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RHYMED SYNTAX. Threo little words we often see— _Aye_Articles A, An and The. A Noun's the name of lny'-hh‘ls.'m Wireless Ha thi it e As, School or Garden, Hoop or eting T fl 1 ,’1:!3 very h‘; Adjectives tel] the kind of Noun, AR Ciren, ‘Bhmall. Brety, Whits or wd Brown. i i 4 11 THE WINNERS' OF PRIZE BOOKS. Instgad '8¢ Nouns, the Pronouns| l—Helen G. Mahoney, of Naugatuck ils il 152 Ei it i i i Colchester. said he with layers =howing g wanted a went to islands har ralsed Verbs tell of something being done—| . t ¢ - gét his m He | submerged several the past. B g el e : A Panther Story. asked but| The attoi-like reefs in vegte i ® i3 g § entey e Stotor MAiSs Sehooidare.| 5o TLmE & story. won't ou, grand- T i g ] ] i } § i EE 4 L i i gk iz f & Fealens i3 utes began tubes Hew_things are done the Adverbs tell, pa,’ m....‘ G 4—Theodore Abel, of Yantic—Fred| “Sit down and keep stil 1 hardly Al Uiy, GRSy o oo on e ady, TRTHOTTT | PN oala srandpa. T8 ce "m"-%m S fous. A ‘Proposition_ stands_betore 5—Jessie Brehaut, of East Norwich, | “*Hiphing R e A Noun.'ss In or Thhouh o * door, . ¥ —The Molor Maid's Across 11| when'F was & boy Hiving Swn in Netls 3 _ | Continen Rhody. eoral. Confihiclions Join hs Noufis togeth- “o ol o isivky, of Norwid—Fhe| “One of'my neighbors with bia ijt-|cale sew and became good. John's eamp at last. 1 shall never for- As, men Ana'children, wind Or weath. | Meadow Brook Girls by the Sea. flmo v mh«m‘w 'dnv‘. P Lo v “fl“.‘ et The it ok i| _1—Hattie - Parkins, of. Colehester— | sorng. o faw: e 18 ards, A'mass of HVIng| Stamord Eprings. Age 1l | Before we ate our luneh my sister The Interjection’ ghows surpride, = | Th® Meadow: Brook Girls Aficat. “The boy, who was about nine years ESTHBR HYMAN. Age 11 in bathing. water As, Oh, how pretty! Ah, how 1} 8—Mirian M. Grover, of ola, fidt- little dog, a puppy, that was Norwich—. Care of the Teeth, The Meadow Brook Girls in the Hills, | 0ut he fleld with them, and pup- It is necessary, if ble, to wash 'l'helz then; are the Nine Parts of The = py like, he was running about, play- A Trick. the teeth twice a day at least. When g8 ia i Lanees G Dol Dok living In e NS S veryihin L My “grandfather wisely concluded to ot ¢ you, do not care for your teetn, the g writing. speaking - any hour aft- send hool. _The morn! o oS mnd lood ween them. t N T flisel oe IF BN Al any aft-| old apple tree down. in one corner ‘of | he sbok me by the hind and we serted D by f00a has been there & while it begios A _THOUGHT FOR THE BIRDS. “It was nearly noon and soon the STORIES WRITTEN BY . WIDE- [horn blew for = dinner. . Papa a i o a0 for the academy, which was situated at tc decay, and makes the teeth decay, the fa also. The Tited mats Aaried for () Dan | Lot ke e g0 cntering the | chaped markings and are called rose | TRese decaying materials are polson: e AWAKES. but Joe, the. boy. sa school had now stopped and the inter-| or sear corals. cus, and when food Is eaten it carries dreary, blags .the wind, J y. sald he was going | rupted lessons were resumed. down the poisonous materials and of- et arors bne. Taalne: yoan The Path of Duty. £ 200 AR Il S s ha After @ while 1 scrutinized my 1eW | coral marks the Spot where & coral ap: | tén causes disease. Summer days e far behi & “The men had n it acquaintances with unconcealed curi-|imai jived Frequent causc of indigestion is the ‘Winter frosts. will soon here. in came Joeand marched osity, instinctively picking out my 1 the tooth brush. Clean 4 £ e than half a cen- | th d | friends and enemies. form and have numerous fleshy tenta- h are heaithier and also make a beside- the - fire e T, e e ootans ta One boy with a sallow skin shook | cles which may be drawn in and out of ; can watch streaming pane, | made B T e, ) sald his father, his at me furtively several times | iche mhen danger threatens. The en- the diseases that may come Little heeding midst or mi R nia euth o o o | S rous W ady during the morning. I had a present- | iirg coral is covered with animal mat. | Ihrough