Show L ED IE Evel e I T Tale le leY y T l PRY RY rN GRAHAM BONNER concur l' l rr II wa MELLY'S IDEA Melly had an Idea She didn't know whether It was a good Idea or a very poor Idea but she had 1 It h In any case and she thought she would tell all th the family about It It was the day before New v Years Year's day lay that she told them They all listened lis lis- us- us toned most attentively when she told r them thelo she had hod a fine Idea a new idea she felt eat sure i t's ts rt's ts t.'s have It they all said So Melly began to explain Se h hl toil the thorn that sh aha cho e thou ht It It luiu m u U g 11 would be a fine Idea to make some New ew Year resolutions t Every Everyone one seemed scorned rather amused when Melly said this She had always said Bald before that New Year resolutions were ere not such a good Idea because hey they were wele so easy to break brenk as soon as us the to New Year had hod begun I suggest she said sold that each of or ofus ofus orus us promise the other not to tell ten the same old Jokes over o and over ver again Maybe visitors have not heard r I Ithem them but the family has had hod to listen liston to the same ones so many mony times that It would be nice If we could coul all think up some new funny things to say suy and let Jet the old ones have a years year's restI restI restI rest I wont won't tell m my old favorite about the fishes nn and Mother Iother will promise not notto notto notto to tell her old favorite about Mr Ir Shakespeare and Brother will promise premise not not notto to fell his favorite about the two and Auntie will promIs promise promise prom prom- Is ise not to tell her old favorite about the old Irishman and well we'll nil all promIse promise promise prom prom- ise not to tell the old old ones Every Ever time we have hove any anyone one for dinner we all tell the same old stories and we have hn to be polite to each other and try to lou laugh h. h But If we didn't tell them for a whole year then ne next nest t year they might sound quite new and funny to us again lignin So every everyone one agreed of after tel a time A At t first It seemed so hard to give gl the theold old favorites fa a years year's rest Well on New v Years Year's day duy a number of ot callers came and ond they all talked Y e r 1 She Thought It Would Be a Fine Idea about the weather and many tunny of ot the older ones unes said that calling on New v e Years Year's do day was really dying out and und that It was a great greot pity Melly wished she had been able to persuade others to make promises such as the they all had hod marIe made but still It would be a great rest to escape the family Jokes for a year ear And then there be began an to be silences and they all nil seemed to feel uneas uneasy In their chairs choirs Yet the they wanted to entertain entertain entertain en en- their callers collers but they Just couldn't think of on anything thing to say with the jokes all put aside for a whole year Another pause came In the conversa conversa- tion Once more the weather was waa talked about The next pause that came come was loner longer long lon er than the first and another followed that was longer still i Then Melly's mother spoke up In a u avery avery very er firm voice I wonder she said but she dl didn't nt look at any an of the members of the family if any of you OU ever heard of oC the Joke jole about Mr Br Ir Shake Shakespeare All the callers collers sai said suld they hadn't And she he told her joke 1 The family joined In the laughter and nud when there seemed to be another pause up spoke Melly's ellys brother sayIng sayIng say say- Ing Ins I That story Mother Iother just told reminds reminds reminds re re- minds me of one about two Scotch Scotch- men And he told his story Before long Melly's ellys Auntie said Ive had hind ninny many a good laugh about the old Irishman and find she told her hert t story r Next Nett didn't Melly's father tell the story which had always been his favorite fa- fa fa favorite about the city man and the farmer farm farmer er and ond before beCore Melly knew what was happening she was telling her joss joi-a j about the fishes Well they all laughed and the call call- drs rs stayed u a long time as though they enjoyed themselves er very much though there hud had been a time Just n a little while before when hen the they had be begun un to murmur about going home soon soun and other uther calls colis thc they must midst m st make When all ull had hind left each member of ot the fully family looked at each ench other other- and the they all laughed hed Were sorry Melly they II 1 11 said But I told mine too Melly Mell admit admit- red better wed I III guess ness she ended make mule different resolutions for ur the New e Year leur the old jokes are ure too tuo useful |