KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
1 DON T WANT TO
CAUSE A SCENE
HERE AT THE
OFFICE. BUT JUST
WAIT TILL YOU
GET HOME
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. . I I WOULDNT DARE) 7 NOW, PULL YOURSELF ) 1rjh
I'M JUST AN ) ' f COME LIVE WITH . B
UNWANTED, U V US, MR .DITHERS-' , 1 f
OLD, HOMELESS, ) ' JT - YOU LL BE .
DODDERING T frlT 1 TREATED LIKE
DERELICT I I ONE OF THE
f. THATS WHAT I WANT- 1 WE'LL FIX UP )
) I WANT TO FEEL WANTED -0 . (OUR SPARE ROOM )
J I NEED LOVE AND ) ' N-7 FOR YOU
';tis?k AFFECTION- -S.
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WE'LL SERVE YOUR k p- a ( 1 WANT TO EAT WITH
MEALS IN YOUR tT-Zj
ROOM OR YOU
THE FAMILY--I WANT
TO FEEL
LIKE I
BELONG
I'LL GIVE YOU A RAISE
FOR THIS, DEAR BOY--
I LL MAKE YOU A
PARTNER IN THE
FIRM --I'LL PUT
S"t I ILI hAW
WILL r-rT. ;
, MY HOME
IS YOUR
HOME
Fl WELCOME-ENTER INTO THE ) ' Hi - H
1 PEACE AND SERENITY Ifc '
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, f honest, boss, J . BUMSTEAD J '
: i v i didn't know Cafc lv2sr2?ie M '
i What me're about
to do remind9 me of
a story I was told
when I was a
little bov. xr Tell us.
Grandfather
Clock.'
It seems there was this
little pine tree that liveE in
a toret. Ana no marxer
. what hardened, it was
aiways.unnappy.'
At first, when ifc was tinv. it
was unhappy because it wished
to D2 rig, ue tne larger trees
tnat men came anacutaown
r lumber.
or
Later, when it realized that it
would be vears before it would
De tnat Dig, it envied tne trees
.nearby that were only a tew
years oiaer tnan itseir.
...because at holiday time.
people would come and chop down
a tree ana tatce. it nome tor a
Christmas tree. And when it
macn'f 'rTnrscan i4- mac ioalruif - vll
Well, one Christmas some folks
came and cut down-the tree in
a iiffv. took it home, and
decorated it beautifully. For a -few
-aays tne iirae tree mas very nappy'
But the holidays '. oassed . the
decorations , were removed, and the
tree was cast outsiae,
on a rubbish oile.' - Wait.
urampaf A?
1 remember that T All right, T
story now.' And it lCloyia. Maybe
has a sad ending J you'd like to
uay, wen, aix-er wie nuuueiys,
while the tree was still green,
the people took it back., to
the forest. And: they packed
tne snow ao
firmly around
A
And in the spring the unhappy
little tree was growing again. I
yAnd it. lived happily ever after1
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