| Show I C I THE PRICKLY PORKY OF THE SEABy SEABy SEA By Thornton W Bura Burgess ss The Prickly Priddy Porky of ot the Sea Says When you find 1 me rae let me be Old Old Mother Nature He doesn't say It in words Goodness no But he does sa say it just as the Prickly Porky on land landsa's says sas it and a 11 chestnutt burr burl says Il it It Is sad saId without words You have ha merely tc to look at Prickly Porky of the Sea to know that It 11 Itis ItIs Is best to leave him alone Who Is the Prickly Porky Perky of ot the Sea Ask Jimmy Skunk Jimmy found out by being careless He was poking aroun around 1 under some rocks to see seo what be he could find there Ouch ho bo cried and jumped back holding up one lit lit- littie tic tie black paw en cn something harp Very cautiously he had looked to see seo what it was There just un- un under un under der del that rock was something that looked Very cry ery much like a II big green groen chestnut burr It was covered all allover allover over o with little pointed ebarp-pointed sharp spines They pointed In all directions It was all allery ery mery ery curious JImmy didn't have bave the least Idea what he lie was looking at al He didn't know whether it was a plant or orsome orsome orsome some kind hind of ot a sea animal Certainly Certainly It didn't look as It fC It could move about What Tt are you on staring at In Inquired Reddy Fox Pox coming up be be- behind behind behind hind him You tell replied Jimmy point point- pointIng pointing I In ing to the queer thing under the rock I Lets Leis get It out where we can see It better said Reddy Jimmy turned his head aside to hide a grin a good Idea said he you pull it out So Reddy reached In a black paw to pull the tho thing out Ouch cried Reddy neddy and the queer thing remained right ht where it was I the trouble Inquired a c I Hr This said laid he is Prickly Porky Perky of the Sea A f the Gull coming along just at that moment Thero There isn't any trouble re 10 ro- ro replied plied Reddy neddy crossl crossly We are are just wondering wondering- what this thing is here bere Pull It out and lets let's look at It said I Oh It if that's the way you OU feel about It I 1 will replied and reaching under th the rock with his stout bill hili he pulled the queer queer- queer looking looking thing out It looked more than ever like a great big chest chestnut nut burr Jimmy Skunk remembered to be polite It you please Neighbor Gull said he bE we should like to toi i know what nhat hat this thing is Is It ItI I alive Wo Yo have bave never seen any any- anything I thing like bike It before excepting I away back on land band where the I chestnut trees grow There every fall when the nuts drop they are In coverings that look a whole lot like liko this thing ees eyes twinkled This said he is the Porky of tho Sea Sea Sea- It is a II Sea Urchin a aI aGreen aGreen aGreen I Green Sea Sla Urchin and it is very ery I much alive It is sometimes n call n I ed a Sea Egg but hut theles thele's rR Teal real sense in such a name as that Y You'll find tind that thet underneath all those spines Is 18 a shell and the tho owner ot or that shell lives es Inside Ho doesn't want to be meddled wIth so Old Mother Nature has bas given him all ot of those spines Do you see that thing over yonder Reddy and Jimmy looked There was a II curious pin cushion shaped shell jt h-jt without any spines on on onit onit It and covered with tiny knobs When Jimmy turned it over h he discovered a II sited good opening In the bottom The shell was as empty That said Is the shell of ot a 11 Sea Urchin Oh said Jimmy y Thank you very much Neighbor Gull Dont mention It It replied Gray Gray- Gray wing Copyright 1926 by T W Bur Bur- Burgese Bui gese The next Dext story The Urchin That Was Different 00 |
