Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-11
p,et,, and the Hens Eoos.

ten you tonight about the elephan
who stepped on q tack; didn't I
well, this eaephant-eh? what's that
Not an elephant story? Oh, Of cours'
mot! How careless Of me! I remem
kber now. 1t was to be about Peeti'
and the hens eggs. Surely. But I've
rot an elephant story to tell you some
time.
Wen, 10 start all over again. You
see Peetie and Jackie had such a fne
time at the picnic, where they scared
away those two bad foxes. that they
wanted to 20 to another n the next
day; only there wasn't any.
II know what we'll do" suggested
Jackie to his brother, well go In the
barn and play hide and seek. It'll be
lots of fun"
So they scampered off to the barn,
and. would you believe me, neither OF
those puppy dogs fell down a single
time! Really, that's a fact! Oh, they
were getting to be pretty Arm on their
legs; perhaps when they thought OF
how brave they were, to scare off the
bad foxes, that helped them to stand
up straight.
Well, Jackie shut his eyes, and be-
gan to count up to a hundred barks.
while Peetie ran off and hid. And
where do you suppose he hid? why.
he scrambled up on top of a pile OF
hay, and burrowed deep down l n 1t,
until only the black spot of his nose
showed, and that not very much.
Ready or not, I'm coming!' cried
Jackie, when he had counted up to
the hundred, and then he began to
hunt for Peetie.
It was Just like the time Jackie hid
in the rubber boot, and Peetie couldn't
find him anywhere, though he shifted
all about. This time Jackie hunted,
and he looked under the moving ma
chine, which is like a sewing machine,
only 1t cuts the hay n the oats that
the farmer sows, while a sewing ma
chine sews the things that your NAM
ma cuts out-bibs for baby and aprons
and things like those.
Well, Jackie looked under that ma
chine and In the oat bin, and in the
feedbox and all over, but he couldn't
find Peetie. Then the other little
puppy dog, who didn't want his broth
er to get, tired searching for him, call
ed out:
"He<e I am, Jackie, on top Of the
hay" and then Peetie scrambled out
OF the little nest he had made and
slid down the smooth side Of the hay.
Down he went, ker.thump! on the
barn floor.
"Why, that's a regular toboggan
slide!" cried Jackie, when he saw
what his brother had done. That's
more fun than playing hide n seek.
Let's slide on the hay"
So they slid on the hay. They
would climb up to the top Of the pile,
stick their legs out in front of them
that is, their front legs-for their
back legs they had to stick out In
back, and down they would go.
"Whoop- de- diddle- dunn" cried
Peetie. he was so excited. isn't that
fun?'
"Hidi-diddle-o-dee! l should say 1t
was!" cried Jackie, and when he went
down that time he turned two COM
plete somersaults, he felt SO happy.
Well, those puppy dogs played in the
hay for some time, and then, all at
once, Peetie called out: "Im going to
slide down the other side"
"All right" answered Jackie, "11l
slide with you" But before Jackie
could come to where his brother was,
Peetie had slid down on the other
side of the hay pile, while Jackie stay
ed on top, waiting to see how smooth
it was.
1t was smooth, all right! Oh, yes,
very smooth, indeed! Much smooth
err than on the first side. Down and
down slid Peetie, faster and faster,
and all of a sudden he came to the
bottom, and landed plump into a big
nest Of hens eggs!
Right into them he crashed, with
all four feet, smash, bang, ker-splosh-
splash, cracking the shells. scattering
the whites and yellows all over, and
then right into the mess fell poor
Peetie himself until he looted just
like the omelet that cook makes for
breakfast. Oh, but Peetie was a
sight. Such a sight!
There was the yolk of an egg in one
eye, the white of an egg in the other
eye, and his two front feet were fast
in egg shells, and there was even n
shell on his tail, and his fur was all
streaked with white and yellow.
guess he must have broken about