A Comfortable Squeak

"Squeaky shoes," said Mr. Gratebar, "I don't like; but I rather admire a squeaky rocking chair, if it is oíd and comfortable. I shouldn't like to have a new chair squeak, but with an old chair it is different; that has earned a right to squeak. Of course I shouldn't like to have it squeak too much, for that would imply that it was insecure, and without security there can be no comfort; but I like to have it squeak gently, with one arm or one leg just a little loose. It doesn't squeak at all unless you rock back just so far, and then it squeaks with precisely the same sound always, a rythmic squeak that has rest and comfort in every note." -