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Show Fairij Tate SAMPSON SNAIL "Are vou asking me to join your club?" Sampson Snail asked Grandpa Frog. . "Of course we are," said Lionet Lizard. , "Then," said Sampson Snail, one of the first things you had better do Is to make a rule and a by-law and a regulation and all the rest of it, nnd you'd better post these notices everywhere every-where : '"There is to be no hurrying in this club.'" Both Grandpa Frog and Lionel Lizard Liz-ard laughed hard. "My idea was," "said Grandpa Frog, "for us to have a club and call it the Frogs', Lizards' and Snails' Department Depart-ment of Water Health." "Something the same idea as I had," said Lionel Lizard, who was a water lizard of course. "Well," said Sampson Snail, " I may agree with you when I get around to thinking about It But I musn't be hurried." Days passed, and after a long-drawn-out talk on the part of the snails, Sampson came to Grandpa Frog and Lionel Lizard, who were having a chat at the time, und lie said : "Friends, we have agreed, we think the club would be nice, and we like the name. "But we haven't yet had time to discover dis-cover Just what it means." "You've had time enough to think about it," laughed Grandpa Frog. "Not in our time," said Sampson Snail. "Well, I will explain to you," said Grandpa Frog, "and by the time the Grandpa Frog and Lionel Lizard Laug'.ed. club is really very oid you snails will know all the rules and regulations regula-tions which Lionel und myself a;il our families now know. "But you'll be good members, so we'll let . you in before you have learned all the rules. "Vou see. they have committees or organizations or something of the so: t called departments of health. "They're to see that things and cities and buildings are kept clean. "Weil, all of us purify water. We tin a great, great d al of good, so we should be called something special, nnd let people know" about us. "That's the Idea of the club." And all the snails were made members, mem-bers, too.'' The club was n great success and ditl u great deal of very line work. But 111 addition to the work they tiltl they hail a great many parties. L'sually the snails came to Ihe second party thinking It was Ihe tirst, but they had a good time Jus( the same 1 And they had banquets and made speeches anil enjoyed tliein-elves hugely which of course Is a lot of enjoyment ! |