Show moma Belgium Sketches etc he s in government service by Kat katharine barine eggleston roberts copyright 1920 western newspaper union the striped cut cat sat on a broken stone in an all old flanders battlefield she fluffed her nil fall and glared across tier her whiskers lit it hibl the pup every bobys always talking about a dogs life as though tt it were tile the hardest in the lie world hull hall I 1 wonder how like to be a government cat out bere in ill this devastated country the rest of you animals dont have any thing ihan to do except sit around tile gloomy log dog attempt to answer ilis drooping eyes stared down doan the die street of newly nemly built lints buts oh stop it ft ulna youre always fussing sl ka the goat wrinkled her nose in disgust why do you suppose the government gives all of us animals to these people neove come back to rebuild dismuke and other places if we arent good for something its nil all very well for you to talk siska theres no effort in merely giving milk and as for bial all lie he does docs Is bark if he heats hears a stranger coining at night bibi got up and turned around a few times and dropped down on another spot ile he was tired of being responsible for safety but he feel like arguing about it when I 1 was dratted drafted continued mina alter after a pause my mother said mina its a fine thing to serve your country but I 1 hate to see you going to live in those hose awful places even I 1 then she thought id get a little milk once in fit amabile a chile bettio but no no mina ilina pigs that came yesterdays BIN began ga st a new conversation no 0 how kanyr many I 1 I 1 five 1 I wish send more goats moaned siska miserably im lonely onely theres no society fit at all its haul on a wellborn well born goat well I 1 like thail minas stripes stood out ril ill tell you im not used to associating alth lah goats I 1 hope the next nest obus you nibble is loaded certainly 1 now mina you know I 1 mean that im really fond of you and lilii but a goats different all there are certain things peculiar to a goat thank heaven yes interrupted minn oh ob let siska finish what ashes saying well as I 1 was saying I 1 have ideas and desires with which you have lave no sympathy because those things hold no interest for you now another gont goat would understand my attitude toward those red flags that milk maik ilie hie ammunition piles theres an irresistible fascination in them 1 I heard the captain of the camp oner mer anere say that the next time you ate one and left the explosives unmarked lie he was going to teed feed you a grenade bibi warned just it no one understand a goat im homesick siska bowed her head poor old sika so am V I 1 con fessel the tears running down ill ills long brown nose oli oil well I 1 guess why im in grouchy I 1 simply cant forget m na homo home and be content mina ilina blinked 1 I heard jan say wh alii lie came back here its where it IH used to live his lionie home was flown down there where the old tank stands uh huh I 1 know lies hes clearing ur ill the place to build again imagine being homesick for this scrambled land siska wagged magged her from side to side still all alike BIN nent on they work from dawn till nigal and we reconstruction animals sent here to help I 1 VW AA 4 4 jl j I 1 N W ra I 1 WA e ta x ani A 44 za aw IV 4 1 V won their entrance into old namur grew oratorical siska elska gives all her milk to the people theres none for a poor hardworking hard working cat hard work ing it im overworked do they expect me to catch all the rats and mice in belgium these shell holes are full of them talk about their underground tunnels I 1 dont know li which has wade made the most of them the rats or the germans and tile the homes made in thoe dead trees I 1 mean the rats I 1 tell nou ou im just worn out working night and day well at least IOU ou can eat them you dont have to the ou what little food people can give you yon as we do bibi finally spoke youre not always hungry eat them I 1 mina snarled they are all I 1 get to eat im sick and tired fired of mice and such poor quality too ugh youe no idea yes yes I 1 know it its Is the same alth what little grass I 1 find its rank milk and weedy the best kind grows on tile edge of the shell shelf pits hat but a I 1 C where he used to live goat has trouble to keep from slipping oer the brink into the water the ground Is so loose around here I 1 wish nish they would raise some ve vegetables eta but with ith all this iron cluttering the earth I 1 guess its impossible impo sible how I 1 would love a good cabbage As for work you talk about working dont you know im supposed to help clean up the place as well us as give milk back home borne I 1 used to be awfully fond of shirts and shoes but I 1 simply cant make myself mi self swallow those I 1 find out jut here now dont go 90 getting morbid you always get morbid al orbid As it if things arent bad enough without talking about thern them all the time have you seen the new fuss it some old greek v ho sald said the world I 1 Is S 0 only N my idea if the case im iles hes getting philosophical im goins going to lea leae e mina stretched her long slim body oh look the joy of living returned to eyes she flirted her short tail anil and ran its a nice dice new red flag g do you know observed mina to tile pup 1 I 1 think that sis als ka must lie be Itus sian |