A Hint To Grumblers

""that a noisy worid this is!" croaked an oíd l'rog, as he squatted on the margin of the pool; "do you hear those geese, how theyscream and hiss? What do they do it for?" "Olí, just to amuse themselves," answered a little field mouse. "Presently we shall have the owls hooting, what is that for?" "It's the music they like best," said the mouse. "And those grasshoppers, they can't go home without grinding and chirping; why do they do that?" "Oh, they're so happy they can'thelp it," said the mouse. "You find excuses forall; I beheve you don't underatand niusic, so you like the hideous noises." "Well, friend, to be honest with you," said the mouse, "I don't greatly admire any of them ; but they are all sweet in my ears compared with the constant croaking of a f rog !"