Show SAND y ABOUT BOASTING 0 LANDLORD said mother IN kangaroo roo aan can complain of f my children if they got get a lit bit wild or it if apt to get into trouble I 1 can put them in ray my pouch and carry them so they dont bother anyone im very superior mother kangaroo ended ali ah said the cat v tho ho was wandering about the zoo and who belonged to a lady who lived alved very near the zoo 1 I rode in a taxicab the other night yes les when all the people were coming homo home in their automobiles and in from the theaters one evening last week I 1 was riding with my mistress in a taxi too I 1 looked out of the side window and when all the I 1 X the cat told of his ride in the taxi cars were stopped by the big po policeman ceu so other cars could move in the other direction all the people saw me from the lie windows of their cars they looked at me and then turned and nudged each other so that everyone looked at me my mistress was much amused and she held me up a little higher so I 1 could see and be well wc ll seen seem 1 I can tell you I 1 was a proud cat cal 1 I be at all surprised if some of those people wondered if I 1 had been to a theater 1 I been to one my mistress had bad been out of town for several days and I 1 had been with her and we were on our way home oh it was a splendid experience for cor a cot cat to havee I 1 certainly have the right to boast you have the right to boast said the kangaroo but there Is more es em cuse for my ay boasting 1 I have eye evena greater reasons for b boasting when ichen y yel wi think that I 1 can look after iny my chill dren in im such a alne baj w ay neither of you said old luppo iuppo from his yard near by 1 has ha acs as muc reason or right tor for boasting as I 1 have i now ow I 1 can yawn quite openly aben im bored or sleepy p or r zed and you will admit that roy my fawn fh L is la quite a a yawn its ICs not a childs portion nor a misses or junior guntor 1 saze it Is a real real hippos yawn it if people are bored or tired or 1 sleepy they have to pretend that olt they are quite wide awake they have to cover up their yawns and appear not to be yawning and if caught yawning they apologize and say dear me I 1 dont kno know w what makes me yawn im ilire sure ls iti not the company now I 1 dont have to say any such thing I 1 dont have to apologize they can think its the company or not as they see fit I 1 dont care 1 I can do as I 1 choose theres more reason and for my boasting than for either of you said the kangaroo int just what I 1 say about you and hippo said the cat just what I 1 say about you yon and cat said hippo to the kangaroo and so they boasted again and again they told their stories the cat told of his ride la in the basl 1 through the city streets at night when the people were coming from theaters and when they looked at him as though he be too came from one of the theaters and bad seen one ona of the plays the kangaroo boasted and old hip 1 po boasted but all of a sudden they stopped boasting bo asUng for word came that the elephants mate in ate was very ill III and perhaps pe chaps would 31 not get well and the elephant was trumpeting his grief oh such stid sad trumpet walls and sounds and he was pacing up and down refusing any food hoping with all his great affection that his mate would get well weil and the three who had been boasting felt ashamed that they were so BO fond of themselves and so boastful when the elephant cared not tor for him self but for his mate they stopped boasting then matel and wore were ery quiet wishing a great big wish that soon the elephants mate would be well I 1 copyright |