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Show JaryGra! BomtfT ? JI iw MP.. ROOSTER "Why Is I here no mil li excllo-inenlV" excllo-inenlV" asked Mr. and Mrs. I'enoock tin they walked by. "Iion'l j oil know?" asked Minn Ham. Mr. and Mrs. Peacock didn't pay much atleiillon as they were ton proud to care to see much of the pig family and they wished some one else In the barnyard had answered their o,ues- J tlon. But si ill (hey repeated their intention. inten-tion. "What is going on. and why Is I here so much excitement V" "We are going to have a parade," mild Mr. Booster. "Will you Join;' "Thank you," said Mr. I'eaeoek, "we would ho glad to Join the parade." "But you must gUe us plenty of room," said Mrs. I'f nek. "We have to spread our handsome trains and they take up iptlle a bit of space. "They are so hi:: and handsome. But we'd love to Join the parade for wo like lo inarch and St rut." All the other animals agreed to c;Ive Ihe peacocks plenly of room, Mini the parade stalled. The fanner couldn't Imagine what It all meant. The animals were inarching iiround, all making as much noise 11 they could. And that Is a good dead of noise, I can assure you I Mr. Booster led the parade nnd he looked very grand villi bis fine red (op or hat. lie crowed and crowed, lie felt he was not only leader of the parade but leader of the band. I Vou see they all said that they did j not need any outside band for the I parade. I They felt that the noise they would I make would he ipille enough. And of course It was. The only difference was that their noise was not like tmi-ic'. But the j Mr. Rooster Led. . animals didn't know good music from bad music and their Idea of a band was a great deal of noise. They marched around the barnyard nnd Mr. Boost er kept crowing the direct ions. "( 'oik-a-doodlc-do, this way, this way," lie would call. And all the animals followed along. Some of them did not walk In a very straight line, but that didn't make much difference. The crows cawed from above and even tlie sparrows Joined In the noise all they could. "This suits us." they said to themselves. them-selves. "These creatures don't mind our voices at all. "They Just like noise. So we can Join in a very large chorus like tills. "Other birds are so fond of their own special songs. And they have such a funny way of caring about tunes." As a mutter of fact, the sparrows were hardly noticed because of the noise the other creatures were making. mak-ing. I'icity soon tlie farmer came out to look at them again. "This must be some one's birthday." birth-day." he saio. "Anyway, I think 1 wi4l give them a birthday parly. 1 won't bother about a cake and candles, for they wouldn't care so much for such things, but I will give them some good seed, and perhaps a few cake crumbs." So the farmer gathered together some special goodies and tlie animals immediately rushed from tlie parade line and grabbed what they could. "Dear me." said Mr. Booster as this happened, "the parade is all over." "Well," said Miss Ham, "1 should think anything would come to an end when there was extra food to he bad." All tlie animals laughed In their I queer ways, hut every one had to agree that they certainly iiad end 3d tlie parade In a great hurry when ( the farmer had given them an extra meal. But that day In Ihe barnyard was one of Ihe happiest ever had by nil tlie animals, and certainly Mr. Booster Boost-er deserved the credit, for he bad thought of the Idea of the parade and it was because of that, and so because of him, that I hey had all had the special, extra treat. |
