Straw Hats to Show Respect
derful umbrellas. Make me up a big elegant story about umbrellas."
So Hatrack the Horse took his hat off his head, reached around and hung it on one of the shoulder bones sticking out behind on his back. And the old man looked with a faraway look down the long, long hill running from his shanty toward the Village of Cream Puffs. Then he told her this story:
One summer afternoon I came home and found all the umbrellas sitting in the kitchen, with straw hats on, telling each other who they are.
The umbrella that feeds the fishes fresh buns every morning stood up and said, "I am the umbrella that feeds the fishes fresh buns every morning."
The umbrella that fixes the clocks free of charge stood up and said, "I am the umbrella that fixes the clocks free of charge."
The umbrella that peels the potatoes with a
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