Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-12
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
Under THE CIRCUS TENT
by DADDY
CHAPTER Nv

Pigs at school
r,,or.p n the circus arena" said the
..,,ica, clown 70 Peggy and Billy
- ,he nies drew the chariot into the
huge SHY snid before, Peggy and Billy had
As under the circus canvas ana nsu
crep' saved from the cross camel by tne
sSs,endly elephant. Then they ,. naa pee, s,,
frlenungg from the ugly animal Keeper py
rescued inai clown, who had taken them
the cp bis chariot, which was drawn by
funngy, nrngy,ppon.Is plssI % shouted the. clown. and
a. niVs trotted around the broad track
Witch VII clrclcd the 'e three op pings so fast % as
arena, mt plenty fast enough to make
iSa Children hang tight as the cSrlot
inv iin,,od and bounced over the uneven
ground. , ,,,,od the chariot before
Inc orv hest reserved seats. and bowed
tne y,; , IN peggy and Billy as he helped
thsn out Of the chariot. -,
tneill tneHe, ,,o,, here, noble lady and GAL
,..s soii,th'" said the clown, For your
inanlioyywent, ialo l. Dodo. the greatest of
eIcwns, cISf will have my wonaeffdpu wfdr,o euu- ne
Gated pig Pigs my give beartIes e sRss!$"l !"
Wnpop,ni Wn9,p nigs trotted into the center ring,
-.,icb vas right in front Of the reserved
WIZ" VIZ where Peggy and Billy sat They
ss,,n,od out of the chariot harness ana
Mounted little stools ,,.o .,u,-on a
'Why, they look ike cnHuren a'
.,,ooi" cried Peggy.
.srbev are at school-this is pig
.,,ooi3 laughed Dodo. my pigs are
se ~ as educated as they should be, so
w nave 10 keep teaching them all the
time Follow teacher around the ROOM
INV little dears."
~ He got ahead of the pigs and they
,uubIsd off their stools, and lined up
behind him, walking on their hind legs,
os The pig in front of him--all except
tbs T front pig and he had his hoofs In
Todo's faring pockets. Then the pigs
nIsved leap frog and they jumped over
hurdles and they pretended to go
dead" .,,u ,,.r-
sanIts and cart wheels and telling odd
1oLes He kept Peggy and Billy laugh
jng avery minute. He was a whole show
IN himself But the pigs were not SO
funny, Indeed, they were rather stupid
instead Of doing their trSa tricks tb brightly hag
10 be pushed and dragged around by
Dodo. They didn't seem to know what
he wanted OF them. Even Porky, the pig
clown, who was the brightest of them
ali, kept forgetting what he was sup
posed to do, and had to be reminded by
bodo.
The final stunt of the pigs was to do
A drill like a squad of soldiers. But the
pIgs proved awkward soldiers. When
6odo ordered them to go to the right,
most Of them went to the left, and when
ne told them to go to the left most of
them went to the right. In minute
they we're all tangled up.
"Heigh-ho - cried Dodo, trying to
stralghten the pigs out into lines. What
DO YOU think of my wonderful educated
pigs, noble lady and gallant YOUTH"
Peggy and Billy didn't like to answer,
for while they thought the act was one
Of the funniest they had ever seen, II
had been made funny by Dodo himself
and not by the pigs. f.
answer e esey ygruff u' 1oice Voice @ answered. aIe for or
them--the voice of the owner Of the
circus.
II think your educated pigs are
ounces" said the owner. Unless you
can teach them to perform their tricks
by tonight. I'll turn them over to the
cook coo to, to be made made into pork pie for din
owner stalked off, leaving Dodo staring
after him with anxious eyes.
ALAS, my poor pigs, what shall we
doT' cried Dodo. II have tried my best
10 teach you. but II has been no use.
Pigs are pigs and pork pies are pork
pies, and I'm afraid this circus is going
TO have fine dinner next Sunday"
Big tears rolled down Dodo's face, and
Peggy and Billy fastened to comfort
him.
'Grieve not, Dodo," said Peggy I'VE
will help you teach your pigs to be good
actors and perhaps they will not have
70 be made into pork pies after ALL"
How Peggy and Billy try to teach the
pigs to be actors will be told tomorrow