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Show Fairy Talck arvGrahartvf p7? i PINKY PIG "I will :v a prize at t!..; end of i the- week." said Mr. Koo-t-r. "l' the ; one who do. -i the riobb.-tt deed." ' "I don't want to Lo miie," BdiJ Pinky Pig. "W!.y not?" a.ike'l Sir. Rooster. "Here Is your chance. Ju.it show that ou Can be noble." "What must I do to be noble?" a.ik.-il Pinky Pig. "Well," said Mr. Rooster; clucking to hlin.-elf with amusement, for well be knew what Pinky would say to his suggestion, "why don't you nnd food for some one else Instead of yourself?" "Ur when you see some put in your pen, ask one of the rest -of us If we won't have it instead." "How absurd," said I'lnky. "Then your idea of being noble U to have tbe rest of us feed you?" "lib, no," said Sir. Rooster, "I don't mean I want to be fed. I Just mean you can do something for some one beside yourself." "Pelng noble is silly to my mind," suld Pinky. "The idea of giving something away. "Too absurd !" And he grunted In annoyance. "Rut I am offering a prize," said Sir. Rooster. "Oh," squealed rinky, turning around. "That's a little different. 'Oh, the Prize Will Be a Surprise." And Just what have you offered for a prize? "It should be a mighty big one If you want so much for it." Mr. Rooster crowed delightfully. Pinky was indeed funny. "Oh, the prize will pe a surprise !" "Then I don't think I'll try for it. It might be something I wouldn't like." I'lnky strutted off again. Back he went to his pen, and digging his nose Into some soft mud he forgot all about Mr. Rooster, and bis prize for being noble. The rest of the animals had been very much interested. They got Mr. Rooster to tell them some more about his plans and they all decided they would enter the contest. con-test. The farmer hardly knew what to make of his animals that week. They seemed so wonderfully good and pleasant pleas-ant and nice. "It's a very bard matter to decide," said Mr. Rooster, at the end of the week. ""You've all been so noble!" They all clucked and chatted and quacked and crowed, and 'Mr. Rooster continued : "I think I have decided to give the first and second prizes to Mrs. Cow and her family and Sirs, lien aud her family. "Mrs. Cow and her sisters have given giv-en so much good milk, and Mrs. Hen and her family have been wonderfully kind the way they have given eggs. "Rut the rest of the animals must all have prizes, too." "Does Sirs. Cow, or does Mrs. Hen. win first prize?" one of tiie animals asked. "It's a toss-up," crowed Mr. Rooster. "You mustn't ask me." Then he gave the prizes. lie had been saving grain and deli-v-acies tbe farmer had left for him, all through the week. So you se he had been noble himself, him-self, and had saved some of his own food for the rest. I'lnky Tig did not receive a prize, and he dag his snout into the soft, squashy mud in his pen and he grunted grunt-ed with disgust at all this nonsense. He thought it so very foolish. |
