Show THE SNAILS Daddy had a story to tell teU the Children Chil dren which he knew v would surprise them very much and und he asked them If It they would like to hear It ft What Is s It t going to be about Inquired In In- Nancy Well Uell the other nl night ht the snails had hod a H dance answered Daddy A UA dance dunce 1 cried Nick NIci and ond Nancy together That Is funny to think of ot the snails having a dance Do tell telf as us bout about It paddy Daddy Of O course cOUlse you know said Daddy that people can give ghe dances and not dance themselves They can cnn Just stand aland up and look very fine and say 4 you How to all the Ole guests or orIf II If Toul Youl find some Ice cream In the next room So the snails didn't see Fee why they couldn't t give ghe a dance Just t like that Well that's not so funny then then I said cald laId Jack Jak I did think It was mighty The Other Othe Animals J J funny to think of snails dancing dane dnn lag ing or even ell thinking of ot It Jr lint l ut It ft was pretty bright of nf f th them m to he le aide able to 0 give a R dance c and ond not t to exert evert thern themselves at nil all l Dont you O 1 J think I nJ so o Yes es said Nancy that certainly i wa 0 was pr pretty smart rt of f th them ni You lIton see It It was ng this WIs way vay continued con d Daddy y All MI the little creatures In the We wood P hn hee been giving ln parties The le snails lis had been heen l Invited to to lust eyer ever eyer so SQ many 1 0 In fact they had ct hen been heen much eh too oo guy gay y to suit stilt themselves Cs for for- SOn M imes it was a 0 long I or r or or crawl I 1 I sl should say say to to get to the party lurty Hut But tl they knew that t It was the r thing not nt to accept too ninny Invitations until they gave e a one them m t tL sel v L t L So they d decided d that the best thing they the theOule could do downs was t to give Ive a n dance donee Lazy creatures cr Ien irs can tin n always s think of ot the best hest rind and easiest wi way to be 1171 t lazy zy and the re reason son the snails decI decided de cI 1 d that they give a a. a dance was w b cause they could do loss less at nt a n. dance than nt at anything else They knew the the other tier animals so so enjoy the dancing that they would quite forget about them until It U was was time to go and find then they would simply ten tell the snails that they had hod had hod a 9 wonderful time and leave The engaged the lizards to tomake tomake make the Se e Ice cream cream and to t serve ser It II through the ev evening so SO they didn't t teven even ha hn haie e e that bother and they f fth told th the lizards they could eat all nil tilE they wanted If It they would do this All An the snails had bod to do was to te stand as far for out of ot their shells as nl astIe Jh they tIe f could get and say cay Good ev evening and Must you go For or several d days ys' ys they practiced th these se little speeches Just lust before napping nap ping g time which com comes s every half I lt hour In the snail world How flow c could uld they ke- ke keep kep p awake through the dance asked Nancy They didn't said Daddy They took delicious little snoozes and were were not not noticed because the dancing was as being so 50 thoro thoroughly enjoyed joyed |