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SECRETARY BIRO
"Ton were going to tell me some(Mat
about yourself." paid Blllle
Brownie to the Secretary Bird tp the
"AD right." said the Secretary Bird
ta none too pleasant a tone of voice.
Billy Brownie was anxious to heir
hat he had to say though he did not
particularly care fhr the manners"of
the Secretary Bird.
"My feathers behind my head are
the reason for my name," said the
Herniary Bird. "They make me look
tike a . secretary, so they say, or so
they need to say.
"Secretaries nsed to go about their
nth with feathered pens behind their
cam and It was at that time, la days
pas by, that they gave us the family
name of Secretary Birds, and the
?? bgTSngs to ns. -4
f think they really should ehanjre
> II now. They should call us some other
tinnw nilrt thov shnnlH bunt nfnnnil
for a bird or a beast that had somethin*
which looked like a typewriter
rtrirlng oat from' Its head and then
2*11 It a secretary bird.
"FV?r secretaries and stenographer*
and writers and all sorts of people use k
iters?the head keeper down at
the end of this path has one in his of- lice.
It clicks along.
Tea, they should go hunting for a
Mid with feathers or wings or some
part to It that looked like a typewriter."
"That wonld be Impossible.*' said
BfTlle Brownie, 4*for I don't believe
t/ ~ . there Is such a creuture. I've never '
beard of a bird with any feather or
parts which could, possibly be supposed
to look like a typewriter.
"So you'll have to keep the name,
and then. too. it isn't the way to
change cantos nil the time. You can't
change names with the fashions."
"Of course I have another name,
too," said the Secretary Bitot, "and
that is Archer. You see I have such,
long .legs and they used to say that
when we started to move we looked j
like long-legged gentlemen about to :
go forth with hows and arrows for
the sport, known an archery. p
"When 1 mil angry my feathers rise |
- up Just as a person's eyes will blaze i|
w-heti they look mad and as a cat will l
rch Its Mek. p
-My home used to be in Africa and 11|
when I was il baby I stayed for quite |
* long, long time in the. home nest E
before 1 started walking on ray long P
I
"I'm. famous as a fighter and I fight
with tny feet. I can run fast but I p
dD not run awnv from nnvthlrir? he- P
emu so of fear. !Co, I'm brave enough t
and I dare attack snakes and I. kill
Ifcani. too!
There's young Croxvned Crane, a. jj
besot if nl creature with handsome E
plumage. I
TVowned Crane is fond of frogs t
last as I am, and he has long stilts p
bar legs!
"Sandhill Crane dances about and fc
makes quite a show of .himself at jj
times but Crowned Crane is the most p
beautiful of all. |j
"Yesf, he has such a tine tnft of t
feathers spread out on top of his head ?
?that Is hlB crown. He Is *s fine as I
king. ou .wj'. us he has a crown, i jj
whereas I only have feathers because t
n? like an old-fashioned secretary.
"Bat maybe a secretary Is happier P
than a king. There's no telling. Sure- f
iy m secretary- doesn't have to dress
^ and bow and think of others as
much aa a king ha* to do.
TNot that Crowned Crane thinks <?f
others so much. He -thinks of fishhot
-to eat not to bow to, dear me, no 1
"v.i, ? ?m uyt i u a uruijirr nu?, p
a I will not complain. And I don't
fleet-tike fighting. I think I will recite
a vera* to yon which I made np
?hte morning." t '-"?a
"Do," said Billle Brownie.
So the Secretary Bird rec'ted this
T . Sim not so wise ss you might think,
.fee never even dipped my feathers la
] Ink.
I AnA If I did I'd have nothing to say,
-I Maw. nillle Brownie, that's sll for to9
day!
I So tllllla Brownie mild a polite good
nftemoon.
?7" * Baby's Eara Were Smalt.
Balpli, nged live, was afflicted with
I earache nnd screamed frantically with
"Hash, dear," sold hie mnrhnr
K "don't cry KO. It only makes It worse.
I Don't yon remeintier now nice yodjr
little hnhtr idfWtier behaved trWftr he
Md.ihe earache?, lie tlldn'r make, hull
as lunch fuse nbout J; i:? yt.u ara mnkH\
. "*T\'lmt -il'H-r that' k-hld I.now 'I full
I - -,er el,.;?7 soMtcil itfllph, "i( 1,1 .
taegs elu i half 'in Wg us in V.ittfe."'
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