STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
By MAX TRELL MENKRAL Tin,” said Teddy,
the Staffed Bear, "T'd like to koow something from,`` you. And so would my good friends, Kart any Hiawatha.” ....
The Parrot Island
-General Tin Lived There For Several Montbs-
have caught a Parrot if he had been on that island
"Of course I didn't catch any," said General Tin. "Those Parrots were the owners of the Island. They were my friends." "'Stay as long as you like,' "At first I thought there was they told me.
"So
I built myself a little You've ex- a whole crowd of People living
house in the middle of the you've been on the island. For it seemed to
Tell us, me I could hear the voices of island. And they helped me
come Men and Ladies and Boys and build it."
we'd like to
As be said this, Teddy pointed "This is what to Enarf, the Shadow Boy with know, General Tin. the Turned-About Name, and plored a lot and
Small-Sized all around the world. Hiawatha, the Wooden Inchian, who had just please, where Parrots come into the room, right be- from?"
“That's right,” said Knarf.
Warm parts Hiawatha, being a Wooden Parrots," said General Tio, Indian, never spoke unless he "come from lovely, warm parts He nodded his head of the world where the sun which was just as good as, talk- shines and where it's almost
except that it didn't make always spring. Safee. Keanwhile, General Tin stood vy skæright and tall with hit muskat over his shoulder, and wake for Trudy to ask him wind be at Kharf and Hal wallz wanted to know, “You've explorect
ed
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" Lave" salg General Tho,
Lot,
"Have you been all over the worki?” asked Teddy,
“I Have?” said General Tin.
meg to Knari,
E
to "Hiawatha
Girls.
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"How could Parrots help any- build a house?" Teddy
"Thank you very much for body welcoming me to your beautiful asked. island,' I said, as I looked all around me, hoping to see who 1 was talking to.
at
"We're right here!' answered "I coce discovered an island, the voices. 'We're looking I where only Parrots lived,
you.' called it Parrot Island.”
"I must beg your pardon,
People. I don't my dear you, I said.
Teddy and Knari promptly asked General This to tell them all be knew about Parrot Island. Mawatha didn't say anything, but the expression on his face left no doubt that he wanted to know, toe.
"It wasn't a very largu is- said.
·General Ti land," "Thers were nia houses on it, only trees.
"But the wonderful thing was this.
"As soon as my ship landed on the flad I was surprised to bear perhaps a thousand- to General volcesy all calling out:
Welcome! Welcome!!
sce
"We're Hot People,' ap- swered the voices. We're up here in the trees."
They're parrots!':
"Then, for the first time, 1 on the saw that the People' island were green-and-yellow- end-grey-talking-Birds. That is to my, FarTDES.”
・ “Did you catch any?” Teddy asked.
"I hope you did," said Knarf. Flawalho didn't say anything, but he looked as if he would ·
"They brought me wood and clay and reeds and stones.
If there's anything else you need, please let us know,' they kept saying to mu.
on
Several months
"I lived for several months
It that beautiful island. was wonderful to go walking through the woods and to hear voices from every treetop say- General. ing, 'Good morning. We hope you're feeling well today!"
"And the nicest thing of all," sala General Tin, "and the sad- dest, happened when I left.
"As I got back into my ship, I heard all those hundred or thousand voices saying:
"Goodbye,
Tin. General Please come and see us again!""
Rupert and the Purple Star-35
Rupert shouts in inswer to the call and tries to shuffle back Before he can reach the entrance a familiar figure hurrits forward. Oh Bill. Bill, I am glad to see you!" cries the little bear "Where have you been?" "I had run errands for my
ALL RIGHTS
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mummy, so I couldn't join you when you went to see Sam," says Bill, but I went later and siw you dragged away and I've fot lowed, keeping out of sight. What He rapidly does it all mean?" anfastens Rupert's cords and listens to the strange story. RESERVED
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