Show Is 1 Eveni ncr r fairl faina tale ale j A MAP BONNER THE SWIFT POX FOX 1 1 I I dont know why it la sald said the swift fox sometimes kno known we as I 1 the mt kit fox but I 1 dont care to live in the dens dena of the foxes in the zoo 1 I like to live with the animals who dig die in the earth and make holes so the keepers seem to know that and put we me where I 1 am happy which la is here where I 1 am I 1 ah but my family so safe to in the western plains as they used to be v alast alas I 1 they are too anxious to catch the swift foxes and they have bottles filled with awful stuff which fit fills Is the air and which we w I 1 s smell in e 11 we as many clever tricks cs as the red foxes have we must admit lt it so I 1 was glad when I 1 came to the zoo where people like me because I 1 am little and bright and pretty 1 I have such a nice long bushy tall and I 1 always try to look well rubbed and my very best they admire my silvery fur which la Is so soft and so thick and so rich 1 1 I like to have hae them admire it when such a nice long bushy buhy tall rm fm in the roo for here they can admire it but they cant have it it theres a big difference between b litween the two but here come some friends I 1 how nice I 1 just then the keeper put two other swift foxes fetes in the same home with the one who had been talking to lle lie brownie Drown le who was visiting the zoo that day at once they all made friends I 1 at once they began to play and 1 frolic and have hava gu alich ch a good good time they all agreed that they cared a great deal about how bow they looked and how well they kept themselves but they were not so absurdly fussy that they have a good time playing they were tv to bright and too gay and too happy not to have sense enough to enjoy playing and the swift fox said to ills his two friends im glad the keeper beeper brought you both to play with me I 1 love swift fox friends I 1 do this nice of the keeper to have done billie brownie yes not be lonely now have one fine playmates billie said and the other two swift foxes added so do we rejoice that the keeper ke aper brought us ns here and we love you too beautiful playmate we love loe him film indeed billie brownie 1 I certainly shall have hae a fine piece of news to give to the Naturel Natu reland tind news said blahe brownie about the swift fox who has just had two friends join him for a long long long long long long long long long long long long long visit in the zoo they will nil all be glad to hear bear such a finc cup piece of news no more so than I 1 said the swift pox fox no more so than we said the other two and billie 1311 lie brownie put his stocking cap back upon his head and went sent off in his little airplane putting his in ili visible robe abbit hini him so lie coula not be seen by people |