Show 1 U Bw I WHEN A CAI CANT CAN'T FINCH B By Thornton W V V Burgess Durgess you ou co go you'll find It true The one ono you fear tear Is fearful too Old Old Mother Nature When D Barker the th Seal ne Fox that It if he lie wanted anted anted to get a a lobster at Its best to 10 cat eat to get It when It had no shell ne Reddy promptly thought that Corker was as v making fun tun of o him Say that again said he lie Barker Darker said It again noddy neddy looked 1 down at the lobster at his feet If It ever there w was s anybody wholly protected It was that lobster When does a lobster have hav no shell Inquired Reddy When ho he has p his old oldon one and Is 15 waiting for it a new one oneto oneto oneto to harden replied Barker What Vh t becomes ot of his old one Inquired Ite Roddy Reddy I Oh lie lens ti leave lea It kick around sal Mid Barker Darker ly neddy looked at tho lobsters lobster's bIg el claws ws Then he be looked over a at Barker l What U those oso Ig claws demanded Redd Barker Darker pretended n not t to 10 under under- understand understand understand stand Well Veil what about abou them he Inquired Do you OU expect me to bell behave ve that anybody with big bit hard shelled hard 1 claws like JIlle those changes chanes hIs shell demanded Keddy Reddy Barker laughed It doesn't make the th least teeny bit of ut differ differ- difference difference difference ence to me me Brother Drother Fox whether you YO believe belle It or not Im I'm lust t till till- t ll lag Ing you somethIng that Is so and not youre you're believing It wont won't make the tho least bit of difference to the tho next lobster that wants to so change his shell thell Will you please to tell me Brother Fox how you think thinka a lobster could grow crow without get get- getting getting tet ting rid of oC his old shell every so often olten and getting a a- a new One new one This was too much for tor nedd Reddy The more ho he thought it over the themora themore th more mora car it became that a II lobster Inside a har hard 1 shell couldn't grow any more moro than to fill shell out But Dut It was as Just as bard hard for lor him tO see se how It was possible for fora fora tora a lobster to get out ot of his hi shell Have you ever seen seon a lobster out of his hi shell he asked Barker smacked his lips I should 1 say I have sal said 1 he Just Just talkIng about It makes me inc hungry I have hav n a notion to look around ground un- un under ender un under der the seaweed around these rocks and see II it I can find one right now Walt Vait a minute Walt a min min- minute mm minute ute cried Reddy neddy If It you please how does doe a lobster get set out of his shell Oh he h docs It easily enogh replied Barker Darker carelessly Some Somo of those joints become soft and ho he draws those claws vs back through them Then the shell cracks creeks In certain places and he h draws draw him him- himself him himself self sel out Then be he hides You see s there are ar a a lot of fish Ils that are tickled to death to find DIg Big Claw out of ot his shell not to mention some of the rest of ot us He cant can't protect himself at all then lIe H has claws but he cant pinch Old Old DIg Big I When hea hen does docs a n lobster have ta no shell inquired 1 Keddy neddy Claw just lies low until he gets a anew anew new shell Then If It he ha Is say ny ny sze at all he doesn't care car much who finds him How long Ions Is It after aCter h he leaves his old shell before he can safely move about and come out of hid hid- hidIng hIdIng hid hiding ing Inquired Reddy neddy Oh about a week replied Barker It only takes about that g for his new shell to harden Can he pinch exclaimed Barker Can he pinch Well just I let a god cod big biff lobster get et hold of oton one of ot your paws In la one of ot his claws and see what you think about pinchIng CopyrIght 1926 1916 by T Burgess I The next story atory lory Why BI Big Biff Claw Doesn't Miss 00 a Leg Lee I I |