Show I r t Dd Y dYS tt i Evel ir T ThIe le leY Y fN GR J-IAM J BONNER T 11 YI FATHER ATLAS couple as ns David hi had Such a strange Just met And they thc had also Just to told him Mill who they the wei were But Hut they didn't tell him all aJI at one once Instead they trl tried I to make him hint gue guess a little hit bit I And then after a bit they ther did ellel tc tell him ilia I i v Wasn't David Dald thrilled to realize the interesting I couple to whom h lie he 1 I was WS talking I vh lie He was thrilled t beyond all words It was certainly 1 9 exciting Im Father AtIns AtI AtIns At At- I Ins Ins ins the man moan said In In i my portfolio Im Father I are ore maps and maps Atlas I all all the maps I al n ah s 's carry them with me I There have ha been many stories about heard theone the me ie and of course cOUlse youve you've about m holding the world on or one ne my i m my iy shoulders I I dont don't do that often now only now I on i state occasions occasIons such such state occasions occa- occa ons as ns practically never occur occurs I I Iid find finel id Ive I've enough to do elo keeping l the time I maps straight I didn't need them today ns as youre you're In the Living LI Jn Map Iap But from force of hai ihl if I couldn't come along without them em I I Now you ou must know time the name of ofIs I this Is lovely loel lady She Site is Mother Iother Earth Oh Mother Iother Earth David cried a brick brick I 1 II I You ou are arc a a I Well not exactly that si she laughed laughe but I 1 know what you ou mean mca mean I and d Im I'm grateful to think you ou feel fee I that U way a toward meNow me I Now you ou understand wily why wh I had s so soI soloan I loan ny different rent things a to i j pack In to n nIm m my J n n basket I have hae a n great huge hu e world part garden And Ive I've the nicest adopted chile children who play pIa in my m garden and amI who w win work in ht my m garden and who enjoy ray ra i gates giu den elen leople boys s 's and girls I call all my adopted children But nut my own c alit chiI- dreg dren are arc the Rivers and anel the La Lal Lakes es I and the Mountains and anel the thc Valle Valleys s i I must tell you ou about some of I Ith I them th ii em It Get her started on her children and you'll be he here for years Dont frighten him Father Atlas I II I wont won't talk a long time I have an invitation to give him later Inter Dont tell him him about your our nau naughty children Father Atlas said sal The example ex- ex ample might be very ery bad ba You know the they bey say sn you ou must nh n always s 's set a Ko good sample example for the young oung I can talk like this now as Im I'm r rn not noton noton on n duty ut Im I'm a Map boy That's wh what I ana am In fact I mn may even en challen challenge DavId avld lo to a game of ball You couldn't do o that without nil ruinIng ruining ruin ruin- Ing ig the flower beds We wouldn't touch ouch the flowerbeds flower Hower beds heds cds David ld said who ho rather liked time the lie Idea of play play- C Ing ig ball with Fa- Fa Father v timer ther Atlas Wo We would really be he hery beer er very ry careful not to step stel ep on them Oh chuckled other Mother lot her E Earth a I t h u I I 1 youve oue no Idea of the 10 wild schemes U Atlas can y Ink of at ut at times 1 Its It's s all because he her hea r realized a 11 z e d his strength in In those th se worl shoulder world sh el-sh en r. r rin ing days da s Well Not Ex Ex- Do you ou know That what his ball bull would be The round round world In which we live lI Now lo you ou see how you ou couldn't help hut but upset time the Hower beds If you on can think of somethIng else Ise besides the ball we live on for fOI Your game no It might be all right rJ I I 1 Know I know said sal Father Atlas Slue She o wants a u nice quiet little littlehat hat with n you ou about those children of hers nut But Ive I've no doubt she knows best lIest She's s very cry wIse vise Mother Iother Earth Is Oh Ol yes ec es she's a n wise wise mother |