea at all Some of ot them cannot see at all The Moles have pointed noses which are very and which help them in their burrowing They also als have front paws which too are very strong But these are their only tools They do not have the he help p of ot carpenters carpenters' carpenters carpenters' carpenters carpenters' car car- penters' penters tools t ls but they work only with what they have themselves It is so wonderful And often otten they will burrow great gre great t distances In a short time for tor they work steadily and so powerfUlly powerfully powerfully power power- fully and so 80 energetically These Moles Im I'm telling you about this evening are cousins of ot the Star Star- Nosed Moles and are sometimes known as the Or Oregon agon Moles Mole Now there were wele three little baby Moles Ioles who had been born the early spring They did not remain helpless for long And in less than two months they had grown to be almost almost al al- almost most as l bIg Ig as their parents and were helping in the building of tunnels and the planning of ot their home The Moles as you know build mounds and they have haye tunnels for for roadways to their nests and also other tunnels which they use for hunting At At night the Moles come to the I surface and look for tor food tood Sometimes th they y have a long tunnel under a fence which Is used as a general road That Is In much the same way wilY as M we have a main road along which lots lotsof lotsof of ot people walk or run or ride and andas andas as we have our little private garDo gar- gar garDo garDo Do Not Waste Your Time den path and our own halls leading Into different rooms N Now little Moles said Mother Mole this is 18 advice II Do not waste your time doing nothing A Mole would consider that thata a disgrace Often Otten I wonder If people up on the earth know how steadily the little creatures under the earth are working II We IVe for tor example are working almost almost al al- al- al most all of the time We do 00 not believe behove be be- hove lieve in resting We believe In la work- work Ing H We want to build and we want to look for tor food tood Insects and nice worms are what we like Of at course we like drInks of w water ter too And to tobe tobe tobe be good providers of food tood weve we've always always always al al- ways found we must look for tor it We couldn't sit still and have It come come cometo to us Good earth makes a a. difference difference dif dlf- dif dif- ference terence too as in rich soil we can find more to eat II But I cannot talk to you any more I have given you Mole advice And Mole schooling d doesn't last long Little Moles graduate from their schools very very soon Fancy children graduating at two two months So the smart baby Moles Molea b began the work all aU Moles must do de I |