Show D A 10 0 Y evea fl 6 mary agya gya ham banner tar OSTRICH HEARS GOSSIP 1 I hate women said the hie curassow lie ile had a shaggy lend head and a yell adlow low knob on his beak and he shook hla ill head bead as lie ile what nonsense said the ostrich us its he grinned foolishly for he see any point in being wise wisdom never brought anyone barley or lettuce or cabbage that he could see 1 I love women ien the ostrich said they know enough to appreciate my beautiful feathers and I 1 can give my feathers without being hurt myself so that it Is quite fair to me and to all concerned As for men and boys well I 1 any use for them did you ever hear of a man having I 1 n g the alie sense to wear A ear a glorious feather in ills his hat a wondrous dark lowing plume 1 I never did and so I 1 like ilke women now iv tile the ostrich was quite black and sirs mrs ostrich who was sitting on the nest where here A the eggs were was of 0 a gray color when five in the afternoon came mr ostrich would take the place on the nt nest and there he be would stay until nine the next nest morning for sir mr and anu mrs ostrich take turns in hatching the eggs pardon me ray my dear sir began the curassow politely why have I 1 r heard such foolish things about you what have you heard demanded the ostrich 1 I may be a bit silly but I 1 am beautiful and fashionable rind that Is a what have you heard demanded the ostrich good deal for one bird to claim and claim rightly too 1 I dont mind the weather that Is good of me no one ever heard me 9 grumble rumble about tile the weather if its hot cold dry or wet I 1 never complain that Is nil all right perhaps said the curassow doubtfully and I 1 know you help mrs ostrich in the household affairs but wont you please tell me why you hide your head bead under the sand band when danger Is near you ive heard beard that all your cousins did that out in the deserts and plains where your homes are apt ti 0 be dow can you ask me a question like that asked the ostrich 1 and pray P ray tell me how am I 1 to answer it 1 I cannot tell you why I 1 do it because because well because I 1 dont do 6 it at all its an old bit of 0 gossip 9 op s ap and it keeps cropping up all the time I what shrieked tile the curassow eu yon ton dont do it and do you mean to tell tile me that fur for all these years we have been told something about you that true truer you must have said paid the ostrich but it ought to teach you a good lesson dont and then such tulea tales wont spread now ow you see someone told you yon we did that and someone else told tile the creature who told you and then it got sill all around and oil oh dear the gossip keeps up did and were thought more foolish than we oven even are there Is aist this much truth in lt it in the deserts when vh n danger Is near we lie ile down on the si annd moland and keep our heads low we get ge t down so we wont be seen cut but the st story ory has been sadly added to for ue e never neer tilde our heads we a simply lie low dear dear how bad it is to gossip for untrue tales spread so fast and are so hard t to 0 stop I 1 pat but why do you hate women 1 I dont know said the curassow but tile the always make nie me cross just to see thel I 1 just happen to be that I 1 way |