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Show WHY THE MOON FISH HAS TINY FINS There was a quarrel at the bottom of the sea such a qunrcl that every fish mopped what It wag doing nnd rushed to tho scene Kversone Knew that the Old Wizard and tho young ono hated one another, but when the now a of a regular quart el between them woe noised abroad the llsh flocked to the fras They came In droves and crowded about the two until un-til there was a iolld circle of fishes, with the lizards in tho midst. The old one, his hair gray-green with age, sat on the iock Ills) bony Angers An-gers clasped and unclasped or clutched hla hair with rage, but tho soung ono stood there smiling scornfully, and looking so conceited and cure of himself him-self thut the llsh, one and all, sided t with the angry old one ' You you ' guped the old one "You daro to stand there and laugh a at mo and make fun of me In my old , nee. 1 tell jou I knew moro befoie j you were born thun ou will ever know." An, nugneu mo young one, "inai Is what the old ones always tij How do I know you ire so wise? What huve sou ever done but make playthings for the little mermaids' bhow mo something you can do and then I will show what I can do" The Old Wizard raised hlmelf from the rocks 'Many a year have I sent out the storms, the winds and tho waves obey my words and jet sou tell mo sou can do more than I, What more can you do ' I can charm the mermaidV laughed the young one. 'and thit In what your j ears won't help you lo do." The Old Wizard smiled. ' There have been other mermaids, many of them " he said, nnd It angered an-gered the loung Wizard ns cvers thing else had failed lo do He grunted nnsrily "Anyone can say tho have done things, ' he muttered mut-tered ' I could tell tales, too, lf I wished Dut I say sou nre not us wlae aa I You only alt theie and pretend to know no much And jou are ho old that they have grown used to jour tales and believe jou hivo dun nil the wonderful thliiM you say on have lAt us see whit vou cat "" The Old Wizard looked up r saw the circle of llsh Interestedly winching and listening. Their sjmpathetlc looks quieted his anger In n moment for he knew they all liked him He had played with them, nmused them and belied them out of trouble too many limes, and now he would show tho joung upetart before them nil that he wan the wiser, "What do jou want mn to do?' he anked Tho young one looked about "Make me a flh." he said 'Make me one different from any of them such a fish as has never been seen beforp" The Old Wizard stooped and picked up a shell which liy beside him a shell all brown and rough on one side, thijj. Tl1 jisH but clear and white with pearly lights flMi 'jjt WH on the other. Hwab 'hBM "Will thin do?' he asked, "I will HflflK, 'JW ffll make jou a llsh of this" IH ffi"i3 IH The -ntlier1 laughed. "Yes. It you MI Bt OSS fM can ' w l" IsHV 'Could jou?' demanded tho Old ill a ii lisl Wizard, quickly Br ffi'"?'a iH No, nor sou," retorted Iho young Hi IE. f J fflfH one. Bf ff T ULaH With a quiet smile the Old Wizard iNfoU llH took the shell, broke uwny the rough nl'r 'riH brunn sides until there was but a thin hjjt f MliH slice ot the pearly white shell lett Then lilt .( llH lie broke away tho edges until It was MXf " ,H smooth and lound he took up one nt (IBM i, inH the plecen which ho had broken ort am I'lj, fltjH and he pinched It In the middle and M ! H pulled the two endn out Into two vAt ' , ijflH points This he fastened to one end, QdHih' ' IJkH pinching nnd working the two ends M yfe iJIH tngither until he had made tho narrow ffffj TfJ likl tall rast to the thin, almost round BK; rttiV ' VH bolj lie cut a little silt In the other Vfl , 'ilH end tor a mouth and fastened on two B .St, iJJH pearls for eyes They stuck nut tn M W nH two large lumps from the head, and uff it,1 ' JllFiH the 'Joung Wlzaid laughed, but the Kf tk , nfltH old one was Intent on his work anl Ilk Icni:' liHBjJB did not notice Wu lit . 'Illll He look the old-looking flsh be. MB WS ' ijjH tween hln hands, ho patted It and Hfi Its fiBH whispered strange words to It, and oG Wat ' $ BH tlien It moved a little, and with a Cl yii-'i VH triumphant smile the Old Wizard let j JC' iH It slip from his hands and flop help- If, iii( ) DH lersly about in the water. IB ' li lliH Hut tho Young Wizard roared with fClil ialesH laughter ' Such a fish! With no final Jjl.tii ,J XSM 1 1 ii ha. ha'" he laughed. i.rWfi, rflnfaH Tha eld ono snatched It up and bent 'jtHllv jJWlB quickly to pick up tho pieces he had iFfljj 4i4VWiH dropped One. two small chunks he 'jL'hJBc " llH found th".t two narrow shavings. 'i?f-'i J iklH ncmcely as long as his finger, and at Ijtkjji LH'IH last after mueh search, he found an- tt j 7 ' .! . iH other, Just a tiny piece No amount of ill j iv L jH search ptoduced more, and there waa "f Mm ' r i '!'H no other piece of shell near l il ui!H The Young Wizard laughed again at ,'T A,it ' 'kl'l the nil ones seaich, hut the laughter t's ', IflH turned to astonishment as the old one 'A ''! i ill took the two largest pieces and stuck j J, 'i 41H them on at the sides, after pulling J iju ( , 'IH them to enlarge them a little. The infi'l' JH mrrow strlpn he pulled nnd patted un. if l i'l . ;I"H til thej were as thin and transparent ;'f ii'l'l Si1,! J.iAH as a veil, and fastened them high upl h l,i ilL", 'J ! on the thin holy The remaining piece! I 'j. tn J H he broko and made two ot the tiniest i Ul Jtl V H line surely thnt ever a flsh possesnedl.J r .Ifj" Pj ' M and fastened them nn below. II jf ilLi jri j M Ho held up the flsh before him, let-! i),j ill iH ting It slip fiom his hands and! t' l,iT " fH laughed with delight as It turned! ft Ifi !H gracefully and swam through thai f I' j .' ' jM water, moving tho delicate, oddly-l n v' li h!sH shaped linn nnd tall with perfect con-f r vl jl) lH trol He called to the fishes to look! ( J 'j J. 1 4H at the beautiful, glistening sides of, 3 h,!,-1, ft iB pearl nnd at the thin, round body andli ,1 4'f.;n!H great bulging ejes (', i.- H , JJJH 'See' Was there ever such a. flshljf J'i '1 J ,B before? Did I not say I could do lt?,ra i, Uj; fl ,,H nnd he turned to the Young 'WlzardnJ JV,'r,M In triumph Hut he hod gone; he hadjff- ,J tliilriH slipped quietly away during the x,',l rfWr'i'ili "H cltement. and for the rest of his life.,! ,8i UiP.H the Old Wizard telgned supreme. (Ill !t f.ljiPii'EM As for the llhh the Moon PUh, ai" E lf f if M I tlH they till him, from his round sllei, ' w) ,H of brilliant peirl-look at his big eyesiJ ! iy(4.!M his flit sides and funny Ana and see t IJU'.i'' iioH If I have not told It true. Ji WlMi'il H |