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STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

MAX TRELL

CHIRPIE Sparrow came to Windog.... Bil for his bregd

crumbs

and Hanid, the Shadow - Chlidyen, with the Tamed-About Names

had şeen Chispie come to the wine dow sill had seen him eat a drunk, de two-bad, seen him Bergsway—then had seen bis weken about ten minutes later.

I was after Chirple returned. that Fiskd asked him where had gone and what he had those: ten minutes that been away.

at

saka Chirpie, as be: a crumb of bread on top of his "besk, "Til tell- where I went and what I I went to the park, and I got there I planted en tres I built a bridge across I moved a river and I syrpebody's life.” Was very easy

́and) : Hanki stared

EUCH KITA METent that

usable to my

Kmart found his

exclaimed: those things in

Chirple

Bird Cherpic," said Hamid,

dek tree?"

Ten Busy Minutes

-What Chirpie Accomplished In A Very Short Time-

acorn

"And

"It wasn't hard at all," said it across and that was how I Chirpie. "I made a hole in the built a bridge across a lake."" ground near the top of the hill.

he really did," said Then I picked up an acorn in Knert to Hanid.

"Eut & ran puddle isn't my beak and dropped it in the hole. Then I covered the acorn realy a lake," said Hanid." with dirt. When the grows, it will become an oak tree."

"He's right" Knart said to Hanid

Hanid agreed that Chirpic, really planted an oak tree.

"Now the second thing you said, Chirpie, was that you built a bridge. across a, lake," Hanid, sald.

Chirple nodded. He had long go let the bread crumb that be was belancing on his beak drop into his mouth, He ate several more crumbs before he answered:

"Now there are all sizes of lakes. Some are big for People to row on. Some are no larger then rain puddles

"It was a lake to that Cater- pillar," said Chupie. "It would have taken him an hour to crawl all around it. But with the bridge he goi acs in three minutes.”

"How did you move a river?" asked Henid.

Rain river

"That was a littlo harder than building a bridge acros the lake," said Chirpic. "This was a rain river. It ran right into a rain puddle but on the way it flooded the underground house of a Mole.

"But what's this about saving

somebody's life?" Hanid asked

Chirpie.

"I did," said Chirpie.

"That's right," said Chirpie "I saved somebody's life. I'm comebody, I guess,"

Hanid had to agree that Chirple Sparrow had really told the whole truth. It was just as he had said.

He had planted an oak tree. He had laid a bridge across a Lake. He had moved a river. And he had saved somebody's life (his own!).

As a reward for all tho re-

"I saw a Cat-she was just about to jump on me. I gave markable things he had done a loud squawk. I frightened in ten minutes, Hanid ran back myself

that I flew into so much And that's how I saved Chirpie Away. somebody's life."

“Your own!" said Hanid,

got

the kitchen and

another handful of crumbs. And they weren't bread crumbs, either. They were cake crumbs!

Rupert and the Purple Star-29

"So I got some sand and flew with it and dropped it across

Ai the man seizes the black box the river until 1 made a dam so high that the water couldn't and tucks it under his arm Rupert flow over in Then the water screws up his courage to speak.

"Put that down! and the

he says. flowed to one side ........

in another whole river ran direction.”

How he did at "I met a: Caterpillar who wanted to get, from one side

"Which meant," said Knart, of a min-puddle lake to the other. So I got a twig and laid ' "that Chipie moved a river."

{

Four D. JoneS: THE FURALANS HAVE DELIVERED THEIR MISSILES BY MADDOCKS

COME ON NIONÇ...” LADS, LET'S GET THESE THINGS ON THEIR SITES SO WE CAN CHARGE

RENT.

TO THE WEIRDIE ISLAND

WELL, I'M AFRAID (OUR SLURP FIELDS WILL (GO FOR A BURTON, THATS

ALL THE SPACE

WE'VE GOT

trembling. It belongs to Sailor Sam, and he's gone to fetch Cone stable Growler. He'll be back any minute." 'Oh, will be ?" The

man seems smused at something. “I think not, little bear. Black Pedro cannot be caught by simple sailors or country coppers! Nor will he leave you here to give the alarm, You come with me." And. grabbing Rupert, he marches him rapidly away.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

| AND SO THE ROCKETS ARE HAULED ACROSS THE

SLURP FIELDS WITH RECKLESS ABANDON....

"YOU KNOW, OUR

KING SAYS THAT BECAUSE OF THESE ROCKETS OUR

ECONOMIC POSITION

„ROCKETS TOO

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Pen For Hea

THE BOLD NEW PEN DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY

. FOR MEN

FERDINAND

YEAH HE SAYS WE SHALL ALL HAVE

WASHING MACHINES,

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SWISSAIR

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NANCY

BUY SOME COOKIES AND HELP OUR GIRLS'

CLUB?

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