Show MARY GRAHAM BOWER BONNEZ i i 11 1 1 li 19 MA M A U NURSE FOG come my dear little ones said nurse N u arse fog and I 1 will tell you a story the mist gt grandchildren and gathered about nurse vos fog and said we want to hear your I 1 story some of tile the raindrop cli 11 dren came too but every single mist grund grandchild child wason hand to hear the story 1 I wear a heavy dress of mist and fog said nurse fog as I 1 dont want creatures to come ome 11 see about when I 1 come around the reason for that Is that when nhen I 1 come about I 1 like to have lave everything my jovn way and it is right that I 1 should tor for the king of the clouds has told me so what Is more mr air sun lias bas told me so too ile he eien een want to be around when I 1 am ile he has told me ever and ever so many times that when I 1 wanted to tell lell a story to the mist grandchildren lie he was perfectly willing to keep beep out of tile the way for he knew that if he got in tile the way he would interrupt my story 1 I must tell you too of some of our friends the clouds now the gray clouds that look so thick and powerful are clouds which belong to the family of tile the king of the clouds and sir robert rain when any one sees them in the sky they may know that there Is going to be rain they all gather together and talk things over and that Is when creatures see gray clouds close together which look as though there were many of them talking talking oh yes talking talking of the jump going to make to the earth and all of them are talking about when jump and how many of them will jump and just what sorts of jumps they will make they very seldom have a long talk and change their minds no they dont do that there abere are the clouds which belong to the family of old man alan wind a silly lot they wear black suits and they look as though they were going to do something quite exciting and dreadful and then they usually dont do anything at all that is they do something but they dont rain and rain Is the most important thing it 13 to our family at any rate the clouds which belong to the family of old man wind look as I 1 have told you as it if they were going to have lave a wild and rough frolic they begin all right they bang things about and blow the dust brothers wherever they want them to go they make chairs on porches upset I 1 mean the chairs upset and not the por porches chesl they knock over things and raise a agrest great old row and then they stop and the rala has never come at all and the people have been expecting it 1 of course they think great cl clouds buds for joking and they have written abood a hook of jokes every joke has been one made up and acted upon they like to tell their jokes over and over and do the same thing time and time again something like many creatures in that 9 way but they enjoy their jokes and as they are their own jokes it Is just as well f tor 0 r t h e y I 1 r e pleased with what they have e but when our family have a I 1 talk they act at once they dont fool the people they rain wild and dear me how silly it Is to have rough fugn jokes one can wear a rainy misty dress and can hop skip jump and patter over the earth dear nurse fog said the mist list grandchildren may we have a little game with the army of raindrops ani and tile nain raindrop drop children indeed yes said nurse fos fog and I 1 will witch watch the fun and will clap in my y foggy hands and will say in my deep deep voice hurrah I 1 burrah |