neglected teeth are tubercu- Cortng navaht for spow or rain. | RUEE LML SA 0 ADCEY | up o ook, Ao e ) iy | ment that thls o3 was oing 1o be Y | e’ when aihve amd, I In only ater wi | 0% om0l Siphbere S maiaria tor, and it was his duty to discover | Joe answered. % & presentment subsequently |the fiesh is removed and the skeleton o B e But the birdies in the trees the : 1u o domt 3 ized. in bieached that the white coral ap-|Dave a good tooth brush and select Have n6 cosy 8- e was slieing turnips for bis sheep mw‘m"“ ml:‘; b:h:;hcor"hlgr ?mn A chubby little boy with a great| peqrs either some good tooth paste or pow- 5 > searcer cat, | many freckles made mysterious signs der. We must also wash them regu- enjoved " G ot b7 deEress. . lon his emplover's ferm. up P,3TionE the | on what it vas up the ree anyway,| iome across the aisle which I d1d not N O s e [y ts > keep the polsonous foods out. o T . wiey. Sy 3 5 soon the report | understand; but 1 winked my eye at 3 LAM » Age 13. | GBRORGE BIENENSTOCK, Age M. found,” #aid the lawyer. “I had traced | of the gun was heard, and they knew group is the horny corals or i A L ue the e i R him from the old farm on which he | by the dog’s bark e weay | . This seemed satisfactory. This|as. The well known sea fans, as well R New York. v ‘:‘r;.?“,:“:;“:"fid om’_nhmfi: Vor vopr wep 0F i thrieh 40| Gae T e bat: the boy was Peter Whitcomb. At recess | as the req coral used for jewelrs, be- he gave me the core of his apple, al- &w‘h there were many applicants for long, to this group. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. orals are not all confined to trop- sy ical seas. Theré are numerous species Oyster Bay. years of ill-paid and often unpleas- | “But imagine thei rise And take joy In being kind. 2at 1abor befors 1 found him, . 1t | they srent Sack s the bon i Teas N (Our Dumb Animals.). ‘was not difficult, for he had not wan-|large #anther stretched on the ground 3 dered far in all those years. under the tree. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- A boy in an olive gréen jacket heid that it was intended for me. The pa- common wrote_abou imal was, and 80 not being afraid, had | per was skilfully passed from desk (o | conrr of e Eorin e e o o vt 1 found as far north as the Grand Banks| Dear Uncle Jed: I thought perhaps % “Are you Sandy McCluskey?” T ask- | “The boy. not, knowing wha the an- | ther b wastind his slate, intimating | of Newfoundiand and Greenland. it would interest the Wide-Awakes ir |Fectives the Norwich Courler and 1 Made Clothing for War-Zone Children Uncle Jed: 1 am a school girl from Naugatuck, Conn. One of my friends at. |read it every week. I would like to . " x 3 < know If the Norwich giris have done AWAKES. ; “I am/* said He, without taking. His h f: coast of New England, but Bermuda |tend high school. L am a commercial X v o BA° I Rt (oNag S | Eone, clots 1o (he I and ring oo | i il 0. rescnd my htnte Wit | arke e movters i of rest vuld: | Eraduate f fhe high school byt 1 am [$7nE for (B Berioten, miers We are back again to school-days| ‘Your brother is dead in New York,”|ly, & lucky shiot, for had he only | plece of molasses candy. I nodded my |'™® #Pecies in the Atlantic @ AU e yater Bay ts Geliphitully situated |bY the Naugatuck High school giris. —schoel days which have been made [S21d L wounded the panther, he would proba- | acknowledgments. It was surely kind | ast Norwich, N. ¥ EEAUITY. Fon Te mirth itte of Tony 1ot &8 After wo Wad fisished owr own famous in song and story. e T el aeing smay or he e | Bl have been killed, or bady hurt|of him. I siipped the candy into my T v fant ome hour from Manhattan or |#chool work. our teacher received per- The school-boy of this age is not |nips - ONE WIDE-AWAKE'S Wernia Wit Sveiy pecaer By fase Les aid the Peor Boy. Erookiyn borough, population 4500, | Tission the principal to have the school-boy of .anclent days who| ‘He has left you a large. fortune.” MQTHER. |muat have bore a funny expression. Leo had been trundling around the| Oyster By has o picturcaque frout: