| Show THE RAT BAT THAT RENOUNCED THE WORLD Ms told in a legend of old how a certain rat raty grown tired of strife and the cares that beset his bis rat ships life wishing to meditate at his bis ease eases took up his abode la in a holland cheese he found this great round gave solitude shelter and plenty to eat cat and by diligent use of his hands and feet he soon had a hermitage quite to his mind its walls and its floors with good victuals lined this rat soon boon grew tat fat and be he said sald to himself I 1 god blesses his owal own my body would only be skin and bone bono it if I 1 turned hermit I 1 really must say renouncing tho the worlds the better way to his cheese on their knebes came some seme representatives from the tho rats saying Rato Kato polls polis Is besieged by the tho cats we are going toc tor aid to a foreign land old neighbor do lend us a helping hand 4 we set out without A dollar to pay the needful expense do give us a shilling or at least a few cents well be very gratefully grate tuii full well surely repay it wo we live to return on the next new years day the tho rat said that ho he no longer had interest in worldly affairs but tor for the sake of old f friendship ship his two longest prayers were at their disposal what could hermit do more lie ile gave them his blessing and closed the door oh the rarity of charity among the rat family if men live at ease and the world Is 13 to them a great holland chese and their friends are distressed and in sorry plight do they only give blessing then close the door tight |
