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The Scarlet Moth tripped the Blue Fox’s Child with its foot and hit its head
against the wall, and said, “You shall not use force! You shall not use force!”
(Now Force, Dearly Beloved, is a Horrid word and does not mean the porridge you
eat for Breakfast, but it means Anything-that-Is-Rough-and-Hurts.)

And the Scarlet Moth was Rough and Hurt the head of the Blue Fox’s Child.
And when the Blue Fox’s Child tried to take its Animal to the Place where the
Party was, the Scarlet Moth held.it by its knees, and the Blue Fox’s Child had to
walk, dragging the Scarlet Moth with it. Soon the Blue Fox came to save its
Child and everyone used Very Naughty Angry Words. ‘Then it was time for the
Party to begin. And this is the funniest part of my story, oh, Best Beloved, so
hear and attend and listen, because in the Time-that-is-now, there are no jokes
like the one that behappened and befell at this Party. The Scarlet Moth thought
all along that it knew that the Blue Fox’s Child was going to bring the Blue Devil
to the party, so it made up a Song to the Blue Devil, to make the Blue Fox’s Child
angry and to show the Blue Fox’s Child that the Scarlet Moth’s ’Satiable curiosity
was still among the Animals. And the Poor little Blue Fox’s Child began to cry,
and big tears rolled all the way down to its little feet because it did so want to
surprise the Green Sea Horse and the Blue Fox, and most of all it wanted to
surprise the Scarlet Moth, and it thought that all its fun was going to be spoiled.
But when the animal came in—what do you suppose, oh, Best Beloved? It
It wasn’t a Blue Devil at all, but it had four lovely legs and was Big and Blue and
it Roared out Loud and Scared the Scarlet Moth so that it Ran away and hid because
it was so ashamed of its ’Satiable Curiosity and its Horrid Temper.

You see, when the Blue Devil saw how sorry the Blue Fox’s Child was when
its surprise was all spoiled, he changed into a Beautiful Big Blue Tiger with a
Beautiful Big Blue Roar that scared the Scarlet Moth Dreadfully. And so the
Blue Fox’s Child was happy in all the Time-that-Came-After because it had
fooled the ’Satiable curiosity of the Scarlet Moth.

Auice NICOLL.

Class #Minutes

Motion—To spend ten dollars for flowers for Cornelia Skinner for Freshman Show.
Discussion (A. Lee)—I think Cornelia Skinner is worth more than ten dollars.
(Lib) I guess twenty-five would just about do it.