Shakespearo describes “With his[581d I I want you to. come to the Thé Doy ' hs Hiive’ greeh Jucket] SLIoet With his Busy till B6 feit 5o cold | 20, (O™ e 16 the world, known p p e |Rouse with me, so that I can .estab- We Pilgri gave a hysterical laugh, for which he |30d tired he stepped under a slight satchel and shining '~ morning face, |fish your identity, and arrange for o - Wes puisiahied by Mr. Gimabaw sheiter and triea to decide whether to |88 the east bay and the west bay. Tta| %\ pore senool closed. creeping like snail . unwillingly to|You to- enter into’ possession of the| We Pllgrims, who lived in England, | ™1° Foq"{0 look unconcerned, and &0 home or run across the street whére | table lands, magnificent hills, many |®5JCFe Fop O DO Ll eien school” Although- it /must be admit- | estate.” § " were not satisfied with the way the | .. ‘Po0 19 100K Uneorcs P on|a man was roasting chestnuts. Per- |milee of splendid macadamized roads, | CUeST, COEND, WS FRCERS, WOl ted some boys- of this kind still re I talk taé you at sax o'clock, |XIng wanted us to worship God. So account was the only pupll in the | o he could warm his fingers there |romantic streets, cooling breezes and young man,” he said. “FIl be busy|¥e Wwent to Holland, where we could | {T™ Who was not questioned about ain, ° and buy some nuts. pure spring water make it one of mi Uil then, Thae fortune will keep, but | PSlieve the way we pleased. We stay- | MArdTs misdemennor, =~ While he was standing a boy | Ereatest health resorts in the cou School days .then, were six hours|thae turnips will not.” ed a few vears and then sailed for| ~preich g it about his size shyly approached. Pres- | {ry. Some of the finest and most cost- long and the long vacation was 30 ELZBAR DUGAS. |America. We did not stay there any| ° . i ently the two boys stood o) te each |17 residences In this country, owned by Versailles. longer be we children began to five hours with the | 0Mder people of our town and sent to Paris. A few weeks ago our teacher re- ceived a letter from Paris. The writer ave |Of the letter thanked her very much n - |the best known men of the day, - 4 other—Leo in nice warm clothes, trim. for our good work and stated that iays, now “!;;} N oave, i s &row up Dutch instead of English. A Visit to the Farm. med with fur, a fur SEENES UM OSSR BRI e o such work was greatly appreciated by a long vacaf of ‘aboyt 70 days, with An Original Name. ugust, 1620, we sail- | I enjoyed my vacation on the farm | the other with very slight covering for e Oyster Bay bank, the North |SNSR SOTK ot B atse it came 20 more addea for festivities and hol- A ity Clbrasiini. AnAoniSe ed from Southampton, England, for|very much. I was invited to the cold weather. His bare legs could be |Shore bank, a splendid Union High rm z - America. It took us 63 long days of | in Dayville. One of my school chums | seeh and hig entangied hair was the | chool. a frec library. a board idays. - The old school teacher used |the truth of this story: Having arrived|cold and stormy weather to cross the | invited me. i Soly covering for his head. " As ‘he | trade, six weil supported churches. to believe te spare the rod was to Whee the iifant's hilhe i sl great sea of darkness, as we called Next day we packed our satchels and |'pushed his hair aside Leo saw that|Octagon hotel, Sagamore hotel on spoil the child and ‘getting flogged In |ne said. “Name thie ehild” ered, | it in those days. We had to endure | were bound for the 3 o'clock car in | his eyes were kind and pleasant, bay, and the Oyster Bay Inn the old days was almost as common i g y hardships in this new world. | the afte; Afl little sil he boy |among the home institutions. Original Story,” said the spomsor. | men?, world. rnoon. ter a little silence the poor boy as getting credits in these days. The| “What did you say?" he asked in The houses were built of rough logs ot | from_America. the HELEN G. MAHONEY, Age 13. the| Nausatuck. are Lucy’s Garden. ‘We were seated in the car and had a | said: + |, Oyster Bay g famed for its splen-| Dear