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Show DADDY'S UW EVEUIUG MaryrOThartiDDnncr TORTOISE AND SUN "Tlioy think." said tho (ihmt Tor-toUo, Tor-toUo, "11,1,1 I uui Ju.-t u Kreat IB creii-tmv creii-tmv without n.ucli appivclntlon of tho bcaiitlca mid tint tlun tliini;s of this I I f l -Hut th.-y'ro vroiitf. My keeper know a they're w i onK-, too. 'lhcy think that 1 am perfectly happy doing nolhinj; at all ami that nothing pai tlcnlarl.v InioivMa um or iiiiil-es me especially happy. " 1 hat la w roiij.-. ' "It Is correct enough that I mil not what ou Hould call u busy tortoise. I don't caio to rush and to have lota of things to d.v "1 am contented and happy without much effort. "Hut I a Ji not entirely without np-1 np-1 preoption uf t Is nlco lu thl world. "Ah, there Is ono thing I love. "It Is so beautiful and warm nnd cheering. I thid It ao pleasant. I av-precluto av-precluto It. oil. I don't believe any one appreciate It as I do. "And this object of my appreciation Is the sun. "I am here In the roo. In tills pleasant pleas-ant little house where there Is nice dirt for my caipct nnd whero above. Is a glas roof which makes It ninny and bright. "l'ut 1 appreciate ttie sun more than by simply enjovlng u i,en I nui Inside. In-side. "You might think was lary nnd that I could have a pleasant time staying stay-ing where I happened to be and enroling en-roling the warmth of the aim through ttie glass room. "Hut no, that Is not enough appreciation appre-ciation for me to show the sun. "Just as soon as the sun comes out I get up from my rest and I walk out of my door Into the yard outside and ther I stay ns long as the sun shines. "When the sun goes under a cloud I come back again to my house. "I enn't bear t e't g outside and not having the beautiful sun shine overhead over-head "Kven if the sun only goos under a cloud nnd even If I am quite sure It may be out again very soon I go Inside In-side while It Is under the cloud. "If my dor has blown so that It Is shut I paw at It and at the gravel "1 Love the Sun." and let them know Inside that I have been shut out und that I would Hko to be let In. "If they do not come to let n-4 In at once I keep on making a noise until un-til they do. "But they usunlly come to me at once. It Is only when they do not hear me nt first thnt they do not come. "They know thnt I love tlie sun nnd they know that It Is not foolish of me, but that It Is simply my way nnd they understand. "They say : "'The sun must have gone under a cloud, that tortoise wants to come In.' "I'sually my door Is open nnd 1 can come In of my own Accord. "Then when the sun shines again I nm all ready to go out once more. "I get up, enrrying my enormous shell covering with me I nlways take my own special roof of my own special spe-cial house with me wherever I go nnd I stretch forth my very wrinkled neck nnd head and legs and out I go Into the sunshine. "You might say thnt I wouldn't be able to enjoy the sun so much with such n back a, I have, or, on the other band vou might say that I shouldn't mind It when the aim goes under a cloud for n moment. Tut I do I I love the sun; I love It dearly. Ye,, this Giant Tortoise ndores the sur-. and such are my ways in showing It my great appreciation for Its warmth nnd Its comfort nnd lta wonderful, wonderful rays." |