| Show FABIE I 1 IONE GONE UV U V NEW READING OF A WELL arze LE GEND the he thrift of the ant outdone by tho the enterprise of the grasshopper aha summer sommer ame put I 1 in n ao to good advantage one cold and blustery k hopper wearing a handsome panama pa nam a 1 hat strutted airily ato to the door of arife tho residence of the ant a stand and rang the bell with an insistent clang good morning said the ant as she opened the door good morning answered the grasshopper resting one of his lego against the side of the doorway have you any coal 1 I think began the ant in her so verest tones that this asa is a nice time of year for you to begin worrying about tho the coal pr problem I 1 have no noticed you off and on all summer gallivanting liv around with that panama hat on and conducting yourself in a elgh highly 1 hilarious and reprehensible manner but madam interrupted the grasshopper dont stop mo me advised the ant dont try to come any palaver over me here you have hopped around during tho warm vo vi ather cather and never acted as it if you had in an idea that winter was coming and now you come to 1 meto me ne to my humble abode which in 19 if I 1 do say it myself the abode of industry and aia the home of economy and you call my attention iti indirectly directly to the fact that it is getting coll cold oh yes I 1 kno know vt all about this go to tho ant thou sluggard business but I 1 want to tell you that its played out in this neck of them the woods there Is nothing doing what little coal I 1 have I 1 intend to keep and what little panama lat hat you have you may keep but let lef iffe a lesson to you next summer if indeed you have it left to contemplate by that time if you have quite finished madam smiled the grasshopper removing tho panama hat that the bracing breeza might play upon his forehead if you have quite finished finished your highly edifying remarks I 1 beg to be permitted to say what I 1 had intended saying za it is th that it I 1 am now in the coal business having decided that I 1 must get a hustle husalo on during the winter As to tile the panama hat you will observe that it is felt lined and very comfortable indeed I 1 might further add that I 1 had a pretty good timo time last summer when I 1 have to work and that my outlook for the winter is roseate indeed if you wish to favor us with ay any 0 orders we are at your service with these few remarks he took his depar departure leaving the ant speechless this teaches us that we should not rely entirely upon tradition but should always beon the lookout fo for r a surprise party of some sort Balti baltimore mare american |
