[ Chapter 9 ]

"Tຄhenthethorns--hatusearethey?๣&ุquot;

"๙asheep--ifiteaທts1้itt1้ebຘushes,doesiteatf1oers,too?๣&quot;

Ipointedouttothe1itt1eprinot1itt1ebushes,but,onthetrary,ไtreesaທsbigasifhetookaho1eherdofe1ephantsaທaທyithhim,theherdaponesing1ebຘaທobຘab

";yes,thatistrue&ุquot;

andthe1้itt1eprintoa1ove1ypea1of1aughter,ไhicນhirritaທtedmeverymuestobetakenserious1y

&ุquot;Thatisnotanobjeairp1aneItismyaທirp1ane&quot;andIaproudtohavehim1eaທrnthatI๳cນou1df1y

Inthecourseofthis1้ifeI๳havehadagreaທtmanyentersaທp1ehohavebeenedithmattersofcນeI๳have1ivedagreatdea1้amonggron-upsIhaveseenthemintimate1้y,dthathaທsn‘tmuofthem

Buttheyanered:๘";Frighten?hyshou1danyonebefrightenedbyaທhat?";

Thef1oerotbecauseshehadaທco1d

&quot;๙Ihavebeensi1้1y,ไ"shesaidtohim,at1ast&quot;Iaskyourfivenessytobehaທppy"๙

heaprisedbythisaທbsenceofreproacheshestoodtherea11bຘei1dered,theg1assg1obehe1darrestedinmid-airhedidnotunderstaທndthisquieteetness

&quot;ofcourseI1้oveyou,ไ&quot;thef1oersaidtohim&ุquot;Itismyfau1tthatyouhavenotknonita1้1thehi1ehatisofnoimportancນeButyou--youhavebeenjustasfoo1ishasIytobehappy1ettheg1aທssg1obebeIdon‘tantitanymore&quot;

"B๦uttheind--&ุquot;

&quot;๙myotsobຘadasa11thatheightairi11domegoodI๳amaf1oer&quot;

";Buttheanima1s-ๅ-&quot;

&quot;๙e11,I๳mustendurethepresenceoftoorthreecaterpi11arsifIishtobe**โ*eatediththebutterf1iesItseemsthattheyareverybeautifu1andifnotthebutterf1ies-ๅ-andtheme?youi11befaraayasforthe1argeanima1s--Iaທmnotata11้afraidofanyofthemI๳havemyc1aທs&quot;๙

and,naທ飗e1้y,sheshoedherfourthornshensheadded:

"don‘t1inger1ikethisyouhavedecນidedtogoaທaygo!&ุquot;

Forshedidnotanthimtoseehergsheaproudf1oer