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STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

By MAX TRELL

"KLOP-KLOP-Hop,"

books.

Came

the sound of Horse's

Knarf, the Shadow Boy with the Turned About Name

Giddap Remembers

-When She Was A Colt, She Lived On A Farm-

can

pened his eyes. Even though rupted himself to say, "what is he was still half asleep, there a Colt?" was a smile on his face, for there was nothing pleasanter sort in the morning than to wake to the sand of the hoof beats of the Milk Wagon Horse named

Ran to window

to the window and

corner of the time to see Gid- cheerfully as she

away. Then I came to this city and became a Milk Wagon Horse."

Sounded sad

For a moment, Knarf thought Giddap sounded sad but he farm. Our master brought him couldn't be sure. When the out to the field. He looked us Milkman returned he climbed all over-my mother, my back on his seat and said: father and all my brothers and "Giddap!"

Giddap pranced away as "I heard him tell my master cheerfully as ever. And Knarf a couple of thought he heard Giddap 535-

.sisters.

"Why is he called a Boy if that he wanted

wanted strong Ponies to take out West ing he's a Man?" Giddap

to work on a ranch with the Cowboys. to know.

Knarf could only shake head because he really know.

Giddap tossed her head in a

of laugh Horses laugh, you know-and answered that a Colt was a young Horse. а name for "It's another Baby," Giddap said.

"I'm glad to know that," Knarf said.

Picture of horse "Now about this funny thing that I just saw," said Giddap, is it. Just before I vevo after her. "this minutes later, Kharf turned the corner to come down I passed a movie at the curb in the street, house, talking to theatre and there, on the out- Milk Wagon Horse, side, I saw a painted picture of the Milkman moved a Horse."

the

Was a Man riding on the Horse?" Knar! asked

"Yes, he was" said Giddap. "He pas

a Cowboy," said

houses row of battles of fresh milk. saw something that me of the days long,

mai Į vas a you "Cowboy?” replied Giddap. Gidday said

Exchanged "Good "Is that like a Calf? Is that a young Cow?" ngs.

after she

what this funDDY

that Giddap had seen

her of something

Knarf

Not a baby cow Knarf shook his head. "No, a Cowboy im'i a Baby happened when she Cow. He's a Man who rides the range out West and "And anyway," Knarf inter- takes care of Cows."

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"I may not be helping a Cowboy take care of the Coys, Milkman but I am helping a

his didn't "But he didn't pick me,” Gid- take care of the milk-and

dap added. "He picked my that's almost as good."

and my young

And Knart smiled. He knew both went then that Giddap was happy.

"Well," said Giddap, "I sort young brother of guessed the Man was Cow- sister. And they boy and the Horse, his pal.

took

of care

the They both Cows. Because in the painted

movie picture in front of the house, I could see a whole big that looked crowd of Animals like Cows.”

Called a herd

"They aren't called a crowd of Cows," said Knarf. "They're called a herd of Cows.”

"Now, when I was a Colt," Giddap said, "I lived on a farm far from this city. My father often used to talk about how

wonderful it would

be if we'd

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all go out West and live on ranch and ride with the Cow- boys while they took care of the Cows."

"Oh, that would have been a wonderful idea," said Knarf. "Didn't you go?”

"I almost did," said Giddap. "One day a Man came to

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