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Show HIP Daddy's JtMveiif rairy Tale jyAARV GRAHAM BOWJER. , i .comic!? tnruTWMVjwuwrf. MR8. COW'S PARTY 'Woo, moo," said Mrs. Cow, "I hope you will all come to my party." "Do you mean you would llko me to come, too?" asked Mrs. Drown-and-White Cow as she looked at Mrs. Cow. "Of course, my dear," said Mrs. Cow. "I want every cow In tho meadow to come. Yes, I Invite you nil. "I won't ask you to bring your knitting knit-ting or a piece of embroidery, ns I know none of you have knitting, nor have you embroidery, "But nt any rate I Just ask you to bring your sweet cow selves." All of the cows looked much pleased. "Moo, moo, I accept with pleasure," said Mrs. Iirown-nnd-Whlto Cow. "Moo, moo, I do too," said Miss Urown-niid-Whltc Cow. "And I'd bo delighted to come, simply sim-ply delighted," suld Mrs. Brow'n Cow. So spoku all tho cows. Every one of them accepted and thero were quite a number of cows In "Looked Much Pleased." tho meadow so that it looked as though Mrs. Cow would havo qulto n big party, I "Dear me," said Mrs. Brown-nnd-Whlto Cow, "i forgot to ask you when your party was gplng to take place." "Why, moo, moo," said Miss Brown-and-Whlto Cow, "I forgot to ask you too.'1 "Moo, moo," said all the other cows In turn, "wo forgot to ask you too." "And I forgot to tell you," said Mrs. Cow as she swished off a most annoying annoy-ing fly. t "But I will tell you now," she ndded. "The party will take pluce In flf-teen flf-teen minutes," she said. "I haven't a watch nor have I a clock nnd to my knowledge nono of the rest of you have watches or clocks. "Watchmakers would be poor If they depended upon cows for a living. "But wo all know thnt fifteen minutes min-utes Is not a very long time. And so In u short time will you nil Join me" "Moo, moo," said all the cows, "we will Indeed," "Of. course," added Mrs. Brown-nnd. White Cow, "we haven't very long n ttmo In which to get ready, I must sea If I'm looking my cow best." nnd she looked down at herself and swished off a fly or two. "You see," said Mrs. Cow, "I knew , that none of you had engagements this afternoon and you all looked as thougli. you needed a little refreshing party and so I thought I'd suggest It. "I'm not llko somo creatures who gle Invitations In ndvanco and then hope that some of their guests will re- fURo, nnd that then they can ask otli- , ers mill so hao the credit of Inviting , many without the fuss of having to en- , tcrtuln many. "I'm not llko that." wen, in a ery snort time all of the cowh followed Mrs. Cow down to a stream. One by one they went, nnd how slowly they did walk. "Tuko your time," said Mrs. Cow, "take your cow time. We have nn engagements en-gagements until milking time. Nona at nil." So they all took their time, nnd yon should have seen them, following their hostesst Mrs, Cow, down to tho strewn. When they were there they went wndlug, but they didn't have to hold up their skirts for fear they'd get wet. Oh no, they didn't hno to fuss at all I And they drank some of the pleasant pleas-ant water In the stream and they chewed somo of the grass about the hanks of the stream. They talked a lltjle, but they didn't bother much to keep up nny conversations, conversa-tions, , , Oh, It was a ery restful, refreshing refresh-ing party, and every one said Infer, when milking time came nround, what n nice afternoon they all had had, nnd wlint a fine party .Mrs. Cow had suggested. sug-gested. And Mrs. Cow was very ghid Him her party was a success, for who It not glad to have a successful part; and to hnvo the guests pleased mm MiiaMBayHlBWMHHHHHMiHHMttBN |