Pride Comes Before A Fall

Radio Record, 12 June 1936, Page 64

Pride Comes Before A Fall

R. TOM ROSE lived with his wife Mrs. Dorothy Rose ‘-in-a large wooden box filled with autumn leaves. : This was their winter home, and here they had slept snugly under the leaves all through the months of snowy, windy, and rainy weather. And _ now this long sleep was over, and the children to whom they belonged saw thar they had opened their funny little bright brown eyes and struggled clumsily out. "Mr. and Mrs. Rose are awake!"’ they cried. ‘"‘We must put them out on the lawn,’"’ said the little lady who had bought them as a present for the children. As the garden,.was large, and they seemed to walk quite quickly when you weren’t looking, the children made a round fence of wire netting and put them inside, with a bowl of water in case they were thirsty. And this was their summer home. . "Very pleasant, my dear,’"’ said Mr. Tom to his wife after having walked several times round their new home. "Very! So sunny," said Mrs. Rose. ‘Everything we want-water, green grass, dandelions, and a very suitable earthy corner for a nursery should we need one." "[ don’t care for the’ wire-netting fence."’ said Mr. Rose. "It makes me-want to get over the top." "Oh, you'll soon get used to it,’’ said his wife, as she walked away. But he didn’t! . Going close up to the fence he raised one short leg. then the other, resting them ‘carefully on the wire-netting till he was standing upright on his back legs. . He blinked his little brown eyes proudly. Ob, yes, he could climb it easily! Alas! pride comes before a fall. Mr. Tom Rose toppled over backwards and lay on his shelly back with his four little legs waving wildly in the air. His wife, hearing the thud, turned quickly. "Oh my poor Thomas!" she called, and set off at once to help him. . But, try as'she would, she could not hoist Mr. Tom the right way up. . 1 At this moment the children came running across the awn, "Oh, look at Mr. Tom!" one cried. "I expect he was trying to climb!" And he picked up Mr. Tom, putting him down the right way up. Mr. Tom went on trying to climb that fence, but though he never learned to do that, he did learn to pick himself up after his tumbles.