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Show I pE Daddy's OpdEveii Taiiy Tale MY GWM BOWER MR. RACCOON "Now you know," mild Mr. ltaccoon, "that parent of children are much inure particular about their children1! names than anlinul parents are. "My children are lovely little dears, but we don't worry ahout what we shall call them. They may have names or they may not. "VVere not fussy. "Hut parents sit up for Ihe longest time und say : "'Dear me and (.hull I rail him Junior after tils father or shall I call him Charles?' "Or lliey say: "'Hear me, shall we call the little rosehud (meaning the hahy, you know) Hose or shall we call her Hortense?' "We don't fuss like that." "You are particular that your children chil-dren wash their food before they eat It, though," said Millie lirownle. "Yes." said Mr. Kuecoon, "were fussy about that, and we're always anxious that the children eut plenty of fresli vegetables. "Hut parents are the same way there. Imven't you told me, Killle Itrownte, of parents urging their children chil-dren to eat vegetables when they wanted want-ed everything else but vegetables?" "I think I have told you that But I ve also (old you that parents are fussy about the hours their children go to hed and you're not fussy at all." I ,m I. . . "You Ara Lucky," Agreed Billi Brownie. "We like the dears to sit up late at night so they'll be sleepy In (he daytime day-time when we are," said .Mr. Kaccoon. "We wouldn't want them to wake up at dawn when it Is Just about dawn when we go to bed. "Hut we let them eat almost anything any-thing so lonj as their food Is washed. "Parents are nmie particular about children. Yes, they are more particular particu-lar in almost every way. "Hut what I cannot understand Is why they fuss so much about names. If they think of names, well ami good, If they don't w hy bother to worry their beads?" "They enjoy thinking ahout what they will cull their, children," Hlllle lirownie said. "They don't worry so much about names. They enjoy it." " "Ah, well," said Mr. ltaccoon, "I say to myself so often : I "'Mr. ltaccoon,' I say, for I always ' treat myself politely, 'Mr. ltaccoon, you have the ways of a raccoon and not those of a human. "'It Is a lucky thing for you that you don't have to go to business and work In a bank or a shop or a garage. "'It's a lucky thing for you that you don't have to wear a stiff collar and a necktie and a suit of clothes and heavy boots. "It's a lii':ky thing for you that your children don't ask joti for money to spend on s'ulas ami candy and pictures pic-tures and tooks. "'What ould you do when lln-y asked you? You'd never have a cent and you'd always, instead of just sometimes. I ve to refuse. "'What MU'ij you do if you had to get up at rn early hour each morning morn-ing to go to wmu? "'What would you do if you had to make a speech at a meeting? '"What would you do if you had to talk over with your son whether h warned to become a doctor or a lawyer law-yer or an engineer? "'What would you do if you hail to shave each morning or at leut every other morning? " 'What would yon do if you had to live in a house instead of a lice?" "Yes. Hillie lirownie, there are tl.e ! question? I ask myself. j "And when I answer myself, I say: I '".Mr. ltaccoon. you're very lucky 10 ; be a raccoiin. Very, very lucky.' " J "And you are lucky," agreed Hillie Hrounie. "I think so loo." , |