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Show AAKY GRAHAM. DOMNER. C&MllOII) lr WllU'N NlVlfH UNION . REPORT CARDS In the town of Iteven-Saw the children chil-dren and their parents changed places. The parents took the places of the children and the children took the places of the parents. They even grew to look like each other. The parents had thought it would be fuu to be children for a while with nothing to worry them, and the children chil-dren had thought it would be fun to be parents and to do the disciplining and attending to everything. The parents went to school and the children stayed home and did the work of parents. These new parents were called by their own names, with "parent" "par-ent" before each name, and the new children were culled by their own last names with "Mother" or "Daddy" before be-fore it, so that Mrs. Fenwick, who had been the parent, was now little Mother Fenwick and her daughter Sally was called Parent Sally. The teachers sent home the children's chil-dren's reports by the children themselves them-selves and it was a very solemn evening eve-ning in almost every home In Reven-Saw Reven-Saw when the parents looked at the report cards. None of the children did as well as their parents thought they should have done. Not one. Little Mother Fenwlck's report card was quite good as far as her lessons were concerned and little Mother Fenwick Fen-wick hoped her parents would be so pleased with that that they would not notice what her teacher had writ ten down in the corner in inki "Little Mother Fenwick is an apt pupil and would be a pride to the school If It were not for her habit of talking too much. She Is constantly Interrupting and whispering and while It does not affect her own work in particular It Is bad for the school and for the other pupils." Parent Sally's face was very grave when she saw this, as she did, tha very first thing 1 "Mother Fenwick," she said, "I'm sorry to see what your teacher has written. I wouldn't blame you If yoi' weren't good In all your lessons. "Some lessons are hard to learn, and take time, but any child can be good. To think that a child of mine Parent Sally's Face Was Very Grave. has to have the teacher write In Ink on her report card additional words about her conduct." "I did well in my lessons," Mother Fenwick protested. "True, my child, and I would be pleased about that. Only this news of your conduct takes away my pleasure." Parent Robert was talking to little Daddy Fenwick. "What's this? What's this? You a banker's son, and your arithmetic Is just above the pass mark. Surely you could do better than that ! This Is anything but good news." Altogether It was a dismal night and when the little Mothers and Daddies Dad-dies compared notes the next day it semed as though no one had had an exactly pleasant and jolly evening. Some time after this came word that some of the relatives were coming com-ing to visit. The new parents were quite upset. The visiting relatives had stayed away for a long time because they had thought everything would be too upset for their nerves. Now that they had not heard of anything particularly upsetting happening hap-pening in Iteven-Saw they had decided to satisfy their curiosity and see how all was turning out. The parents, however, wrote and asked the relatives to wait until the school's examinations were over and the big pageant which would immediately imme-diately follow. The relatives, somewhat some-what hurt, agreed. The parents could tell that from their letters and it made them feel a little uncomfortable and as though they should have let them come at once In spite of the confusion. Still, it was better this way, even though some of the relatives found It hard to understand. |