The Town Tattler (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 41, Ed. 1 Monday, October 12, 1998 Page: 2 of 4
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Stories For Little
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The following are
Aespps fables. .Each
betause he thought a trick
had been played upon him.
But he took it home on second
thoughts, and soon found to
his delight that it was an egg
of pure gold. Every morning
the same thing occurred, and
he soon became rich by selling
his eggs. As he grew rich he
grew greedy; and thinking to
get at once all the gold the
Goose could give, he killed it
and opened it only to find
nothing.
when 1
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auction, and it’s in fairly good
is downriglfl
auctiofl
was 1
there are creatures who
still more timid
ourselves.
*
The Hare and the Tortoise
A hare one day ridiculed the overcooked,
short feet and slow pace of the
Tortoise, who replied,
laughing:
swift as the wind, I will beat
you in a race." The Hare,
believing her assertion to be
simply impossible, assented to
the proposal; and they agreed
that the Fox should choose the
course and fix the goal. On
the day appointed for the race
the two started together. The
Tortoise never for a moment
stopped, but went on with a
slow but steady pace straight
to the end of the course.
The Hare, lying down by the
wayside, fell fast asleep. At
last waking up, and moving as
fast as he could, he saw the
Tortoise had reached the goal,
and was comfortably dozing
after her fatigue.
to the little children
explain the moral to them.
When there is no moral at the
end, then the reader must
decide what lesson is being
taught.
The Goose With the Golden
Eggs
One day a countryman going
down
S £ ?C’
to need miners hats with little Why that. fe,
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‘ dogs’
some of
. one was
■ designed to teach morals to
children. Parents and
grandparents told these stories
subterranean retreats too) fl
the hose a little, dampening jt |l
down so as to cool any
breeze that may come acrOs‘
the front of the house.
a P’ace a bit for
.while. But when
foils, then I have to go to
PAG'E 2
THE TOWN TATTLER
Published by
Ted Bishop
107 N. Waggoner
Electra, Texas
Price------------- Ybur Smile
- ■ Any erroneous reflection
upon the character, standing to the little folks in the past m
or reputation of any person,, order to teach them the rules to
firm or corporation which may live by. They are here for the
ones old enough to read can
enjoy and learn from them.
words, O Hares! are good; but
they lack both claws and teem
such as we have.”
*
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Greed oft o’er reaches itself.
*
The Grasshopper and the Owl
An owl, accustomed to feed at
night and to sleep during the
day, was greatly disturbed by
the noise of a Grasshopper
and earnestly besought her to
stop chirping. The
Grasshopper refused to desist,
and chirped louder and
louder the more the Owl
entreated.
When she saw that she could
get no redress and that her
words were despised, the Owl
attacked the chatterer by a
stratagem. "Since I cannot
sleep," she said, "on account
of your song which, believe
me, is sweet as the lyre of
Apollo, I shall indulge myself
their own exceeding timidity
and weary of the perpetual
alarm to which they were
exposed, with one accord
determined to put an end to
themselves and their troubles
by jumping from a lofty
precipice into a deep lake
below. As they scampered off
in large numbers to carry out
their resolve, the Frogs lying
on the banks of the lake heard
the noise of their feet and
rushed helter-skelter to the
deep water for safety. On
seeing the rapid
disappearance of the Frogs,
one of the Hares cried out to
his companions: "Stay, my
friends, do not do as you
in drinking some nectar which intended^ for you now see that
Pallas lately gave me. If you there are creatures who are
do not dislike it, come to me sdU more timid than • make my own.
and we will drink it together."
The Grasshopper, who was
( thirsty, and pleased with the
praise ' of her voice, eagerly
flew up. The Owl came forth
from her hollow, seized her,
and put her to death.
*
First, I sweep the porch early
in the morning to clear away
all the dirt the dogs have
kicked up on it from their
holes beside the porch (they’ve
looking it
heard little
inside. Sure
drove
with
a nest
and
The Hare and the Hound
A hound started a Hare from
“ his lair, but after a long inn,
gave up the chase. *A -goat-
herd seeing him stop, mocked -______~-
him, saying "The littleoneis -' jfinlr1'
the best runner of. the two."
