STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
By MAX TRELL FROM far away, Kharf and
Hanid the Shadows with
the Turned-About Names, heard
Ting-a-Ling's voice,
Hello, --up there!" he was
Ting-a-Ling's Birthday
Knärf And Hanid Help Their Friend Celebrate-
"But who else is coming, Ting-a-Ling?" Knarf cried.
a
Before Ting-a-Ling had chance to answer, the sound of voices came from the garden.
""They're here! They've come!"
Met the guests
calling. "Hello, Hanid! Hello, selves slide down. Down, down "The best present you could Ting-a-Ling cried. Knard Why don't you come they went, down, down until give me you've given me: you've
finally, with a little bump, they brought yourselves," said Ting-Knart and Hanid met all down and Fee me?"
of Ting-a-Ling's guests. landed in Ting-a-Ling's garden a-Ling.
They met Rat-a-Tat who was just to one side of the cherry
Knari and Hanid thanked a carpenter and Drop-a-Stitch tree.
came running Ting-a-Ling for the nice com- who was a tailor and Pat-a-Pat and Rub-a- pliment.
who was a baker
Speaks for both Knarf answered back, both for Homself and for his Aster:
"We'll be right down, Ting-a- Ling! Where will we and you?" my house," Ting-a-Ling's voice came back. T be wait- Ing: for you."
Ting-a-Ling over to help them up.
Like everything else in the Bhie China Plate, Ting-a-Ling was old. He was wrinkled and he had a wispy beard, But his as pins. eyes were as blue as the Blue They dimbed up to the top of China Plate itself. the pantry shelf and there, on the middle shelf, somewhat to the left was a small, very old,
blue China Plate.
Then Knart and Hanid made themselves as small
In the plate
If you looked down into the plate you could see a hill and a Like and trees and flowers and a fock of Birds flying, and a little bouse on the hilltop.
Glad they came
"I'm glad you've come," he his said as he led them into
house.
And what a delightful house it was. There were straw mats on the floors. There were walls There that slid open and shut. were vases, and bowls with flowers in them
And if you koked very, very. And in the centre of Ting-a- closely, as Knarf and Hanid did Ling's best
a low
room
was
at this moment, down into the table covered with fruits and Blue China Plate, you would see nuts and cookies. a tiny Egure of a wrying up.
Chiriaman
"I'm expecting guests," Ting, That was Ting-a-Ling stand-a-Ling said. "That's way I'm so glad you've come. It's my birth- day."
ing on the steps of the house.
Knari and Hand wayed back. Then they climbed up to the edge of the plate and let them
"Oh, you should have told "Hanid said, "We would have brought you a present.'
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Rupert puts on his scarf and stroll towards the common, wonder how big the thing was that "I'll mummy saw," he thinks.
bick and ask her." Just then go he spies a little object up on the skyline. That looks like Rastus, the country mouse,” he murmurs.
NOW. SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE →WASHED THE POOR,
CHAR AWAY
"I'm expecting guests,” said Ting-a-Ling to the Shadows
Dub who was a laundryman and Ding-a-Dong who mended bells and Tick-a-Tock who fixed clocks and many other guests.
Knarf and Hanid filled them- selves up with fruit and nuts and cookies.
Knarf was so full and his tummy was so round that every- one decided he should change his name to Rolly Polly.
Remembered something
That night, long after they had said goodbye to Ting-a-Ling and returned home again, Hanid suddenly He hurries
remembered some- thing.
"I'll ask him first." up the slope and calls to his pal. To his surprise Rastus does not pause. **Don't stop me," he says. Never "They went this way. seen the things before. All different heights." !! What are you talking about?'' demanda Rupert.
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WELL, I-TRIED TO HELP - HOWEVER, I MIST GET ON WITH,
MY WORK,
APOOR.. LITTLE CRAYON JONES. HE DID NO ONE ANY HARM
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU”),
CARED
HE'S REALLY CUT-UP ABOUT.
CRAYON JONES:
"Oh dear," she said. "I forgot to ask Ting-a-Ling how old he was!".
"We'll ask him that on his next birthday," said Knarf, who should have been called Rolly Folly.
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