STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
By MAX TRELL
"THE DAYS are getting rice and warm,” Knari, the Shadow Boy with the Tizzed-About Nate, ssid to his old Friend Vocle Purch.
The Swimming Hole
-Frog Taught Punch To Swim And Dive-
both in the Prang into
he
way in which the water and in the way in which he kicked out his legs behind him when he
swam.
"And that," said Uncle
and plump and he always wore Funch. is how I learned how to swim down in the old swim- a bright green bathing suit.
ming hole near our house. But
is
.** 'Come here, my lad,' he that was long ago and the only said to me
bole one morning-or swimming
I know at least that's what I thought down at the seaside." he said. 'Just do exactly what "Why. that's the ocean!" swim as well as any I'm doing and you'll be the fin- cried Knarf, Frog in the world?”'
est swimmer and diver that
"So it is, so it is," said Uncle ever lived.'"
Punch, who had returned to Uncle Punch said that that writing his letter. "But it's the was exactly what he did.
He only
swimming hole I know imitated the old Frog
exactly about now."
words about Uncle Punch not I could Uncle Purch, who was sitting being able to swim. at his desk writing a letter or
"My Boy," said Uncle Punch sunnathing, - simply mumbled, in an indignant voice, “did you
Kunstm-mm, yes, so they are, ever see
a Frog dive and 'so they are.”
Swim?"
Krarf said he did. "My Boy," said Uncle in hopes Uncle Punch would again, "do you think frish writing his letter and pay Frog is a good diver and some attention to him, “did you mer?" ever go swimming in a swim- ming hole?**
"Uncle Punch," said "Enari, after waiting a moment or two
Continued writing
"Oh yes," said Knart. Uccle Punch nodded. "My Boy," he said for
"Why?" asked Knarf. "Because," said Uncle Punch, and here he took a deep breath and looked at Knarf sternly, "because," he continued, "it was Punch a Frog who gave me my first that a swimming and diving lesson." swin.-
was so surprised to hear this that he could only gasp:
“I didn't know that a Frog the gave you swimming lessons,
Uncle Punch.”
"Certainly certainly,” said third time, it may come as a Uncle Purch, still writing his stuprise to you to be told that Jefter
I dive and swim just as well as by Frog that ever jumped in the water of a swimming hole."
"What was i like? asked Knar. "And what is, a swim- ming hole anyway? Is it a real
Uncle Punch rose from his bale? If it isn't why is it called desk and walked around the a boler Art why do People go room with his hands folded be
Plussing in 12?”.
hind his back. He always Unade Puech remained slent this when he felt angry and
Punch?” – shouted dignart,
theek. “I bet you can't even - "I didn't mean to hurt your
feelings," said Koert.
These words caused Uncle Punch to lift his head with a start. He laid down his pen
"How's that?” he asked, "what did you say?"
Enerf calmly repeated his
Knarf
His story
Uncle Punch walked about the room as he spoke:
"It happened many years ago when in a house in the country. Down I was a Boy. We lived did the road was a deep hole where] la- many years before the Farmers had taken stones out of the ground to use to build their houses with. The hole got filled up with rain water. That's why it was called a swimming hole. "Now 'down in that hole," continued Uncle. Punch, "there to even think that I can't swim. was an old
Frog. He was a “Do you know why I said that fine-looking fellow. He was big
"Think no more about it," said Uncle Punch. He patted Kuart on the shoulder," "It's just that I don't like anyone
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