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Show Fairtj Tale A -MARY -GRAHAM.-BONNER - - ft Winn ntvinrti union - WILD WOLVES "it's more fun tt have enemies than not to know the Joys of being wild," said the Gray Wolf. "Children aren't like wolves, not like wolves in the least. "They'd never hunt for sheep at night, they'd never like the taste of young sheep, uncooked." "Perhaps they're glad they're not like us," said the other wolves. "Perhaps," said the Gray Wolf. "But the idea scents rather funny, very funny, fun-ny, in fact." "All depends on the point of view," said the other wolves. "I'm glad I've a wolfs point of view," said the Gray Wolf. "My family is not always so daring dar-ing as once they were," continued the Gray Wolf. "That is the different members of I my family. "We're still brave! Oh. if an entity goes for one of us, how we can fij lit 1 "We dou't run away. We light mid do our best to win. "But since so many people have carried car-ried guns with them in the countries where we were, we have been a lit Ue more careful. "We haven't taken any foolish chances. We've known that guns were dangerous, very, very dangerous. "And yet when .brought to bay, or brought right up to the point where it was up to us to fight or meekly give in, we've fought, we have." "Ah," said the other wolves, "it seems to us that you are brave." "You're only careful and you only hide when it is wise to do so. "It would be foolish to take chances. No sensible animal would do that." "I'm glad you all agree with me," said the Gray Wolf. "And I like to talk of tile tilings my family do and of the things I did when I was free. Innrrftr "We're Still Brave." and of our splendid behavior when danger was near." "And we like to hear of such tilings,"' said the other wolves. "We love to hear of the wild life, for wolves are wild, ah yes, they're wild." "Wild wolves, how sweet the words sound," said the Gray Wolf, growling in none too sweet a voice. "Ah yes," he continued, "it really isn't fair to ourselves to say we aren't as brave as once we were. "Since men have done so much minting mint-ing with guns we have not had the even chance that once we had. "We haven't anything such us a gun with which to protect ourselves. "We must be more careful, much more careful, aud so neither I. nor anyone, should really say we are less brave. "The Joys of being wild are very great, though, very great indeed." And the other wolves looked as though they thought the same. |