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Show I TIGERS AND LIONS ! Story for the Children MARY GRAHAM BONNER ' TllEY think," said the Tlpor, V 1 "that they have started a new t "tfls a fwhlon?" roared Mr. $ ' U?""ooh " sold Mrs. Lioness, "I know f Jt fashion is. All ladles and ! .Wher to know about i ihpmr asked Mr. Uon. ' '"fashions," said Mrs. Lioness, ! know no more than I did be- m,' said Mr. Lion : "Too bad," said Mrs. .Lioness. Til try to explain to you the I meaning of fashions. - : "Well, fashions are passing fan l -lot" Tm aUU more at sea," said Mr. ': tin test At sea, at sea 1" exclaimed Mra Uoness. "Why. you aren't at sea. "You're In the zoo. You're not ; -tcd In the Jungle. Oh dear, oh j ijpar, have you not been feeling ' irell '" ' "Ha, ha," roared the Lion. "Hn, ! roar, r-o-a-rl" And he roared V so hard, but he was grinning a ,i ! wonderful and very wide grin at ii i be same time. t "Whatever Is the matter?" asked ts t Mrs. Lioness. ! "Just this," snld Mr. Lion. "Ton , were trying to act as If you knew an up0'1 nnd you tl'led t0 ml me "So I tried the same thing on you. ou tell mo what fashions wSiSI "I Understand, Now," He Said. are Rnd I will tell you what 1 meant when I snld I was nt sea. "I can assure you I didn't, for a moment, think 1 was at sea, or ln the sea, or that the sea was anywhere any-where around me." "What did you mean?" nsked Mrs. Lioness. 'Tray tell me first. Lades should always be helped nis , spoken to first, and so forth USPd tIl!t as an expression or saying, ,1S poopIe do whpu fused. thCy ''e Try niUeb con'- "It means that they are at sea tn their minds." "Does It mean that their heads are covered with water?" asked Mrs. Lioness. M,"tN'0."," ,Bm Mr- Llon n'ans that their thoughts are all mixed up and just as though they were lost at sen, and didn't know where they were going Uiafs what It menns.'' "Oh," said Mrs. Lioness, "I nn-g1ers,nnd- bllt u a silly expres- "Now I will tell you what fash cms are. Fashions nre styles and they only remain fashions as long as the styles are fashionable. Do you understand?" Mr. Lion said this over to himself him-self a number of times quite slowly. slow-ly. 'I understand now," he said at last. "It's my turn to speak," said the Tiger. "All right," said the others. "People think they've stnrled a new fashion when they talk about not wanting to eat too much. Why, here In the zoo, we've alwavs had one day when we've never eaten at all. "So we're ahead of them and their Ideas." And the others roared, -growled and completely agreed. ((3. 1S30. Western Newspaper Union.) |