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Show 7'j7 j fJU)kgvfll Ml F yfi-i i commit n nm mwm wm . MORE ABOUT GULLS "I have another story to tell you children," Mild Professor Sea (lull, also known uu Prof. Gull, to tho Sea Gull children. "It Is n story that will make you proud, for It tells of the great work once accomplished by Sea Gulls and of the reward and honor shown to the Sen Gulls. "It Is quite o true, true story ; but as It Is your history lesson, too, I hopo you wilt remember It. I think It is rather n good Idea to combine one's history and story-time together If It Is possible. "And It Is certainly possible In this case, for tho story Is really Sea Gull history, and every little Sea Oull should know the story. "Are you all rady, children, to hear the story, or tho history lesson It can bo called either as I hnvo Just explained ex-plained nre you all ready, children?" And the Sea Gull children all answered, an-swered, In their rather curious, fascinating fasci-nating voices: "We're all ready, Prof. Sea Gull." "Some time ago there wqs n great plague of grasshoppers In a certain part of tho country. The pcoplo did not know whnt they would do. "Tho grasshoppers were utterly destroying de-stroying their crops, so that they did not know whether they would have a famine or what would happen. "It only grew worse nud worse. They hoped desperately It would grow better and that, somehow, they could get rid of the grasshoppers. "But nothing helped, nothing at atl. Oh, they were desperate I All their "Aro You All Ready?" crops were .being fast destroyed and they wero not able to do anything about It. "Suddenly, suddenly a great change came. "It hnrdly seemed real It was so wonderful nnd came io suddenly and unexpectedly, "From somewhere, no one knew Just where, nppeured Sea Gulls hundreds and thousands of Sea Gulls. "They enme hurrying this wny nnd thct, ns though they had heard tho bad news nnd wunted to save every moment of time they could. "No one understood but every ono wns grateful. "All the Sen Gulls were looking very fut nnd well, nnd hud onjojed them, oelves Immensely; but they had been quick nnd they had come of their own free will and accord no one knew from where, nor how, nor w hy I "And, though they had hud a good time, they had certainly performed a marvelous work. "They hud saved the crops I "Oh, there -was such rejoicing, such rejoicing when the people saw that, nfter qll, their crops would not be de- stroyed when they had seen them doomed und thought there would be no help I "So, what do you suppose the people did? "You'll never guess. Sea Oull, children, chil-dren, so I'll have to tell yu. The people peo-ple put up u great monument to Sea Gulls. "And upon the monument nre figures of Sea GuIIh detro.lng grasshoppers. "There Is also u tine tablet on the monument and noble words of 'grate-ful 'grate-ful remembrance' to the Seu Gulls are engraved upon It. "1 do not know of another such monument In the world. "Isn't that a wonderful part of our history, children" Thu children all exclaimed and cheered with Joy to think of tho noble, bru.-c deeds their nncestots hud done. "We muHt always bo worthy of outline out-line uneebtors," they cried. And Prof Oull held his heud high. "I rejoice in that great deed ami proud am I to be u Seu Gull when I think of what our grandfathers und great-grandfathers and greutgraud-mothers greutgraud-mothers hue accomplished I" And every Sea Gull w'us thrilled with thnt daj's history Icsaou. which wns a true, true story of their own nuces-torsl |