The Hound replied, "You do
not see the difference between '
us: I was only running for a
dinner, but he for his life."
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by: Linda MussehL
Evapo-Granny '
When ybu live in an old
country house, you give up
some of the little expensive
niceties such as manufactured
air. Our air isn't conditioned —
we take it just as it comes,
frozen and raw or steamy and
Degj-TE&gV
have several mobile homtl
trades available, call l_
more information! 940-851- I
8449 M
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Shannon Fa?goson
Mother Birds of a Feather...
Dad brought home a bale!
today. He bought it at aP?^
shape, which i;
unusual for
equipment we buy. As I
over, I thought
peeps coming fro
enough,
Dad drove off from
auction with the baler,
included a nest of
sparrows, and they
^n8.their disg«st
alf ■ over
- m.p.h.
my husban
known
even looking
appear in the columns of the
Town Tattler, will be gladly
corrected upon its being called older folks can read them
to the attention of the little children and
publishers.
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approval of The Town Tattler to the nest of his Goose found
signed by the publisher. there an egg all yellow and
-------------------0----------------- glittering. When he took it up
Please remember to attend it was as heavy as lead and he
the church of your choice this was S°ing to throw it away,
Sunday. If you are new in
town, all the churches are
listed in the phone book. They
will be more than glad to help
you. It’s the best place in the
world to make GOOD friends.
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There is always someone
worse off than yourself.
*
The Hares and the Lions
The hares harangued the
assembly, and argued that all
should be equal. The Lions,
made this reply:f "Your
the frag* of tfee
watss?
g. yYhen in doubt, douse.
At first I was just taking
three or four (or five or sid
showers a day. Every time!
«ot sweaty and miserable, f
took a shower. But then |
calculated how much water!
was wasting and time, what1
with all that dressing and,
undressing and so on. I wl
quadrupling the laundry, to"
The slight exertion of toweling
off brought on another sweJ
so the after-effects didn't la|
pretty^cornfoitable fas Ion
--•si definition
" covers a very
of interior
It has
long porch,
set
I enjoy living without either
who replied, hot or cold canned air.
"Though you be Usually. It's satisfying (and not
only to the checkbook) to live
without that extra layer
between myself and the world any tjme at all. ]|
So 1 started popping in anM
out of the shower every coupfl
of hours in my cut-offs and tee-S
shirt. My "evaporative cooler^
lasts about two hours, is totalfl
portable and works bothR
indoors and out. J|
And last weekend ■
discovered a new, improvefl
cooler. Our grandbaby was J]
visiting and we got him a nefl
wading pool. Now I can whinfl
"Darin, can we get in your®
pool yet? Now? Pleeease?" fl
Lake lot, we 1
fl
MH
around me. 1 like the idea that
people are supposed to be hot
in the summer and cold in the
winter, just as we are meant to
get wet when it rains.
Our old house . is usually
pretty^cbmfortable (as long as
one'F ""^definition of
'"comfortable
wide range
temperatures. It has rock
walls, a long porch, big
windows set for cross
ventilation and lots of fans.
The key word ’ in the .
paragraphs above is "usually." )
I'm not finding my ^usual
Slow but steady wins the race, pleasure in the heat this year.
* • This summer has me whipped.
The Hares and the Frogs Why, I'm
The hares, oppressed by forward lately to going to town
to do errands. Usually (there it
is again), it’s a job that I hate
and. put^ff from one week to
the next. Bipt pnce I discovered
that even the coin laundry
is cooler than my house,...
But I can only justify one or
two trips to town each week.
On days at home when it's so
hot that I start projectile
sweating at 8:30 in the
morning, I make my big
transformation: It's a bird. It's
a plane. No, it’s Evapo-
Granny!
I'm just as proud of
evaporation as if I'd invented
it. I regret that we don't live in
a climate that would let an
evaporative air conditioner - a
swamp cooler - work. So I
Necessity is our strongest
weapon.
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a ■* , y
countryside at 60
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