THE PROUD GANDER.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1923, Page 3

THE PROUD GANDER.

?>'a fed and Sage sail li : - ••Once upon a time there was a Gauiler. And he was Highly Admired h.v himself and a Large l-’loek o. Dee- ;• Alai the Admiration went until Mead." , , , ••Now there was ~ day idi-ii at,-! the t teese da termined l<> cross : > «' • And then- came an Auloiiiotnl and bore (low o upon them. And .nc Cc c-a did everv <>f then -nre.:d lor Wings, and paddle her Leg-. I hurry !’("-:is- the Hmd. And vinh | they did tmt do it e.rae cl icily. they t’nl | it ExneditioUs'.'v. And that is L an.dung Belter. ..|>. lU die Candor thought it an ' " dignilied thing in him to do as l''• Ceo-e did. And that is the fonh'h men , siieli like Animals. Ami Ira bald le--11. mi llig'i. and he trolled tow n'd- the e.iliar side of tho Hoad "ith Dignity. Am! lie hiss d defiance at the Auinmolii]**. • And alter the Autoiiiohiie had pullmi. a.ml the owner of the Cnr had settled with lhe Uarmer tor the v..ui>Li ami the Karmer had picked [i„:| tait-oi him home to -o' Owner of the Car said unto hinw'.i. ■lf that Fool Candor had held his head less nigh, and had put the energy or hi- hissing into the manipulation m las Legs, it might have fared better with him. and cost me Five Dollars less.’ *• For that Candor was nrottd o. h»* 11 0 .,,i which had in it 111,1 to have saved him. whereas he hel in hi- Legs that which might muon more properly have given him l'>'.de. • • Now 1 considered this matter, and | thought how many arc the men who are like unto Dial Candor. And they held their heads high until De-truelion com.-ill noon iliem. whereas a bob’ ~,.,,-e ol Humility, and a little more «t Energy ami a little more Modesty would servo them better in the day or their Calamity. • Wheretofore. beloved, be not ton hi.di and mighty, but condescend to an p,eonsiderntion of the Limitations i'*thine Own Powers. For all thy Hissing will not stow the Pig Hed Automobile that i' known as the CT>urso-oi-Tiiiu 's nor will it matter how high thou boldest thy head. But devote thine energy to getting across thelloai . ami when the Danger is pn-t. then nnye-t thou hold thine head as liign as thou wilt: and if it doeth thee any wood to think that tlmu hast frightened the Automobile, that, too. is tb> privilege.”