| Show ddom Eve iii adi fairy ry ta tale I 1 e MAHAM w rr buu vi on WALRUS WAYS well tell of our ways said mother walrus yes well let them know about us billie brownie was wearing his warm warm coat which old man winter had given him it was made out of the same material that old man winter had his wardrobe made of for no matter how bow cold it Is it Is never too cold for old man winter ile he Is protected from the cold by his regular winter clothing I 1 but he wont tell anyone just how it Is made and billie was wearing the shoes and the cap and the earmuffs ear muffs old man winter had given him too there are many of us about as you yon can see said mother walrus but though we love to go about in big groups we have a nice family life and are devoted to our own we are great huge creatures arent W we enormous said billie brownie if it be rude he added after a moment 1 I would like to know how much you weigh not rude at all billie brownle brownie said mother walrus not rude at all now my mr walrus Is one of the grandest and most superb of creatures lies iles a walrus after my own heart and of course why he be mother walrus laughed a great deep laugh langh of course she repeated why he be considering he Is the walrus of my own heart he weighs three thousand pounds and I 1 weigh elgh two thousand pounds ah mr walrus one of your skinny gentlemen no he Is fat good and fat and full of wrinkles tor for the fat all wrinkles up as there Is so much of it there Is plenty of fat to spare you see and it just folds up and wrinkles up and lets you know that there Is nothing stingy about the fatness its all there plenty of it I 1 his two ivory tusks are the most beautiful I 1 have ever seen we are slow creatures when we go over the lee ice but were good swimmers gracious said bille brownie to think of weighing three thousand pounds its a majestic thought it z 4 na I 1 k A walrus after my own heart said aid mother walrus with a walrus smile mile ah yes she continued were not small or dainty we go in for size and little else we have so much tat fat that there much room tor for brains were not very bright in fact we might almost be considered stupid but were as sociable as sociable can be and were all very friendly with one another and as I 1 said before though we are so friendly with one another our own family always comes first im not much of a fighter I 1 will do no one any harm but it if any one should come after my baby then it Is very dLf different ferent I 1 should be so excited then to protect my big little one that id be afraid of no one and id fight dight fight fight the mother walruses will fight for their young they are afraid of nothing nothing nothing if their young are in danger such are the ways of the walrus creatures ended mother walrus as she bellowed a goodby good by to billie brownie bronie |