Uncle Jed: 1 am going stuck together with clay. The win-| very ni - v " did ‘drives, its Oysters, asparagus and flower garden, which charm of achool daya then was oft- |*WHES o . o |dows were hung with furs e AR TE e SRR B O Rk 2 et | i Depemegai g | T T W ] ener in the school-yard than in the |ed in clear, deliberate. tones of animals so as to keep out the cold, | nam. When we arrived in Putnam a| “And brothers and sisters ed every year with all fish that abound | zinnias, mixed colors, several shades . o ey i St . Qeiibe ism't it Are | DUt still when the wind came howliny | double seated automobile was waiting in salt water. from the Cold Spring|of marigolds, mixed cosmos, salyls, mhmnnl'm"‘wa m"“”n and «"’”“i“ you sure you want him calied Orlge |PY jt could come in through the cracks | for ua. “I have mo pape, mor hatchery in the adjoining harbor. coreopsis. afterncon ladies, asters, fire i ot “qm‘ n. d:;rey‘:; Fou sume ye and the smow sometimes drifted in. We were first treated to ice cream | brother or sister, no home. On Centre Island is the famous Sea. | palls and a row of dahlia: has become no less. ] nothing to protect us. It was dread- e returned to the aut n Y tion. R s Nt | e e sl ex-|fUl to live in fear. Many of our|very swiftly. When we reached the e llt‘mlm::ny LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. ERAE T Tamoud. Wit | e wponsacy o friends dled of eold and hunger, In|farm the chocolate box was passed e licks me. Last night| East Norwich, N. Y. says: “Seeing much, suffering much|" Ana go Original Story the little fel- order to live we had to trade some cf | around and all kinds of fruit. while she was drunk she fastened Tom and studying much are the three pil- |low.was christened, (:uz r?llle; for corn from the Indi ‘We were shown around the farm and | Blake and I in her room because we My Cat. lars of learning:” but every one con- Some weeks after. this event: the | 224 2! the'meat we had was the flsh, | saw the cows and chickens, We en-|did not have any money to give her. Dear Uncle Jed: I have a black 4 fowl and animals that we 2 1 1 't I- rery y 5 - ‘ministe: re native | joved our visit very much and when | Oh! I hate begging! Wouldn't I-like | and his name is Nig.. He is very play- fessed that learsitng s worth ail 1¢|Minister made the acquaintance of the |here. We had to g0 to church every | our week was up we brought one of | s home and clothes. and £0 to school. |ful. Before I had, him he was called Sunday. our school chums back with us and | When I saw you I said to myself may- | one of the “Gold Dust Twins. When sald uncle, a farm laborer in_another costs. village, whose wame:. was Reginald C " " The Indians could pounce upon tha|in .y " wanhaka Corinthian Yacht club, and “Original Story, that's right. 4 n ths a lovely parlor where a lady was here do you stay? To it tarctly e Tt nister | VlI8Ee at midnight and we would have | Dlaying a piano. “At night old Nora lets me hav many celebrated yachts visit this sec- and some sunflowers called The Dwarf, with lit- tle flowers not half as large as the other kind, and it is just a bouquet . in itself. It has over 50 buds and blossoms and it is over five feet high. Then, we have one bed of house plants and in this bed I have two at | great large Sultana or weeping Susies bigger around than a hogshead, and they look pretty just this time of year. JCY A. CARTER. earain, 1 love to see pretty flowers. Hope ~ . Our good pastors name was Eider | went t 2 v Wide-Awakes do, too. It Story! er 0 the lake for two weeks, &fter | be he is a good boy and will give me |he wants to 80 outdoors he pushes |all the e- Awakes m’::"’:;‘ m:" “::n'- e S O T ANLEY CONNOR, Age 11. |BFewster. We all loved to. hear the | which we came home. his hoop. ] eould play a little and |the screen door open. When we at . LU € a m Versailes, word of God come from his lips, The MILDRED E. WHITE, Age 14. poor beggar.” he stands up on his hind legs and begs. | Hampton. panion for himself.” This is because 73 58 SR Sl next year more people came over to Stafford Springs. “Yes,” sald Leo, “you may have it.