Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

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CHAPTER VI y
Robins and Dragons
.,p ROBIN was not the only bird 10
M s.a peggy, Billy and Nanette dane.
ine on the bapk above ,,,, tne caye E,, OF
Dso DrasO" we're also out looking for their
rooih,!ss set. These robins followed
Wt STeSfRbi Robin pellmell when he went after
the dancers. - r,,ott. vai,ed
until the robins were aimos' ,hlsd pp down tbe
ANN anu and hid under a stone beside the
PAM PAM 90 the dragons cave. Just as they
ooDu otoyDnuected' the robins came down 70
.ortb and began to look ana ilsten,
irving t t to find out where the oahc'ns
bugs PesggT t,Su thought the robins would hear
,bs dragons in the cave and dig aown
ui ,,i,h their beaks, just as MT. Ropln
w,S' WA dne after the angIeworm: But
IN this Peggy was fooled The Tse snslsWopm deasSns
s,an soH done, me- And so they didn't make
TSsn nsu The The tiniest kind of a sound for the
eeosi,s 10 hear. 1t looked as II the
InSUdren's plan might fail ana the
robins might fly away without Destroy
ing ngnniw Trs saw what the trouble was.
nT,rI going to wake the dragons up
"a me birds will hear them and nab
them" he whispered.
pil,v crept into the door of the cave.
There he saw the dragons asleep.
Going close, Billy gave one. of the
dragons sharp poke with his stick
Nv but the dragon woke up suddenly.
r. It'souirmed and thrashed about, hitting
tbe Other dragons with Its tall In an
instant the whole cave was alive with
dragons, all wriggling and hopping.
Oid Dragon Cutworm himself saw
plIIv, He made a grab, but Billy gave
hin, n GuIck whack over the nose with
Ills stick and fed Old Dragon cut
worm NO followed, and the other dragons
came pillng after him.
Tho robins up above heard the row
with their sharp ears and were on the
alert when Billy came tumbllng out or
tbe cave Mr.. Robin made a quick
snatch at Billy. but before his beak
closed, old Dragon Cutworm came
popping out, and quick as wink Mr.
Robin nabbed him instead of Billy.
The other robins saw the other
dragons and In a trice they grabbed
en- and gobbled 'em up. There was a
cutworm for every robin. just enough
10 20 around.
PeggN, blllN anu .NditlNt "cit
watching the feast when suddenly they
heard voice right over their heads. II
was Mr.. Robin who had eaten old
Dragon Cutworm in a hurry. He was
looking down at the children with his
bright snappy eyes.
why, 1t is Princess Peggy, Prince
Billy and Nanette, all of them as tiny
MS pins" chirped Mr.. Robin. I'VE heard
that you had been lost You'd better be
getting home in a hurry"
With that Mr.. Robin picked up
Peggy, n second robin picked up Billy.
and a third robin picked UP Nanette,
and away they flew for the children's
homes,
As they sped through the air Peggy
felt herself growing back to her own
size. Quickly she became as large as
Mr. Robin himself, and in another
second she was so big that he had to
drop her. Down, down, she fell in a
confused whirl, landing at last safe
and sound right in her own bed and
back TO her usual size.
Time to get up" her mother was
calling TO her.
Time to get up, echoed Peggy.
Time to get up and plant my own
garden. My. I'm glad those robins
gobbled the dragon cutworms, for now
Nanette's green fairies and my own
green fairies will be safe to grow as
big as they please"
I'm nert tCeek's story Bdlky Sam and
Jnd9e Owl have a funny time at pio-
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