Show BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN by THORNTON W BURGESS PETER AND NIMBLE HEELS COMPARE TAILS exult RA always has been interested in tolls ue he just cant duelp p it u y you tall see he much or of a ill ns elf so 60 when he meets anyone enose tall Is fr fendly short be always has haa a reeling feeling and when ben he meets one e with a long ions tall lie always is a wee et bit envious peter Is like a great jolany iny people in that lie always wants what what he got gol for or the life of him peter keep ills his eyes away from the tall of 0 it t wn the longest tail for the size of its 0 owner ner peter had ever seen Nimble bees the Jun illing mouse it 11 was the longest tall for the size nl if its owner that peter ieter ter had been it was more than twite as long us its the body of Nimble beels and it was as clini and tapering As he be looked incited at I 1 11 I 1 peter help wondering how it was wa possible for Nimble heels to ninke such very big jumps when lie he had to take such a long tall as that with him it was wag this which led him at last to ask if that tall bother him blin when he jumped certainly not declared nimble beets beels very emphatically if I 1 have such a long tall I 1 be able to make such long jumps peter ieter looked as surprised as he be felt for goodness sakel sake he exclaimed what has your tall got to do with your jumping im a pretty good jumper myself or thought I 1 was until I 1 met you but my tall have anything to do with my jul jumping liping Nimble beels laughed it was a funny thin high squeaky squeaks little tail laugh gh no said he 1 I thinh thin it it could have much to do with your jumping reter peter grinned and looked over his is shoulder at the runny funny little bunch of cotton he calls a tall no he agreed it il much as tails go and it of tiny any use lu in jumping all the same it Is very useful anil and I 1 dont know how I 1 would get along without it ILI NImble beels pricked up tip his ears and looked interested Is that really so lie asked 1 I never for a minute im agines that such a tall tail could be use ful of what that use Is it pray As a guide when I 1 am showing rai my youngsters ohp may ay about outside the dear old arler I 1 aler patch replied peter ieter promptly they can see that thai white tall of mine when they cant see any thin thins else and so they keep from get ling lost it really is very useful in this repp respect ct I 1 dont know what I 1 would do do without it but you told me jet liow how you use that long tall of yours in jumping chuckled chu kled oh said he 1 I jut hii curry carry it along behind me peter looked at lie that thai he was being made fun full of where else would you carr it id like ilke to know said lie he and that blut continued NImble heels snapping ills his bright little eye Is why I 1 can jump straight it Is my tall that ches me my balance to the air if anything should happen to it 1 I would never know where I 1 was going to land or how I 1 once saw one of ms mj family who lost his tall it really was dreadful to see the poor fellow try to jump lie would turn over and over in the air sometimes land right on his back ack I 1 have anything happen to my tall for the world it Is rather important iff it said peter staring at that long tall with great respect 1 I should think you would take the very greatest care of it III 1 I do replied Nimble heels 0 T W burgos o service |