| When my mother psed to go out at| oo there is always..pleasure to be had Eugene Field. Jjoin us, and so we held a feast on the Come and see where I live. 1 know my |night and get him he would let her from a cultivated mind. = A mind-with| Eugene Field was a writer. He was | of our lnding mnd. ber i ppwar The Cloth Industry, QAN VI v i S DUSE ol DIVS 10NN Sieue W5 B, thely Re ‘weut u nice books. If you try to be ood | off. ; God for our safe deliverance to our| In making cotton cloth, it goes|porhape fos yore & Then it goes ipto the carding ma-| One day in October my sisters and 1|my mother was dressed up would we celebrate it every year at the same | chine, which combs all the little fbres it vy R follow her; but when she wasn't time, and it is called Thanksgiving. |out straight and divides the mass of | ™ Tr was o worm Gay and The Soa Wos e far as she would. FRIEDA RETKOVSKE. |cotton into soft ropes of yarn. Sever- | sninine very bri e e p ey The two Colt girls came to see little| The last petal was “silk. i “Al'% one afternoon. % “Ho!” said the eldest Coit girl, “I “We thought maybe you would like | wouldn't wear -silk if I was going to The' Weassl, twisted into fine, strong threads. When we got to the woods we began| South Covent The next process js weaving. This| o pick nuts. The nuts that we picked to go picking' daisies,” they said, - ride in a wheelbarrow!” and then they | This small animal is found fairly |i® done by a machine called a loom.|yer, chestnuts. There were many “Mother -said we might go if we'd|all laughed. They laughed at every-|Plentiful all over the northwest. Jnflong threads called warp are wound . b L Par hoties &' big ok, She'e | thisg: Ku ey g imrlien 18 0 ga winter it has & splendid coat of purs|upon rollers and Phoins S thwise chestnut trees In our woods and so we Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to were busy picking nuts all day. made. The potatoes going to dry them for daisy tea.” fields thht bright, warm June day, with | White fur with the exception of the | through the loom. Other threads o Wa took some lunch with us and ely those that ‘What are es good for?’ asked |the birds singing and the deisies nod- [tP Of the tall, which is coal black.|called flling are wound upon bob- hd - y ave u a meighbor had just dropped in to | ding all about them. In summer the weasel is pure brown |ins, which are held in a shuttle. The SRS fof afhet wee. When brought borrow an 2 hen Mary learned the words and |2nd the fur is valueless at that time, | shutties are placed in the loom and | ches S the Tyctecy thiy ate pinced in ‘For night-sweats,” said the eldest Fanny’s fortune, and then they The weasel throughout Canada is|2re thrown back and forth very rapid- dries them up garret every summer.” | whether they - got-coaches or whips, | Prings prices from 15 cents to $1.25.| by the movement of the machine, Mary's- mpther took down her littie | siik or delaine, it was enough to be |1t I8 @ bloodthirsty little animal, often | After the cloth is woven it is passed R e Ty, girl's hat from the nail. little. Mary, ‘ond the wall into the al of these ropes are put together and | ,aq a pall. ALICE G. KINNEY, Age 12. immense urn. In the center of this Voit girl in a capable manner “Mother | toth told Hester's. They didn’t care |{le Wwhite turning variety. Its fur |lv between the threads of the warp R “n.m ';"m: ::‘:p-'rh:nmh: ":.."‘;‘Z,’.:Ifi ‘work. t center of a daisy, and trim off the |around bush piles and logs where they | New York City. e TP W o, s Another Norwich Case not His Doan's Kidney Pills. tell | ge Norwich, says: rhaps papa will give you a home and | Sometimes he goes to bed with me. : y Indians an es are loosened an: SARAH B Age 11. |automobile. I thought sure he was : all of our neighbors and feasted to- | the cotton s fed between rollers cov-| Fitchville. dead, Dut he got up and ran under |'t Proves That T o Wiyt St e . g gether. We had tur) pumpking | ered with fine wire teeth which pick — the doorstep. . Many Suffering Norwich Folks. 