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Show Fairy Tale yAARY GRAHAM 30mm. . FAINT FOR FOOD rinky rig's mother was quite frightened. fright-ened. She was always frightened 'tfJ 1 when Pinky was fe'Ljfp-llS - Each, time - she ; jlS made a great fuss, Ipi! JJJpl and If anyone told her It was because 4fn-J -1 cr cn,ld nad ent" SS'' ' iSy en too much, she i wr3gj would be very an- "l nPProJe of his ajJbya!!ArTO eating1 Jeoi much, ffli lr his mother would. JnVBr'" say "1Ie'g a p,g jpfppf "f: i and should act like ypWrwKfe.. one. I ' hate these : creatures who put on airs." f . "' . So no one could fJ b give Mrs. Pig ad-She ad-She Would Be vIce ajj bogw Very Angry. pinky fifeSs fifie. yfrok- xrfnte -Lhe'adner- r ft'ai-ijt'7WKr"Vfc-- (mhb9 Mtteaied.-. 'iirt!leim":s;f oufiitt an'd nojt eat,. r'giir'tw'dHe1fJbe all right" .sa.Ld. Ir.JKooster as he strutted ibput. the. barnyard. . ''Yon are so henrtjess, Mrv Rqoster, said "Pinky's 'mother. "You don't understand un-derstand that ray predoua pig chid is 'very III a yery 111 indeed.": ."Mo tmbre so than usual," said Mr.! ; Rooster. . -: ;':"J i; : y - .f;. "He Is usualiy.very well, and I don't understand what ;you ;mean y- snch a remark." ' "Yes, It Is true," said Mr. Rooster, "that ' Pinky can stand a great deal. Much, much more than most animals-even animals-even most pigs for that matter 1" "Ah, the dear pig love," grunted 'his mother, "such a healthy pig. But now, oh dear," and she wailed and squealed some more. "But," said Mr. Rooster, "what I meant was that lie wa3 not any worse than he usually Is when he Is 111. Now do you understand?" "Not" grunted Mrs.. Pig crossly, i "You're stupid," said' Mr. Rooster. "How can you say such a . thing, Mr. Rooster, when my darling Pinky Is III. "I can't think of anything else. You may call, me stupid If you like. -. ':. ;." "But I'm only a true mother. When my child Is III I can think of nothing else In. the whole wide world." "Oh," said Mr. Rooster, "I suppose you couldn't thlnkofj'a Tittle food, could you? :"-:f '' "I see- the farmer with your breakfast.'" break-fast.'" "Well," grunted Mrs. Pig, with a . hungry IcWat' the food, "It's- not -the" food I-wantcnii; t-lit i''-w "But h do,,feeithe, need, of ,a little nourishment I've been ,'so" fearfully worried.".1-: ; ' ;7v '' .:-n''r: ' "And what bothers me ; so Is that Doctor BYog.ls asleep and . won't sse any of his patients ' i 77-1 todayl He. Is such ' N .TN a good doctor, vfr V too." Wjt.y "Oh. mother," squealed Pinky, "I J Jl ?ss feel very faint for Ijjtij f?,v" , ' "You poor dear," fZ. ? said Mother Pinky Y Pig, "here ore O some delicious GSf Ms?i husks of corn, and 0dB all sorts of delica- cies." , I i h "I dont want del Icaclcs." said Pin- MK ky. "I want a good Sxfeg lot of food. ' , "W ?t "I'm just faint Cock-a-Doodle. for food." Do "Weil, cock-a-doodle-do," crowed Mr. Rooster. "I don't believe that pig Is ill. "He Just wanted a little sympathy so that Iiis mother would give him a better breakfast than ever. "Faint for food! Did anyone ever hear anything to cqunl that Cock-a-dootlle-do 1" But the pigs were paying no attention. atten-tion. They were eating right heartily! |