Show NICK AND NANCY Every year said Daddy we have havea a talk In which we try as ns best we canto can cnn to tn talk k to all our ocr many friends all nil over this great enormous country who share our stories with us as asIn In Inthis this talk we always say what a a pleasure It Is for us to to hear bear from them thein We enjoy their letters so much Last year ear we we had such wonderful letters Jetters There were letters from boys boys and letters from girls We always ask which stories ar are f the favorites and sometimes It bas has been leen very ery hard for lor ua us to decide whether tl the e animals are e more popular than all the for or the others receive re re- re- re so many votes too c But the animals are ire really the most most- popular r of at n all L 0 They ar are the ones best loved and the of at them received more votes than any others this p past st y year ar There w were r stories of Qt flowers which received many votes voies and the fr gs send a fi fluie e. e singing croaking thanks to all I who voted for for them When w we say suY the animals s received the most votes we mean that animal stories as a whole seemed to be the most popular Many Man T spoke of at their favorite kinds p of ot animals There here were those who liked to o hear of at ne new v aI am J strange strange animals ant ani mals best o of f all They liked to h hear ar of at the thO ways nys and aid customs of those thos animals who n now live In zoos 0 They liked to to know what these o animals looked like like and e and from Crom where e c 1 0 7 HH The Frogs Send end a Fine Singing Croak ing lag Thanks they had come and what they did when they were free and how they liked zoo life Oh ever and ever so many said they liked to hear of new and strange animals Then rhen there were those who liked the old familiar wild animals best I I such as the hippo and t the e lion th the elephant and all nU of ot those Others said they liked to hear of ot the farm animals the cows and the hens and the ducks And many were the ones who liked Grandfather Porky rIg pig and his fam farn- ily The pigs s send nd their grunting thanks for this honor They say they had a l f feeling they had friends and that the they really are well-meaning well e even en enIt If It they nr are Just a bit greedy We have heard of ot so m many ny of ot our j friends who have na named ned their pigs I after Porky and his family Little Black Squealer has had hod many another little black pig named after him and he has hns squealed excitedly excitedly excitedly ex ex- ex- ex over this compliment There were many who said their favorite stories were fairy stor stories es s and anti others liked stories of Mr Sun and arid the tile Wind and Old Man Winter and King of the Clouds and Madame Snow and andall andall andall all the others of ot this big Weather Veather family So we ve have decided to give everyone everyone everyone every every- one we can cnn at some tIme tI or ot other ler a astory astory astory story which to them will be a n favorite story We will have more animal stories th than n any others because they received the greatest number of votes We Ve have been delighted to hear of 01 those who have said they would never never- let the horses horse's or dogs dog's toll tall l be e cut for tor style style for for It Is so BO cr cruel Pl to make an on n animal suffer for silly senseless style and many others h have he e promised they would never wear feathers of birds which had been killed for tor their tenth feath ers Ostrich feathers are all right nut Hut aigrette feathers mean menn that Mother Heron Jeron must be killed and her little ones left to starve stare We Ve hope now we we will receive more letters from our friends telling us what they like We e e enjoy hearing too of their schools arid and homes and of how many sisters and brothers they the have huye We enjoy enjo all their letters And lf If they will wilt write THe to Mary Itry Graham Bonner GO COl Wt West Vest sr One Hundred Hun dred and seventh Thirty seventh street NewYork New Neu NewYork York City we will see their letters We Ve hope to h hoar hear lr more about what they like to read rend and we wish them all good luck and lots Jots und I lots ts of or hap hap- pin Indeed we do doi shouted Nick and Nancy together |