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STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

By MAX TRELL

İVEN before they reached the edge of the lake in the middle of the park Knarf and Hamid, the Shadow Children with the Turned About Names beard voices.

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They could

pf the words.

make out same

"Stay there! Don't We'll get you di!”

The First Plunge

-The Shadons Watch A Frightened Baby Duck-

the water

with bridge.

1.¢ etck to make the

"Thank you for being 50 kind." the fat, comfortable-look- ing Duck said to everybody. "I know you all meant well. But none of you knew what

you and were talking about.

to jump into save the small Duck!

But no one

had, to do any- thing. For the small Duck, looking bright and happy and cheerful and almost as comfort able as its mother, was paddling around in the water.

"A Squirrel is a Squirrel, and a Dog is a Dog, and a Snail is a Snail, and a Grasshopper is a a Grasshopper, and a Sparrow is a Sparrow and a Robin is a Robin, but a Duck baby Duck-is always a Duck. Didn't I tell you?" And a Duck must go in the asked the mother Duck.

water! How do you like pad-. "I don't even feel wet," dling, Baby?" said the small Duck.

"There!

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even a

There, fat, comfortable-looking mother They looked around.

the ground next to Duck and hopped up and down sitting on the bush, was a large, fat, com- in front of her and said she was cruel to make her poor little fortable-looking Duck, move!

Duck jump into the water.

But the large Duck looked at

Then it paddled all around them and said in a more com-' fortable voice than ever that the rock, and climbed up again,

what they didn't know

they and jumped in again, and pad-

dled around some more.

"And a Duck is a Duck and were talking about.

"We wouldn't make our little

It was still paddling around I'm getting hungry," Knarf said ones jump into the water!" the when the Squirrel and the small to Hanid as they started back Sparrows said.

brown Dog came dashing up for home.

Knarf and Hanid ren as fast un they could. They didn't have Me to speak. But they knew something must be wrong.

"No! No! Don't jump!” cried

walces. Knart and Hanid darted past fast bush and ran around last tree at the bottom of hil. At last they were at e edge of the lake. Then they Badr what was wrong.

Standing on a small rock that

• up out of the water about ree or four feet from the edge be fake was a Duck. It was as big as an egg. It didn't very happy. The rock was surrounded by water. Excited crowd

On the edge of the lake was a whole excited crowd. There were several Sparrows, a Robin, a Squirrel, five or six Grass hoppers, & Snail and a small Brown Dog:

“Don't jumpl Stay right where you are! We'll get you **** the crowd was shouting.

"Oh dear Thing!" Hanid said.

·

"Jump, dear," the large, fat, comfortable-looking Duck said in an inviting way. "Don't be afraid. Just jump."

Knarf and Hand looked at each other, wondering who the looking large, fat, comfortable Duck might be.

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Can't paddle Meanwhile the small, unhappy Duck on the rock in the water, turned around, sat down, stood around again up again, turned and finally said.

"Do I have to jump into the water, Mommy?"

"Of course you do," said the large Duck in a kindly, com- fariable voice. *"But I'll get wet" said the small Duck.

said the

"Indeed you will,” mother Duck.

"And I can't paddle," said the down and small Duck, sitting standing right up again.

"You haven't tried," said the

**Jump!" mother Duck.

"No! Don't do it!" warned the crowd on the bank.

Then you poor little

And then, much to Kaart's and Hamid's astonishment, they beard another voice. It said: *Come on, come on, jump!”

the Squirrel and the `small brown Dog ran off to stick to make a look for a bridge between the rock and 'the bank The Sparrows and the Robin went tip to the large,

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"And neither would we!" chirped the Robin.

"You're not Ducks and you don't know what you're talking about," replied the large Duck. "Come, dear," she called over "There's the small Duck. nothing to be afraid of. It's good for a Duck to get into the water. You won't even feel wet. Jump!"

to

"I hope she's right," · Hamid whispered to Knarf.,

Tripped and tumbled

And just then the small m- happy Duck turned around and tripped and tumbled into the water!

The Robin and the Sparrows and the Grasshoppers and the Snail let out gasps and held an to one another.

But

the mother

Duck just kept sitting comfortably on the round next to the bush and waited.

Knarf and Hanid were about

|WITH RAIN AND IS WASHED. AWAY

NOT

AY BOY FRIEND

WELS

Four D. Jones W12 SETS SOAKED BY MADDOCKS

JONES- JONAH DARLING COME OUT OF THAT PUDDLE

FERD'NAND

YAWN

HE JUST MELTED INTO A RAIN FUDDLE

WELL IKABOD, I RECKON WE CAN CONTINUE WITH

OUR SEARCH

YEP, IT'S STOPPED

RAINING

"It's wonderful, Mommy!" the small Duck called back as it paddled round and round and round the rock.

·Rupert and the Goninies-44

The two pals feel very pleased with themselves at the way things have worked out. "What luck that no more of those Gomaies were sold !" chuckles Rupert.

says

didn't he?" They catch the first bus to Nutwood and hurry home- ward. "Now we'd better go and tell those gnomes of yours." Gregory. firmly. to them alone, so that's what I must do. You go home and I'll tell you all about it tomorrow.” ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

"No," says Rupert They ordered me to go

There will be no more bother now. I wonder if that shopman ever had that sort of trouble before. He did seem bewildered,

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