2 - E and all the luxuries we uld afford. | out all the dirt and bits of stalk. Chestnutting. I used to have a cat once that when o g This seems a long time ago, but still he Just another report of a case ip Norwich. Another typical case. ney allments relieved in Norwich with Kid- Mrs. Roland Ockery, 262 Franklin “Pains in the ton |small of my back caused me great suffering. Whenever 1 stooped, sharp an | twinges darted through my body and 1 was handicapped in doing my house- work. I felt miserable when I began are | using Doan’s Kidfiey Pills, procured trouble was removed.” thoroughly washed. From here they N. D. Sevin & Son’s Drug Store. sitting under 'a shady tree, pulling | Killing partridges and chickens, suck- | swiftly between red hot rollers which from N. . "¥ou may. bring me a bunch, too” ke et S iy ing_thelr ‘blood. : singe off the littls fbres, thus making " T P Tore oraters mune | Thelr good effect was soon noticeabls e “My aunt that lives with uys,” said els are very strong and fleet e smooth. b ued taki em until the Away they went, the Coit girls and | Hester, “can make = little face in the | Of f00t. They are most usually found | GEORGE BIENENSTOCK, Age 14. -t A B B e L st g oroad fleld white with daisies. They | white leaves so they will look like a [hunt for mice, and are also found| (The Wide-Awakes have never NO MORE TROUBLE. satheved, their hands full . and their|rumed-cap.” . - $7 around Iakes. adopted a club color.—Uncle Jed.) settied and h e Ao Rt - Sanant. st 116 3 lay, it was| “Father says daisies are weeds,” re-| In the early part of the winter they . Tondes o sl g . S gt Ay sleasaat; it e t:_&"fgi it was the | markeq. Fanny, “but I think they are |are more plentiful than in the latter Coal. ewlundian ;nu m"mmmtmvfll‘m o “D-’-m xia. preti ? e . d for lots of things, it season. + When ormer sta - A m under the shade ::: we:;a."o - . they |1 deep d cold they go un;orm '"l; The Srat coal found in America was o~ . = of w . ‘apple tree, and| I love daisies” said lttle Mary,” |Snow hunting for mice and only come | Pather Hemn .’:lun? %" Franch :':'p'::r:r’ across the mouth of Gt of Bt bréi" to rest and | Buddenly Hester started up. up_occasionally, Who traveled through that part of our 3 |_“Fanny!” she exclaimed, “don’t you| The fur of the weasel is used .in |country hefi'{ for 't‘gm'l"! t:];i :en;;::ng:r, mofher was getting ready :‘;‘:"{rzgl;fl::‘:fu gloves and some- | “The first coal mines worked in the o nuts? - 2 ] Eadird ughnu am going straight | THEODORE ABEL, “Age 12, United States wers not far from Rich- But Mary. stayed under the tree long; Yantic enough: to make . her ‘"daisjes into a e Ty great bunch which took both hands to Punished. carry. ‘Then she went happily home. Jones saw Tompkins coming to- . “Here.are:your dalsies, mother!"” she | ward him, and he noticed that his tal | seid. ‘.Are you ‘going to dry them up | countenance looked as though it had garret b n _ througk a very bad time, in- Nat thsse et her. Agptns, i aseh o 2 ing, and she brought out-two blue and| “I say, old chap,” he said, with alarm {-White ginger jars and a little red crock | “whatever is the matter with your 80 that Mary could make bouquets for | face?” 2 the sitting room and tea table. Mary replied Tompkins, ver | Icoked at the dear daisies with their) down th _centers and pufe white petals, |: ughts came, into her heart' that she -Jcould not: put in words, but she. said | A workman coming the opposi softly: -~ {lurched up ag me, hit me in the think daisies are good for a great | mouth with a pickaxe and knoel e, { deal, I do!”—M, B, You Compan- | togth out!" i 5 | ] <! i 8&? i #8a It é ; A Corn Roast. Dear Uncle Jed: 1 am going to : ! g%, ‘lgig 5i‘ ; 55 i ‘?5' i {i iyes on a farm and Soon she said it : | i i i i 5 :% ; : | R w* MARIAN M. WHEELER, Age 13. Stonington. d who Invited me to her sults.” tell we we nmey Pills. They cured me of kidney «a"""“' and 1 have been in good health since. Otheérs of my family have taken this remdy with good re- Price S0c, at all dealers. Don't sim-