Show A TOAD STORY how the little annial dipola DIpo eA of f ita it old foal cout whenever I 1 tell this story my hearers ers listen with interest until I 1 fl ni sh anil and then look it at me and at one another in a very knowing x way vay as thou ii they said you ou may mar fool foi others but you cant make us its believe it however il if I 1 tell you I 1 saw iv it you will Avill believe me I 1 hope sly uncle and sister and I 1 were out in the garden one lay day matchinga wat chinga little toad and my uncle took a wig t is and very very gently scratched first one side of the toad then the other the toad evidently enjoyed it for lie would roll from side hide to ide ade and blink very cry expressively I 1 was so inhere interested ted that when they went in ili I 1 took the twig and did as my uncle had done if lf thought 1 I lie rolls from side to sido is as I 1 touch him what would lie do it if I 1 ran the twig down his back I 1 did so and what do you think happened ills his skin which was thin and dirth parted in a neat little scam ream showing a new dew coat below and then my 1 quiet I ni et little showed ili hit knowledge fur for he gently and carefully pulled tiff off liis ills outer skin shin taking it il olt off tile the body and le less les s first and then blinking it over ills his etes eyes till iv where here had it il gone cone he had rolled it in a ball and swallowed ed it our animal friends |