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Show DADDY'S III Mary Graham Dormer HANDSOME IS "There Is nn old saying," said Teeny Toad, "which goes something like this "I mean the words go something like this: ."'Handsome Is as handsome does.'" "I never heard of that saying," said Tillie Toad. "Do you know what It means?" "I do," squeaked Teeny Toad. 'Then won't you explain It to me?" T will, gladly," said Teeny Toad. "I will keep you waiting no longer," long-er," said Teeny Toad. '"Jihat is good,'" said Tillie Toad. "When It Is said of a creature that he or she Is handsome It Is very nice, indeed, because It means that that creature is beautiful and nice to look upon. "It Is fine to be beautiful if one can be, or Is, beautiful. Cut every one Is not born beautiful and every one does not add beauty as they add height and size and fatness. "Now I think there must have been some people at some time who thought all they had to do was to look beautiful beau-tiful and to be admired, for there isPl i mm SVV C.er: f - es-, They Will Help the Gard&n. must have been some reason for saying say-ing that saying In the first place." "There must have been," agreed Illlle Toad. "Well," continued Teeny Toad, "1 think that there must have been some other creatures who were not beautiful beau-tiful but who did a great deal of good. "And so as to make the people who were handsome und who did nothing ashamed of themselves, and In order to make those who were not handsome hand-some glad that they were useful and nice, llu-y started the saying which I've Just told you. "Now we aren't handsome, but we do hnndsotno work. "We destroy had Insects and germs which would hurt the gardens and so we hope folks will love us and will know that we do our best handsome work all the time to make up for cot being handsome ourselves." "Yes." said Tillie Toad, "I think that saying tits us perfectly and now let us live up to It and see what handsome work we can do today to help people with their gardens." So Tillie Toad a.id Teeny Toad went oT to do their work for the Krown-ups and tho children who owned and loved their gardens. And the toads were very happy that evening when a sweet, lovely lady with soft skin and brown hair and pretty gray eyes came out In the garden and saw the toads, and said: "There are two dear lltllu toads. How glad I am to see tlim. They will help the garden." The little toads were so happy to think that mt only were they appreciated appre-ciated by so lovely a lady but thct she called tlicm "two dear little toads." That made the toad hearts fairly dance for Joy. |