| Show WW W ry MAW THE GUACHARO the Gunc linro began daddy but both the children interrupted him please daddy said nick before you von tell us any more what Is it Is I 1 it ton nn animal anian 1 a fish a foi a bird tin an insect or a tree asked tancy nancy all ali chuckled chuckle d daddy 1 I have got hold of another creature agai again n that hint you two do not know of its hard to pet hold of something you dont know about for you both bike like to tuy anil and hid find out all you can about birds and flowers and animals and everything that Is in the great big world you have love something to puzzle us now said nick you most certainly have agreed nancy well sald said daddy the lie guacharo Gna charo Is a bird ile he looks something like tin an owl and something like a barn swallow find ls Is about the thea size of a young owl now mr Gun guacharo charo was very angry one day and he asked sirs guacharo VA a R 10 yes he said as he stroked his whiskers and the children to come it to an indignation meeting in the home tree what is tin an indignation meeting the children asked its a meeting where everyone scads and is very aal aury ry said daddy how very unpleasant said nancy ite must have been a cross old bird said nick well it was the sort of meeting where they all agreed to be cross about the same thing and that made it better than if they had all been cross about different things they all agreed to be disagreeable they all arrived fit at the hie hour sir guacharo named sirs mrs Gun guacharo charo stopped her housekeeping work and tie the children stopped their play its the most annoying thing sald said mr guacharo that folks think we like nuts think we were squirrels we arent squirrels are we asked the little birds 1 no indeed said their daddy do folks really think we like huts asked mrs guacharo they really do her mate an sw erel and what is more they have overy everything thing about us all mixed up 11 they say that we cat nuts to in begin with as ive said aid before tin and certainly a most incorrect thing to lo lor M ne we dont eat nuts we ve crack them for ore lie exer exercise else to be sure said ars sirs frs Gun guacharo charo we only crack them for the exercise for we like soft delle delicious lons fruits best in themay the way of thins things to eat we do indeed said the little birds and they smacked their beaks as they thought of delicious fruits yes continued sir mr guacharo one they think we are queer because we ve it have n e whiskers its fine to have whisk ers fine I 1 say fine we all say sald said the little birds and ind though our children fire are younger than we are for somehow children arc always younger than their parents and though we call them the little ones they are really larger than we are strange of course cours e but its interesting rind and wed rather be Int erestine than dull and usual we would indeed sald said mrs guacharo wo we must certainly would agreed the little birds they were always called the little birds even though they were larger than their parents they were so fat that it made them larger and the parents had find grown thinner with age but it ft Is annoying to hear the wrong things that are said about a creature said mr air Gui guacharo charo 1 I agree with you 1 said his mate but I 1 suppose I 1 blame people for not knowing much abc it t me and my family for we live in south america and the folks who said these things about us lived in north america yes he said RR ns he stroked lils ills whiskers with his right foot 1 I be too upon folks who live in an other country the only thing I 1 hope is that sooner or later as the case may ho be they may inay learn that the Gun guacharo charo bird still and liis his family have different ways arid habits because they hey ore are interest st ing it if you please and not queer |
