The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 108

I flora sccttom 1 THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE BROOKLYN-NEW YORK, SUNDAY, MAY 13. 1923 39 By Jane Corby 1 It's strange what little lines there another verv close; it's' And here's a carriase built for tools). They need no horse to two). Tom's busv with the upon a paper can become; it round and rather blotty; I'm two (the wheels. I think, are draw it; here a lively mouse he is aoing for a ride; and happens that today they're turn- pretty sure, yes, I am right! spools; Tom made it by himself, will do (at least he will for Dotty's packing lunches; she will 2 The little mouse is balkv rhmw that rioht before warm and sunny; flowers are huge horned caterpillar fills the horrorslbee those wmskera peer ing round behind a tree! Some, monster is in hiding whote whiskers can they be? he refuses to depart; they have to his twitching nose, soon gets that blooming everywhere; the great little Thumbs with fright; the rig up something that will make small mouse going pretty fast, big birds are singing (big be- mouse, however, dashes on, and him want to start.

A piece of you may suppose! The day is side the Thumbs compare). A soon it drops from sight. But 3 "Gr-rr-rr! Sauee- "Oh. do not eat him. Pussy renlv.

Rut hark "Bow-wow!" Swich I Thit nnuv mn Thumb and Dottv nana week!" What swift and pouncing please," the small Thumbs loudly Ah, help is near; puss trembles and scurries down the road; she's on tight for dear life: they'd cut paws! A pussycat (both wild and cry: the cat lifts high the fright- to her tail: a poodle dog is com- in such haste that she forgets the wagon loose if only Tom had fierce) has mousie in his clawsl ened mouse, and shakes him for ing see the guilty cat turn pale! to drop her heavy load. Poor brought his knife. 4 Right over iences. round squ Hit small cart bumped acrobai. The vMVy barked Rut That is this? A tret! A And as the mouse is stiU a cap- 1 a barn ran pussy Vtke a streak: arid rattled; Tom and Dot both loudly and raced after with his tree! Without a pause or stop tive, up the tree goes he, and I with mousie in her jaws and giv- lost their hats, and every little ears both dipping in the breeze- fhe pussy jumps right off the with him goes the cart, and Tom rs.

up to the 3 you see. 5 And now. to aether breath, to slide I Will thev be dashed to "So" HmMm usfl owner comes The aniry bird- Hies away tor miles until he the pussy's jaws are ODened wide, nieces on the rockv sround be. nr i nest owner siezes a ousie and the rest, and pulls the entire outfit out of his own private nest. He and down, and down and down- low? A bird's nest is beneath Thumbs.

"Ah, safe at last!" ward mouse and Thumbs begin them, and the answer now is cries Dotty; but look, there the comes right to the sea, and drops them in and they are washed away from you and I.