Daddy's Evening Fairy Tale

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 244, 5 July 1928, Page 3

Daddy's Evening Fairy Tale

By

Mary Graham Bonner

RED CROWN “Last summer,” said Red Crown, the rooster, “I had a narrow escape. “I was crossing the road when one of these horrible dust throwers came along. “By a dust thrower I mean a motor car or an automobile or whatever it is they/are called. “This one had the usual horrid horn attached to it and how that horn did toot. “I hurried out of the way and I was almost nearly run over. Dear me, but it was a narrow escape. I might have lost my life. “True, they did warn me they were coming. But what uppish creatures motorists are. The very idea of telling a fellow to get out of the way in such a rude manner. And think

of the service I have always done people. “Helping them to get up in the mornings ar.d not oversleep! “I am against all things modern. I’m for the good old days when a crowing rooster was thought to be a creature worth while. “It .may be all right for Miss Fidgety Fashionable Hen to live in these modern days and to be scarce with I'.er eggs, hut they are sad days for the rooster. “Still I feel a little better than I did. Maybe the automobile will go out of date and the motor birds of the air, the airplanes, will take their places. “Then they’ll toot their horns for creatures to get off the clouds and the good old roosters of the barnyard will rule as they used to rule. “In that case I’ll be more modern and hope for the days to come. “But I do dread next summer, for this last one was hard, very hard,” he ended.

RIDDLES Why is a proud woman like a music book? Because she is full of airs. * * * Spell enemy in three letters. Foe. * * * What river can be turned into useful clothes? The Tweed. Why is it difficult to keep a secret in cold weather? Because it makes the teeth chatter. What bird reminds you of a joke? A lark. * * * If you suddenly saw a house on fire, what three celebrated authors would you feel at once disposed to name? Dickens —llowitt —Burns ! * * * What is it which will he yesterday, and was tomorrow? Today. Why did Adam bite the apple Eve gave him? Because I o had no knife. What song did the little dog sing who was blown off the Chain Bier at Brighton? “My Bark is on the Sea.” Not What Teacher Mean* An English lesson was* being : in a foreign school, and the mis, asked if any pupil could make up a sentence containing the words “defence,” “defeat,” and “detail.” The sentence she got was as follows: “Veil a eat jumps over defence, defeat goes over in front of detail!” Good Evidence “Mother,” asked little Jack as he watched their two pet cats cat dinner from one plate, “Tommy is married to Trixie, isn’t he?” “Why, no, dear!” she replied. “Then why does he growl at her?'demanded Jack.

He Does Sunday School Teacher—Now, Willie, what happens to a man who never thinks of his soul, hut only of liis body? Willie—Please, teacher, he gets fat. —Outlook. Fair Warning Teacher —Johnny, if you continue being naughty. I’ll send a note to your father. Johnny—You'd better not. .Mother's as jealous as a cat. None Needed Teacher —You cannot define the word mirror? Well, what do you look at after you've washed jour face? Pupil—The towel.