BILLY BOBBY CHIPMUNK

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1070, 6 September 1930, Page 29

BILLY BOBBY CHIPMUNK

Oh, Billy Bobby Chipmunk had A most inquiring mind. Said he, “I certainly will go For miles and miles to find Why all tlie furry, fuzzy chips And Chipmunks that abound Have stripes that run from fore to aft. But never ’round and ’round. ’

He started off in haste to find An animal or fowl To tell him what he wanted, and He came to Mister. Owl. “Oh, Mister Owl.” quoth he. “in search Of knowledge I am bound. Why do my stripes run fore and aft. Instead of ’round and ’round?”

But Mister Owl just blinked his eyes. And yawned a yawny yawn. “Oh, Billy Bobby Chipmunk, you’d Do well to travel on. I wish to sleep, and anyway. I’m sure I’ve never found Why Chipmunks’ stripes run fore and aft. But never ’round and ’round.”

Now, Billy Bobby Chipmunk thought That answer rather funny. But went a-hoppimg on his way. And met with Peter Bunny. “Oh. Peter Bunny, kindly rest Beside me on the ground. Why do my stripes run fore and aft. Instead of ’round and ’round?”

But Mister Peter Bunny who Was hungry as could be. Was rushing home to dinner, so Ho said. “Don’t bother me!” The swiftness of his travelling Bill Bobby did astound. He never said why Chipmunk® stripes Did not run ’round and ’round.

Along came Grandpa Chipmunk then, So dignified and slow. And Bobby said unto himself. “I’m sure that he will know.” He, called, “Oh, Grandpa Chipmunk, you

Have knowledge so profound. Why do our stripes run fore and aft But never ’round and 'round ?”

“Why. Billy Bobby Chipmunk, we Have always worn them so! Our stripes are always fore and aft,

For that’s the way they go. A Chipmunk striped with zebra stripes’ Is never, never found. We wouldn’t be like Chipmunks, if Oui* stripes went ’round and ’round! ”

“Oh!” Bobby said. “I am so glad! An answer I have found! I wouldn’t be a Chipmunk, if My stripes ran ’round and ’round.

A STORY IN VERSE