The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-15
So,,ir,ie's Ride.

o,o .;,,e a little suuirlie went down
20 tha river and he saw great big
chin and he say, My. wouldn't II oe
a lot of fun to get on that olu "'f
and have a ride out on the river
60 he got on the chip and gave
big push out into the river aiu ~"
M his little tail. and the Niho p',"
through his little tail. wzh- n, ana ne
say. INV, isn't this lot Of tun!
Rut a great big old fish came up ne
hind and went hump, bump. bump
on the chip with his nose. Souirae
turn round and say: Here, now What
you doing? Stop your Dumping my
chip"
Ola fsi,ie laugh and say. whats
the matter Can't you swim
Suoirlie say: Don't want 10 SWIM.
Come out for a ride and don't want
TO swim
old flshie say, Guess better bump
you Off the chip and make you swim
Sauirlie say: Now don't you do 1t.
don't want to swim
Old fshie say, stick down your NJ
| tie tail them"
Squirlie say. What l want to stick
down my little tail for
Old fishie say. so I can bite II.
Squirle say, Il don't want my tail
bited."
Old fshie say, Stick down your lit
| tie foot then
Squirlie say. what / want to stick
down my little foot for 7"
| Old fishie say. so can bite it,
Squiriie say. Il don't want my foot
| bited,''
| Old fshie say, Stick Gown your lit
| tie ear them"
| Squirlie say. What / want to stick
down nay little ear for?"
Old fshie say. so can bite It,"
.utta l.lt, sfYrs
/ bited"
/ Old fishie say, We'll, then. guess
Id better bump you off into the water"
Just then the chip came along under
| a great limb of a tree, and squirlie gave
| a jump and scrambled UP on the limb.
| and he laugh at the old tlshie cause he
| couldn't get him.
/ He waited until he thought the old
| fishie had gone away, then he say
| Guess Ill go down new ana have an
! other ride on the old chip"
SO squrlie jumped off the limb. went
t down and got OH his chip. and stack his
/ little tail up. and had another ride,
and the wind blew through his tail,
wzh- h. and he say, My. isn't this a
/ lot of fun"
But old tishie came up behind him
/ as fast as he could come and gave
IA great big bump on the CHIP and
/ knocked little squiriie off ka- splash
1 into the water, and old fishie laugh
I like everything when he saw little SPUR
| lie tryin' so hard TO swim, and he
came up behind him an grabbed squir-
| He's tail in his mouth.
S9elElie- say, Here. yna lat. GO, Han
t can ! swim with you hanging onto my
! tail ?"
| That made old fshie laugh so hard
| he opened his mouth wide an let go
/ squirlie's TAIL an squirlie scrambled
up the bank as fast as he could CO.
j! and shake off the water, an say; Il
| know what I'll do. I'll go over under
! that big tree and get hick'y nut. and
/ when old tishie goes Away, I'll have an
/ other ride on the old clip
| So squirlie went over under the big
tree and got hick'y nut. and came back
and got on the chip ana was eating
| and having fine ride, when old tishie
came up an say, Hello. squirlie. what
YOU chewin' on? '''
Sauirlie say, Chewing on a hick'y
nut"
Old fshie say. Give me bite"
Squirlie sar You couldn't bite
hick'y nut"
Old fishie say, 9Th snow you how
/ bite" And old fishie gave the chip
bump and tried 60 knock sQ-irlie
off into the water. But squiriie stuck
on tight, and only the hick'y nut dropp-
ed into the water an the old fishie
grabbed IT. Ofd fishie didn't have any
teeth for biting. a hick'y nut. and it
hurt to bite on such a hard thing. so
he shook his head like everything, and
that made squiriie laugh. And old
fishie was very mad and say, I'll show
you | can bitel" And he was going
to bump him off in the wa.e.- sure. but
just then the chip ws-s unuer great
big limb. and squirle gave a jump up
onto the limb an got away. So the
fshie bumped his nome on the chip for
nothing. and squirlie say, Guess | had
enough ride for to- day anyhow
s- So he got some. more nuts an ran
home an told his folks what fine
ride he'd had on his chip.--A. w. Brett,
in Childrens Magazine.