_Every one can do his part in making a home._
Listen now, and you shall hear a story about a pig and a sheep who
started out one morning to build a house so that they could live
together. After traveling a long way they met a rabbit. The rabbit
asked them where they were going.
“We are going to build a house to live in,” said the pig and the
sheep. “May I live with you?” asked the rabbit. “What can you do
to help build a house?” asked the pig and the sheep. The rabbit
scratched his ear with his hind foot and said: “I can gnaw with my
teeth and scratch with my feet.”
“Then you may come along,” said the pig and the sheep; so they all
started off down the road. Soon they met a goose sitting on the
roadside. The goose asked where they were going. “We are going
to build a house to live in,” said the pig and the sheep and the
rabbit. “May I live with you?” asked the goose.
“What can you do to help build a house?” asked the pig and the
sheep and the rabbit. The goose stood up on one leg for awhile and
then said: “I can pull moss and make mud for the cracks.”
“Then you may come along,” said the pig and the sheep and the
rabbit. So all four started down the road. Pretty soon they met an
old dog standing under a tree. The dog asked where they were going.
“We are going to build a house to live in,” said the pig and the
sheep and the rabbit and the goose. “May I live with you?” asked
the dog.
“What can you do to help build a house?” asked the pig and the
sheep and the rabbit and the goose. The old dog sat down on his
hind legs and looked at the sky. Then he said: “I can dig up rocks
with my fore paws, and I can crack bones with my teeth for the
soup.”
“Then you may come along,” said the pig and the sheep and the
rabbit and the goose. And so all five started down the road. Before
long they came to a little boy with a gun on his shoulder. The
little boy asked them where they were going. “We are going to build
a house to live in,” said the pig and the sheep and the rabbit and
the goose and the dog. “May I live with you?” asked the little boy.
“What can you do to help build a house?” they all asked. “You beat
me with a stick one day,” said the pig. “You chased me down the
road last week,” said the sheep. “You ran me out of the cabbage
patch,” said the rabbit. “You once hit me with a rock,” said the
goose. “You tied a can to my tail a few days ago,” said the dog.
The little boy laid down his gun and crossed his heart with his
hand, and said: “If you will let me go with you I will never do any
of those things again.” “Then you may come along,” said the pig and
the sheep and the rabbit and the goose and the dog. And so all six
started off down the road. Whether they built their house or not I
do not know.