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Show ' " ' i llMveiii ; Fairy Tale jyVRY GRAHAM BONNER LADYBUQ "Dear me, dear," said little Mlsa Ladybug, "I urn certainly all a-flutter. Of courso It Is hard to be all a-lluttcr when ono Is a bug, but I mean that my heart is beating fast In Us llttlo bug fushlon. ... Ah, yes, ah yes, I am quite oxclteu. for 1 havo a new sprlug bonnet. I found It In tho Farmyard, not far from the Potato Patch. It Is brown nnd has white trimmings. It Is a very handsome hat. "And I will tell you why FTim nil n flutter In my heart. Sir ncnjnmln Hug, n worthy creature, but ruthcr dull, has always told mo that he ndmljed me. I do not care for Sir Uenjamtn. I like Sir Kaslt Dug. "Sir Hcnjntnln told mo I would not bo happy If I wed Sir Basil. Both theso lino bugs had paid mo tho great compliment of asking me. "Now I hnd decided I would wed Sir Basil. 1 had told Sir Basil yes, and I had told Sir Benjamin no. "But dear tne, the next time I saw Sir Benjamin I looked sad and downcast. down-cast. My bonnet was shabby, I had not brushed my garments, and I looked sad and untidy. M'lln, hn.' said Sir Benjamin, 'It Is as I snld. You are already sorry that you have consented to wed Sir Basil.' "'Not a hit of It, not a bit of It. lou do not speak tho truth, I said.' "But I knew Hint I looked so untidy ' "Ha, Ha." Said Sir Benjamin. that I did look sad. And I felt worried wor-ried and bothered about something. "I could not think of anything tq say. f kept thinking of my wretched old appcaranco and how had It was not to look nice and neat nnd tidy. "Well, Sir Benjamin crawled away after a time. When I saw Sir Basil I had made myself look qulto tidy. "And I told him what had happened. "I told him how bad 1 felt, because I was so untidy that 1 wus ashamed that Sir Benjamin saw mo and thought It was becuuse I was worrying nnd regretting re-gretting that I had not decided to wed him. "Sir Basil laughed right heartily In his delicious bug fashion. . '"Ah, you nro n, real ludybug,' he diUckled, 'they say tho ladles always enro about how they look, you know. And of course you wanted to look beautiful und tiinkc Sir Benjamin feel .sad. I do not blame you.' "Sir Basil enjoyed laughing and I did uot mind, fur Sir Basils bug laughter laugh-ter Is sweet to my enrs. "But now 1 am ull a-flutter, becauso I was looking my best and 1 saw Sir Benjamin and ho looked very downcast down-cast to see uio looking sa merry and guy. "And tomorrow 1 am going to wed Sir Basil and happy, Indeed, I am. "Iu fact I am so happy Unit I think I will sing this song: i am Mistress tadyhu, Mlatreas Lady bug, Mlstrtaa Ladybug, I feel a tutr. reel n tuic, feci a tug. I feel It at my heart, at my heart, at my heart. For through It haa gone love's dart, love's dart, loves dart I I love a handsome bug, handsome' bug, handsome bug, l'lt give him a shaving mug, shaving mug. shaving mug, It will be a wedding gift, wedding gift, wrddlng gift. ' Iknow ynu net the drift, get the drift. get the drift. Thf I'm to be a bride, be a bride, be a bride, And B!r nasll Dug will be by my side, by my side, by my side. "All," laughed Miss Lndybug, "I nm not a poet und I nm not a poetess. I suppose one Is the same as the other. But 1 nm neither I "But fchon one Is In lovo one must write verse. Ah yes,. I must writs verse. I'm after all, nothing but a bug, I can make a rhyme about that. Although It'a a mighty poor verse, t might be worae. It .might be worse. You ran't expect too much of me."' That 1 hope you purely see! I'm to be wedded tomorrow, And my bug heart knows no sorrovi l!a. ha, happy am I, ' ThU I most joyfuUy cryl" |