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Show !))ijWUvvHllllte AARV ORW?VBfea THE WONDERING BUSINESS "I don't suppose I've had a day oil la years," said Chief Wonder. "No?" said Bllliei Brownie. "Don't you get tired?" he added after a moment "It's, surprising to me that I don't," said Chief Wonder. "Perhaps my work amuses me so much that I cannot can-not get tired of it. "I really do enjoy It It Is such fun." "You told me your name was Chief Wonder," Blllle Brownie said. "But I don't believe I know what your work Is." "I am Jn business," said Chief Wonder. "Business?" repeated Blllle Brownie. "Yes," said Chief Wonder, "I'm In the Wondering Business. "There are three members of the firm and the name of the Arm Is 'Won- der, Wonder & Wonder, Experts In , Wondering." , , I Blllle Brownie still looked very i much puzzled. i "You see," continued Chief Won-' Won-' der, "I'm a member of the firm. And the other two members of the firm are always called Chief, too. ."We want to be quite equal in our duties." "What are your duties?" Blllle i Brownie asked. "Our duties are to furnish Wonders. , We furnish them by wholesale or retail and which ever way they are wanted. We don't suggest that people order by the wholesale or retail from us. We let them do Just as they think best. "We do not give anything but the genuine Wonders. We don't give I "I'm In th Wondering Business." anything but genuine articles of Wonder." Won-der." "And how do you do this?" Blllle Brownie said. "You've heard people say," Chief Wonder explained, " 'I wonder If it is going to rain tomorrow.' "Well, that wonder comes from the firm of Wonder, Wonder & Wonder. "You've heard people say : 'I wonder If we'll go camping this summer. "That camping wonder also comes from the firm of Wonder, Wonder & Wonder. "When people are sure of a thing they never come to us. But whenever they are not sure but are thinking about it then we're the people to come to for we tlx them up. "You have heard people say: I wonder if the party will be fun.' "We have nothing to do with the party but we furnish the wonder to the person who Is going to the party bat who Isn't sure what it will be like, yet who Is thinking about it. "And as I've said we're busy all the time. People are always wondering wonder-ing about this or that or the other thing. "We simply don't have a moment off. Our business hours are all the time. "That Is why there must be three members of the firm. There must always al-ways be at least two of us who are furnishing wonders for each of the threo of us takes turns fa sleeping. "We wouldn't do thnt except that It is part of our business. "We work then, tno, for we are furnishing fur-nishing dream wonders to people-people people-people who wonder In their dreams or In their half-waking moments.. "But you see it Is Impossible for any of us to take a real rest." We're much too busy for that. I roust rush off now. The other members of the firm will be needing me." And then Blllle Brownie snw Chief Wonder go off with two companions and they looked ever so much like question marks dressed up and on the hat of each was the word WONDER. |