. Stories for little children . cried some more. How can Ihelp it, when my tail will not curl? he asked. 77 STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN The old owl ruffled his feathers and closedone eye. Piggywee, he began gravely, ifyou cannot make yourself stop crying, howcan you expect to make your tail curl? If I dont cry any more, will it curl? askedlittle Piggywee. You never can tell, smiled GrandfatherOwl, and he closed his other eye and went tosleep. The next day Piggywee came back Owl, he called out in his hap-piest little squeal, I dont cry any more. Iam six days old and I have sto
. Stories for little children . cried some more. How can Ihelp it, when my tail will not curl? he asked. 77 STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN The old owl ruffled his feathers and closedone eye. Piggywee, he began gravely, ifyou cannot make yourself stop crying, howcan you expect to make your tail curl? If I dont cry any more, will it curl? askedlittle Piggywee. You never can tell, smiled GrandfatherOwl, and he closed his other eye and went tosleep. The next day Piggywee came back Owl, he called out in his hap-piest little squeal, I dont cry any more. Iam six days old and I have stopped will my tail begin to curl? The old Owl popped out his big, staringeyes. Six days old, he said, half to have you been doing in those six days,anything besides eating and sleeping andcrying? No-o-o, admitted Piggywee. Well, well! laughed Grandfather days old and you have done nothing buteat and sleep and cry. And still you expectyour tail to curl. And Mr. Owl closed up oneof his big eyes. 78. HELLO, PIGGYWEE! HE CALLED OUT PUBLH ASTOR.,DEN11 PIGGYWEES LITTLE CURLY TAIL :<If I do something better than eat and sleepand cry, will my tail curl? You never can tell, smiled GrandfatherOwl, and he closed his other eye and went fastasleep. Little Piggywee walked home very must find something to do, he said to him-self, that is better than eating and sleepingand crying. Just then Billy Boy passed him on thepath. Hello, Piggywee! he called ! said Piggywee. How old are you,Billy Boy? Me? I am six to-day. And Billy Boy heldhis head up high, and then he stooped andpatted the little pig on his pink back. Howold are you Piggywee? I am six, too. But Piggywee looked downat the ground as he said it. What do you do,Billy Boy, besides eat and sleep and cry? heasked. How little Billy Boy did laugh! Why,Piggywee, he said, arent you ashamed ofyourself? You ought to know that I dont 79 STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN cry. Only babies cry, and a boy s
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