Show ia layfe ta MARY i amiot THE WONDERING BUSINESS 1 I dont suppose ivo ive had a day off in years said chief wonder no said billie brownie dont you got get tired lie ho kidded niter after a moment its surprising to mathat me that I 1 dont said chief fonder Ny onder IVer haps my work amuses me so much that I 1 can not got get tired of it 1 I really do enjoy it it la Is such tun fun you told me your name was chief wonder billie brownie said but I 1 dont believe I 1 know what your work Is 1 I am in business said chief wonder business repeated billie brownie yes yea said chief wonder pin im in the wondering business there are three members of the firm and the name of the arru firm Is wonder wonder wonder experts S in wondering 11 billie brownie still looked very much puzzled you see continued chief wonder im a member of the firm and the other two members of the tha firm are arc always called chief too wo we want to be quite equal in our duties what are your duties billie brownie asked our duties are to furnish wonders we furnish them by wholesale or retail and which ever way they are wanted wo we dont suggest that people order by the wholesale or retail bretall from us wo we lot let them do just aa w they think best beat wo we do not give anything but the genuine wonders we dont give im in the wondering business anything but genuine articles of wonder anti and how do you do this billie said youve heard people say chief wonder explained 1 I wonder it if it la Is going to rain tomorrow well that wonder comes from tile the birin of wonder wonder sc wonder youve heard people say ir wonder if well go camping this summer that camping wonder also comes from the firm of wonder wonder vonder wonder when people are sure of a thing they never come coine to us but whenever they are not sure but are thinking about it then were the people to como come to for we fix them up you have heard people say 11 wonder if the party will be fun wo we kavo lieve nothing to do with the party but wo we furnish the wonder to the person who Is going to tho the party but who sure what it will be like ilke yet who Is thinking about it and as ive said were busy all the time people are always wondering about tills this or that or the other thing e have a moment off our business hours are all the time that Is why there must be three th ree members of the firm there must at al ways waya bo be at least two of us who ore furnishing wonders for ench each of the three of us takes turns in sleeping we do that except that it Is part of our business we work then too for we aro are furnishing dream wonders to people people who wonder in their dreams or in their half waking moments mornen tg but you see it Is impossible lor for any of us to take a real rest were ivere much too busy for that I 1 must rush ofa now the other members of tho the firm will be needing me and then gillie billie brownie saw chief wonder go off with two companions and they looked ever so BO much mke mica question marks dressed up and on the lint hat or of each was the word WONDER |