Show 0 MAW MARY GRAHAM IZ I 1 i ti i i YOUNG MR KATYDID lie ho was a hand handsome onic younger young mr katydid and lie he was in ill love to bo be sure lio lie looked lila his liest best too oh yes lie had fixed himself ui tit to look very 1110 ciul 1 he it luul lind been practicing ills hta 11 over und and over again for lie he was going to tanke a speech to young miss ilass and ami ile he hoped d sliu she would not only 1110 alko the speech but that sho she wo would uld like ilke him too oli oil lie ile ana ns very much in III lovo love with young miss katydid how 11 11 katydid she wasl just ho was considered handsome in katydid circles but lie he thought lie compare with miss katydid when it came to looks ile he was sure of that still lie ho wonted to look ills his est for lie hoped she would think lie ho ang more anoro hallI sollie than lie was not that lie ho wished for her to be deceived dec elved but lie ho wished for her bior approval ond find her praise and so BO lio lie wont went forth to seo see miss IC katydid lydid now lio lie lind been preparing lila ills speech for some time thile find and lie ho had lately been ablo to say it over and over again quite correctly yet its as lie drew near had n R hor or erthle fear what if lie he should forget every word of lila ills and not bo be uble able to say it a word of it what a n drea dreadful tit thing that would be bol I 1 but lie he must not think of such horrors no lie ho would inaho himself believe that lie ho would not break down then lie ho would n not ot break down I 1 nervousness was what made creatures do such things and lie ho must not bo be nervous was lie not a brave katydid irad had he not made the sound of challenge which a katydid can make when lie he Is ready and eager to start a fight of course lie he had ile ho had shouted tile the katydids cry for they ninko make a special kind of sound when they want to fight and young mr katydid hud had hall had ills his little fight find had won hut but lie he was vaa afraid now oil oh lie was quite afraid anil and it was haul hard to try to shove ills his fear behind him rut but lie ho braced up tip lind and went forth to miss katydids tree did dia tic lie go and then lie ho began to slug sing oil such a splendid song as lie ho did sing and no longer was lie he nervous no ills nervousness had a all it been tn bf thinking about going to see her now that lio lie AN was as actually with her ills his nervousness tt na lilt ills korv tt na korv lind had all rone gone lie ile was very best beat for miss katydid made him do his very best though she did Ald hot liot say a avord word lie could not help but do ills Q 1 1 irmiss alsa katydid looked very very best so BO as to show miss katydid she need not bo be ashamed of bf him and then he told her tile the story of hla life said bald alast last year in 1 I was born he tile the autumn after the frost had come my parents died as yours did too and its as katydid parents do in the fall but I 1 was left in tile the freeto become a real katydid when the spring came along I 1 was left in the old family home hoine just as you were lvere for we katy aids keep the same old family Il holca olnes wondering if you will and now I 1 am havo have been wondering become my mate I 1 this for some time i lu ill fact it Is tile the only thing of which I 1 have been thi thinking likIng for my love fot foi you Is very great I 1 think of it at all times it Is you who make me feel like singing it Is your katydid love tn mu which inspires mo me to 10 till allness ess miss katydid Y you young voting s sic le ah ab yes yea the cause of my musical power are young miss katydid jollied looked very dippy and she said bald to yo young ng air katydid t Is the same even ay my love for you though I 1 do not burst int into 0 song I 1 feet feel my a affection for you and I 1 will gladly become y your our mate young mr air katydid was delighted how wonderful vond erful a pl place ace was the oh ih i H arm i world I 1 lite life was very interesting lor for the fairest mr jur katydid when a young miss katydid in till all the world young had bad promised to become his mate and this of young mr katydid sang bang song rejoicing katy did katydid 3 ah JOYS baty katydid to love this did agree katy ald katy katy did boyt borl katy did katy did ald she he makes maitis noe me oh 11 r bo happy c katydid katy did katy did let my sidni be X 1 snap |