Show I 1 DADDYS EVENING amary mary graham banner MOLE MANNERS it is more interesting to sleep in the winter than to do anything else said sir mr mole that Is so hut but its not very interesting to other people said mrs mole 1 I thinking of other people said mr air mole that Is always such a w waste ste of ti time e they dont think much or of us its SO why thy should we think much of them people very very seldom sit down and say now well have a delightful afternoon discussing the mole family no they dont think much of us its so I 1 am not going to compliment them by thinking too much of them besides their ways are not our ways do people build tunnels for themselves they have tunnels fur for their trains end and they go BO in the trains I 1 believe said air mrs mole oil oh well that may be said mr air mole but they dont know enough to live in the tunnels most of the time as ve e do 10 we do come above tile the grou ground nd but goodness underneath Is so much more interesting the rents arent so high rents are or rents Is or rents renti shall be continued mr air mole rents are I 1 think will be best you see I 1 dout dont know much about rents so I 1 dont just know how to talk about them and I 1 want to talk about them so I 1 have to lo be careful with will they may be touchy they might go olt off before I 1 had finished with thorn them The not guns are they asked mrs mole of course not said mr air mole 1 I menn mean they might go oft off from my talk oh said mrs mole as it if site she understand at all but as she suppose she ever would she think it worth while to try tell me about tile the rents slie site said after a moment you you see sold sir mr mole people pay rent to live in houses sometimes they own their own iro they had good meals homes built them or ought bought them but lery ery often loften people pay rent for tile the place they make their home in ID other words they pay money to live above the ground we on the llie other hand tire are sensible enough not to pay money and to live most of the time underground would we pay rent it if we lived above the ground asked mrs mole well said mr air mole we ve pay it out in ili dollars and cents what are they asked mrs mole money answered mr mole cut but we might pay it out he added in our lives for example we might get trampled on or driven across or something like that under the ground Is far safer less expensive in every way 1 I agree with you aou said mrs mole so mr air find mrs mole went on building their tunnels as they went ent along and bining in ili them they had good meals from time to time of insects and earthworms above ground grousd said mr mole people pay money for their food they go to tile the market and buy elsas agga egga and butter and lamb chops while we cl ls for our food and pick it up as we go along tile the life of a mole Is much simpler than that of a person said mrs mole happily M much uch agreed mr air mole 1 I be a person for anything not 1 I 11 0 perhaps ler haps a person be a mole said mrs mole however that concern us for we arent people site she ended and mr mole agreed that she was quite right |