Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1915-11-26 | Page 7 | Tommy Had his own Idea

! rOMMY HAD HIS OWN IDEA Parrot, of Course, Could Not Be an Angel, but it Was to Be Promoted. Two children, a little boy and girl, brother and sister, had been bereaved. They had lost by death a pet parrot. Of course when their first grief had BUbsided they turned the sad occasi m to good account, as is the way with auildren, and had a grand funeral. The boy, Tommy, was grave digger, and the girl, Annie, wrapped the poor brilliant corpse in a silk scarf ready for interment. And it was a mournful mourn-ful occasion. When the grave had been duly prated pra-ted down with a small spade, the little lit-tle girl said: "I s'pose Polly's 'n he'v'n now." "I s'pose so," said Tommy, "but I don't know." "He's got wings," said Annie, "but he wouldn't be an angel, would he?" "Only folks is angels," said Tommy. "Well, then, what is he?" asked the little girl. "I s'pose," said Tommy, "he's a bird of paradise now."