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Show Chippy and Sharpy A Story for the Children By MARY GRAHAM BONNER It was snowing in the park and the squirrels were hurrying and scampering for their warm homes in the trees. "Are you going to have a feast?" asked Chippy Chappy. "A fine one," squealed Sharpy, the squirrel. Chippy was much cheered up when he heard that Sharpy was going to have a fine feast. "When are you going to have it?" asked Chippy Chappy. "This very afternoon," said Sharpy. "We may quarrel a little," said Chippy Chappy. Sometimes, It Is true, they did. "Oh, well, we may," said Sharpy. "It will be good for our digestions or maybe it won't be good for our digestions. "We will have to decide that later." "What are digestions?" asked Chippy Chappy, cocking his head on one side. He whisked his tall up high as he spoke. "Digestions," squealed Sharpy, "are our stomachs or something the same idea. "At least when our stomachs re ceive our food happily we have a good digestion, and when they don't we have a poor digestion." "Well, we certainly have good di gestions," said Chippy Chappy. "This Very Afternoon," Said Sharpy. "We receive our food very happily." "We assuredly do," said Sharpy. "Most certainly," agreed Chippy Chappy. "That Is so," said Sharpy. "Isn't afternoon here now?" asked Chippy Chappy. "It seems as though I had been talking to you all morning." "That's not so very polite," said Sharpy. "It should give you great pleasure to talk to me." "It does. Sharpy dear," said Chippy Chappy, "but it gives me even greater pleasure, If that Is possible, to eat with you." Chippy Chappy said this with a sly little wink. But Sharpy did not notice it. . He was feeling hungry himself. "Come along, afternoon or not, we'll have the feast." So they went to Sharpy's hole, and of all the wonderful feast3 Chippy Chappy had ever seen this one was the best. "My mouth waters !" exclaimed Chippy Chappy. "My I But there Is a feast here. "Where did you get all these nuts? Oh, what a feast! How wonderful It is. How simply wonderful." won-derful." They did not talk any more, but began on their feast, and they had the most gorgeous one they had had In ever so long. They ate and they ate and they ate. And they munched and they munched and they munched. But what do you suppose? After Sharpy's feast was over It was decided de-cided that they would go back to Chippy Chappy's home for dessert so they had another feast all over again. Indeed it was the best time either of them had had in ages and ages. and they certainly said their digestion diges-tion was good, for they received their food so very, very happily. "A feast," said Chippy Chappy, "Is a wonderful thing." "More than that," said Sharpy, "it Is a glorious thing." And then they sat on their branches and tried to think of everything they could say to describe how wonderful a fenst could be. ((c), 1923, Western Newspaper Union.) |