The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-23
A DVENTURES OF FlDO,
n THE PET DOG.
He Falls Into Thanksgiving Land
Where a Princess Was Cooking
and a King Had an Accident.

Fido had scarcely been thrown violently
| from the Wind and Air Limited Express
before he fell into another strange land.
How do YOU dor" said the King OF the
land, politely.
"Oh, ! just dropped in" said Fido. airily.
| II WAS easy for him to be airy because he
had travelled through so much air that
he had great deal to spare.
Where am II" inquired Fido. like . lady
recovering from faint.
you are not in a wherer said the King
-You are in an II. You are In Thanks
giving Land"
At these solemn and mysterious words
the little Princess began TO roll her rolling
pin like anything and the King at once
proceeded to read noisily and inharmoni-
ously from cook book.
Fido no doubt would have at once learned
a great deal about cooking II the King had
not insisted greediy on taking a large bite
out Of a cooky every time he reached the
| name of anything. Consequently his read
ing was more mumbly than instructive.
why do you call it Thanksgiving LandT'
inquired Fido. respectfully and sardonically.
after patiently waiting for almost three
minutes.
Because Thanksgiving grows here and
all the things that are cooked and all the
mince pies and all the nightmares" said
the King in manner at once condescendlng
and indignant.
you must be a delightfully."- ignorant
little dog" said the Princess, full Of SYM
PATTY and sarcasm. where do you sup
pose the Thanksgiving turkeys come from'
| Did you think that they grew on trees''
.Trees!" shrieked the King, taking an
other immense bite out Of his cookie
Trees! | wish they did grow on trees Here
| we are rushed to death with orders Tor
| turkeys and things. and half the turkey and
strike l do declare that it takes away
most all the pleasure Of being King
Where's our royal wife,"
"She is out shopping, Sire said small
voice that came from No Where; No
| where. as Fido soon learned. bounds thanks
giving Land everywhere.
Shopping" screamed the King full
of hunor and rage. with one million
four hundred and thirty-two thousand
three hundred and forty-one mince pies
TO deliver"
Bring US 90 900 pounds Of seeded raisins
al onceN commanded the Princess.
Immediately the persons in Nowhere
| hurled a whole April shower OF raislns upon
the table and the Princess rolled dough
until the table got 20 hot that II began to
smoke.
taking another another bite out Of the cookie. And
Of course the table stopped at once.
Fido observed that although the King
| ate from the cookie so constantly that his
mouth was perpetually full Of 1t. yet it
never grew smaller. As soon as he thought
this. the King said sadly;
yes, know This cookie IL my greatest
invention patented In Thanksgiving Land
and the neiehboring Kingdoms of Buxte-
nude. Wow-Wow and Bluesky, patents
| applied for in Germany, Great Britain and
the FIJI Islands. II Is my great aiw ays-eat-
and-never-ate indestructible cookie. But
none of my workmen has been able to imi-
tate the pattern, 80 maybe l will never he
| able TO introduce II. Alas. alas! alas! alas!
The King began 10 weep daintily and pro-
fusely into the dough.
DO YOU make your turkeys with rolling
pin, too?" asked fido. after he had watched
the Princess roll out four hundred and
fty-seven thousand cakes cookies.
pies and biscuits in one minute and one
Land roared aloud in anguish and enjoy
ment But the Princess kept on rolling
| dough like mad and answered 80 sweetly
that Fido could taste the sugar in the air.
NO, foolish Fdo. The turkeys are
in the factories Of Thanksgiving Land is
To mix the turkey meat. Having meat on
| turkeys il the very latest style.
THE meat all comes from Goody Island
that lies in the Gravy Sea near here. When
the meat is all finished the gobbe machine
60 to work and turn out sobbles TO put In
| the turkeys The gobble makes the tur-
KEYS much more life-like, we think, don't
you?
Then they 60 to another factory. where
they are Drowned and carving knives and
forks are stuck in Then they are finished
| and we slide them down the ohutes to World
Land. whore all the children and men and
women and dogs arc waiting for their
| Thanksgiving feast.
and ridiculous information in his head
to tell the little girls in World Land all
about II. For the same reason he also
impressed himself with the fact that the
Princess was nicely dressed in a sky,olue
gown with bright yellow bows around the
| bottom
Her sleeves were dark blue and her apron
was bright red. She used solid gold
rolling pin, and the dough was deliciousiy
| and amiably yellow.
The King was dressed tastefully and
plainly in bright green mantle with pink
| shoes He had blond chin whiskers and
his eyes we're black. His hair was snow
| white and his crown was blue and gold.
all this before the King suddenly took
another long bite out Of his cookie, and
in that instant it broke into A3 pieces. -.
Thereupon the King abolished the smile
from his face like lightning and began 10
gobbe and gobble A he gobbled his face
grew redder and redder and his chin whis-
kers became all colors, and his mantle
began to sprout feathers. and before Fidoo
knew what had happened the King Of
Thanksgiving Land was great big turkey
gobbler
The little Princess laughed with sorrow
at the doleful and improving spectacle.
All the persons in Nowhere began 20
jeer and giggle in utterly respectful and
humble fashion.
Fdo jumped on the King turkeys back
and the royal bird tapped his wings and at
once flew out of Thanksgiving Land with
a pleasant groan of dismay, They flew and
flew until they flew slap! bang! into a sold
blue wall. The sudden shock threw Fido
over it and he found himself at once In
another queer land,
NEW YORK WATER COLOR CLUB.