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Show AARV GJH BONNER. I ODTIIGT ,. VIltHM HIVW.ru u.,IOH T BAD GOATS You're such a terror," said Mr. Angora ' Goat, to Mrs. Angora Goat when she had Just : said ."Bad 1 Day" Instead of "Good-day."- . "So are you my dear," she said. ' "I agree with you," he said, "but I won't agree with many creatures. That Is, I will agree with you at times." "I agree with you at times too," said Mrs. Angora Goat. "I know," said Mr. Angora, "but It Is not because of your sweet disposition." disposi-tion." "Why should 1 waste time by having such a thing? One cannot enjoy It." "Others can, perhaps" said Mr. Angora An-gora Goat. "But that Is not my affair. "I know the keeper says we're a bad pair." "Yes." agreed Mrs. Angora, "I've heard him say so. Lie said we were beautiful but badl" "That's absurd." said Mr. Angora Goat "The very idea of being good when we are beautiful. That Is quite enough." "I think so," said Mrs. Angora Goat, "but many creatures don't." "I've heard the keeper say that we were the worst pair of angora goats he had ever known," said Mr. Angora An-gora Goat. "Good." said Mrs. Angora Goat, shaking her horns. "No, bad." said Air. Angora. "I mean good that we are bad.' "I Mean Good That We Are Bad." said Mrs. Angora, shaking her horns again. Mr. Angora watched her as she did this. "Your horns aren't nearly so large as mine. Mine are more handsome, too." "Absurd," said Mrs. Angora. "Why do you say that?" "Oh, because I don't want to agree with you even If you are right. "I Just don't feel like agreeing with you any more." "Well." said Mr. Angora Goat, "that Is all right. I don't want to agree with you." "I've heard." said Mrs. Angora Goat, after a moment, "that even though you may brag of your handsome horns which are considered, and which really are, a bit bigger than mine, that you are considered far worse than I am. "Yes, I've heard that you were twice as had as I am. twice!" "That's good." said Mr. Angora Goat, "for If I am going to be a bad fellow I will be a thoroughly bad one. "I'm glad I succeed." So the two angora goats gave the keeper a' lot of trouble for they were the naughtiest pair he had ever known, but they were pleased about It all. They thought It was very ?oot to be very bad 1 That was the way they thought about 1:, and they lived up to their thoughts. The keeper could have told you that. |