Show DENIM ae WARY EM 91 Y TAI TALE E J anaky aw N DON N mf hoot MANDARIN AND WOOD DUCKS well sir said the mandarin duck its it s nice to meet you in the zoo pond id rather meet you yoi here than in the lion hou houe c ha lia ha said the wood duck quack quack youre a funny fellow the mandarin duck looked much pleaded led to be called a funny little fellow lie ile was making every effort to be thought so even it if lie he were not as funny as he might be 1 I must tell you something quite interesting te said the wood duck do said the mandarin Alandar ln duck id like to licar hear what yuu have to say not long iong ago said the wood duck there was a paper which published many pictures of interesting anlin animals als from the zoo yes he continued continue and there was a picture of our pond with many of us swimming about a great honor said the mandarin duck yes it said the wood duck 1 I do hope he added after a few moments that you ym will nat not think I 1 am conceited when I 1 say that I 1 heard that below the picture was written these those words or words something like these try to get the right words said the mandarin duck all ali yes ill get the right ones I 1 may not get them in quite their right order but I 1 will certainly give them to you so aou ou can understand them and I 1 will not give any wrong meaning to them it was a great compliment paid tile me and I 1 do not need to make c up it was there right in the peper do tell it to me I 1 am getting very much excited said the 11 andarin 1 duck they said that people should look looi I 1 at the picture which they said was a lovely one but that they should principally notice the wood duck the loveliest creature in the picture that nice very nice said the duck well ive always said you were a handsome fellow and so are you said the wood duck 1 I like to bay have such a hand soule some fellow for my companion 1 I am honored to think that im tin the duck chum of a duck whose picture was noticed especially in the he paper 1 I dont know that it was noticed especially only the paper said that its nice to meet you people should notice it the wood duck said enough said the oie mandarin duck a great great honor 1 I am beautiful because I 1 look lik ilk you said the alie wood duck im vey very vry much like you only bourry a chinese duck and I 1 am a home grown duck or a home duck or whatever it would be called to be a duck froin home 1 I have lave another name as perhaps you know I 1 am also called the aum mer duck yes I 1 knew that said the 1 alanda rin duck 1 I do believe it s true rue that they say of all the ducks in the world were nvere as handsome as any our plumage is so beautiful so many magnificent colors were rather rare too choice you know the mr mandarin ducks and the mr wood ducks are far more handsome than the mrs ducks of either family said mr wood duck true true said mr air mandarin duck were a handsome lot we mr ducks but the mrs ducks have to I 1 be e busy thinking of other things and doing other things too besides it has always boon been the way alth ich our families and there has been no do hard feeling about it norie none at all so sat said mr air wood duck well weil I 1 must add that our family has a good second name for chiq time thae of the beir the summer duck family liven even when were called the wood duck it sounds nice and cool it youve nothing to grumble about said mr air mandarin duck and for that matter neither neltha r have 1 I my family for years have been handsome and im to co disgrace to them he ended proudly |