Show DA DADDYS D DYS EVENING FAIRYTALE mary graham banner tumor CLOCK AND BROWNIES 1 I am the village clock and what Is more I 1 be anything else in the world could you yon be if you wanted a 9 k e d bennie brownie 44 dont be rude little brownie said the cioci clock im not dot saying whether I 1 be or whet whether her I 1 could its not a matter for oll discussion s whatever d 0 you mean by discussion r 11 asked one of the very young brownies talk brownie 1 I am the village child said clock 0 the clock talk and discussion mean about the same sometimes though a discussion may be an argument and sometimes an argument may mean a quarrel so discussion has all sorts of pos sibil ties which talk got yes id rather be discussion than talk it if I 1 were a word it has more chances cli ances in life billie and nd bennie brownie were laughing so hard bard they were almost afraid they would burst their sides the clock was putting on such airs and trying to be so very learned an and wise could you be a word if you wanted to be asked the youngest brownie of all 1 I am a word said the clock and a fine ene word I 1 am too the word which I 1 am Is clock little brownie bronnie yes clock Is certainly a word find and that word means nothing else but me dle or one of my family such a fine family as I 1 have we ve keep the time we dont care if people P le wont obey us do you suppose for one minute e when anyone Is late that well move back not a bit of it we go on and on ind and wont stop for anyone what hat it means to belong to the family of clocks of course there are clocks that get out of order and stop but only because they have something the matter with nith their works we wont stop for anything else we sometimes have to be wound up but as for stopping be because cause someone was late and want to bel Co goodness wed never do that when any of our family has to go to the clock menders or be wo wound und up the time gores goes on just the same yes we have to keep up with the time some people try to keep up with the times they say cut but we keep up with the real time the fast moving time the never stopping pin time people set their watches b by y me children hurry burry by me on their war to school sometimes they say now dow the unit time has flown cewill we will be late if we dont hurry tm im really just going at my usual rate I 1 dont go goby by fits and starts im lin regular but the great ert honor of all was paid to me this spring what was that asked ben nie die brownle brownie yes do tell us said billie anyone can see brownie M me e 10 we want to know said tile the other little brownies they lighted up my face at night so now anyone can see tile me and the time that it Is in the nighttime night time too oh I 1 was delighted when that hap bened it has made me an even liap hap pier clock than I 1 was before |