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Show Fairaj "Tale JUDYS BIRTHDAY A dog met another dog walking along a country road. "Bow-wow, how-Svi how-Svi "you"0 nice vssfew" day ,sn'1 Itr sal3 J Arfgfcii the Brat dog. "SjSfii very nice day." 'Qjffi?' said the second dog. ' "It's a bit clondy and all that NsgflgpliJv) sort of thing." TW "That wasn't 'vi! wat 1 meant," . 35WffM 1 wasn,t thinking ' i VtW PrK at,out the clouds ' 1 WIWm '":at Qlu " II'8 a nJce fcV W'fM'K day" because -It's- Ju(y'8 birthday.'. 'MAiM' . "Judy r : , as.ked tjie .second . dog. . . "Yes, Judy." w-"You w-"You See, -He .plied the first dpg Went On. . . 'Tou sep," be "- continued," " settling' himself, down. In. a most, comf otable position In the long grass 'by the side .of the roadr'wBiie-the other dog' fol-: lowed ..his example, "you see,".ke; went on, "It was on this day, quite a few years ago. now that' "Judy came, into the world, and- so- -glad was everyone ev-eryone -to'See lier,,nnd W;li!vppy has everyone been ever, since 'ttien . that she was here, that th'e-vday seems" 'a beautiful day ' whether, It " rains -or pours, or. whether, the sun shines' or whether there should he a blizzard or a hall storm or anything ; nt all. - - "She had blue eyes when, first she arrived but they're brown now very .lovely brown eyes and her hair Is brown and curly, and she Is taller than I am even when I stand on my hind legs." "A good height," said the second dog. "Perfect," said the first dog, Well," said the second dog. "I must be going on now. "I hid a bone around these parts awhile ago and I'm due to keep an engagement with that bone now." "I've the same sort of an engagement," engage-ment," the first dog said. So they ran off in different direc tions. A little goldfinch sat on the twig of a shrub and sang the nicest song he had ever sung. Ills voice did not break. It was as true as could be, and sounded Just as though a canary were singing. "ily dear," said the wife of the little lit-tle goldfinch, I don't think I ever heard you sing so beautifully." J "Thank you, my love," said Sir. Goldfinch. "1 couldn't help but sing my very best. "You see It's Judy's birthday. Judy Is so lovely that when I think of her I want to sing my best, "I hope the I?recze Brothers vllt carry my song to her. "I wunt to wish her my best wishes for many, many, many, many, many, manj', many happy returns of the day." A robin hopped about and chirped nnd sang a very little song he knew. "Lovely, lovely," said his neighbor robin. "It s Judy's birthday." said the first robin. "I feel so spry and gay and merry and Joyful and lively when I think of that that I want to sing every song I know." "I hope the Wind will carry your songs to Judy," the neighboring robin said. A lion In the zoo, a mighty, fierce, handsome lion, with a great mane nnd a huge voice roared for all he BjgSg was worth.. "You've got n ISJK grand and power SgifcSSjSgg fill voice," said "ityjpil v i the lion next door "K'fgKt3 "Ah. I'm uslnr it . for aM. I'm ' worth," saU the 3-rl-,J first lion. "I want 9 jfc&j "AJ i to send my best TO S roaring messages vA&WJt, ,H t't to Judy. . "It's her birth 0?" ffiiff day, jou know." Avv And suddenly all ? ( I vE the leaves of the VKd trees began sing us! lag and the birds gj chirped and sang. and there was Roared for Alt wonderful music He Was Worth. In the ulr. for nil the birds and animals were doing their best to show Judy that they were delighted sjch a charming person per-son belonged to the good old world. As for the people who knew Judy they wished her many happy returns re-turns of the day too and did they mean It? Well, they certainly, certainly, certainly cer-tainly did I |