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Show LJpd Eveiii fairy Tale jyjAMW GRAHAM BONNER. EDDY ESKIMO DOQ Tre been asked to tell my story," aid Eddy Eskimo Do. "And I will do the beat I can." Soma one has asked for It, I believe, and some one else Is going to put It Into In-to words that people can understand. "I don't know that I have much of a story to tell; but I have had grandfathers grand-fathers and grandmothers who could have told stories that were wonder ful and hair-raising and all other exciting ex-citing things that stories often can be. "Xou see, the days when my grandfathers grand-fathers and grandmothers were about were a good number of days ago in fact I should say years ago. . "In the first place I am called the Eskimo dog. 1 look a little bit like a wolf, I'm told. But I'm not a wolf, oh not :- - , "My name doesn't mean anything as far as I am concerned. I am not responsible for my name. "Now when I say that please do not think that I am ashamed of my name. "Indeed I am not. I simply do not want to receive credit where I should not receive credit It Is the work of my grandfathers and my grandmothers that has given me this name. ,,. "Far, far,, far up North there are ome people known as the Esquimaux. "Oh, they liv very, very far away from where you, who are now reading read-ing my story, live, "But my grandparents lived far, far, far North., They even did more than "I'm Not a Wolf." that They went as far North at ever people went. ' ' ' 'Jr "They went with a famous person known as Admiral Peary. Oh, how far up they went. "Would yon like to know what they went for? I will tell you! ! 'They went In search of the North Pole. Now my grandparents thought that they were going to find a pole at ome very northern place. . "They said when they reached tljat pole they would turn around and cove back. They Imagined that they would hav a little celebration after they finally reached the pole. j "Their Idea was that perhaps they wuld all have a special supper up there and that they would all look tip at the pole and they would bark while the people would say: i "'Most noble Pole, how glad we are , to see you. We almost thought tve would freoae before we saw yon. In fact a few toes and noses and such odd things hare been frozen. , " 'And even more than that. "'All sorts of troubles have been gone through with for your sake, Great Wooden Pole. f " 'We have almost starved for yon, we have shivered for you, we have longed for you, we have almost given tip hope for you. Cut now we have found yon. . ; "That was what my' grandparents Imagined would be said. "Then they thought that the pol which-they fancied would be very, very enormons wtuld not say anythltif because It would be too wooden to hare any feelings. . ; "But they fancied there would somehow some-how be a look of dignity about tb Pole. "And do you know Rlat there wasn't any pole there at) the tLuie? No I Not a pole! "The people had beea speaking of a point very, Tery far north. And they had called It the North Pele. "And they had gone In search of this powit. Jnst fer that they had dragged people through the snow. :, "Oh nell, It was all a part of adventuring, ad-venturing, only some of my family were a little disappointed when they found out there was bo actual, real pole. "P.nt I am a descendant of this P.ne family of dogs and -ta descendant means oue of a fuml'y who follows after, such as a grandchild or even a child, or even a great, grant grandchild. "Yea, I am proud ef my family name because It does mean something In my case, at any rate, when jou consider that my dear grandparents j went on these wonderful adventures about which great books hare been written and lectures given and risks run. Xut It was a shame about that pole not being there 1 You see, I suppose In all the years and years that had gone before, no one had ever gone fur enough to put a pole where Uie North Pole fchould have bei-nl" j |
