Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-23
CHAPTER vi
Tho Animal Circus

DODGIE BEAR and Pudgie Bear fin
ished their act in Billy's sideshow
by giving a wrestling match. They tug
ged and tussled like a pair Of boys until
Pudgic got Podgie down on the ground
and sat on him.
While Pudgie was sitting there In tri-
umph a policeman came in-an animal
polIceman--who wore his cap down over
his face so no one could tell who he
was. The policeman arrested the strug-
Cling bears for fighting. The bears got
up and the policeman was taking them
to jail when a jolly old animal tramp
came wabbling in. He, too. wore hat
that hid his face. Ire tramp begged
the policeman in sign talk to- let the
bears go, but the policeman shook ms
head and gave tho tramp a cum on the
ear. The policeman turned his back on
tho tramp, when the tramp dropped TO
all four feet, lowered his head, and.
wham, he butted the policeman away
across the yard.
The policeman lost his cap, revealing
the head of Johnny Bull, the dog. He
picked himself up. growled, and grab
bed the animal tramp by the tall. Away
went the animal tramp, his hat over his
face. Around and around they chased.
banging into the bears, into Billy. into
the fence, and into the curtains until
finally the hat was knocked to pieces
and there peeked through It pair Oh
horns. , , , m,
The boy with the whooping cough
laughed and laughed at this funny slBnt:
Next there appeared over the top OF
the curtain the head and shoulders OK
peeked the head of a dwarf. While
Peggy and the boy with the whooping
cough and the birds were wondering
about the giant and the dwarf blliy
Goat, trying to get away from Johnny
Bull, banged into the curtain. Down
came the giant. his head rolling away
from him and smashing to bits on the
ground. .,-.
Peggy and the boy with whooping cough
cried out in alarm, but the next minute
they were bowling with laughter. Tne
giant had been none other than Billy
holding up the head OF a pumpkin on a
long pole The pole had been dressed
up In clothes and the pumpkin had worn
a hat. AS for the dwarf, that was Billy,
too, scrooging down and Just showing
"Now look out for the elephant" cried
Riliv as soon as he picked himself up
The boy with the whooping cough
pressed his face close 70 the window
nhant Peggy leaped forward eagerly.
Where In the world had Billy found an
| elephant? . ..o,,,os .,.. h.-
| hind the curtain--the queerest elephant
ever seen. It had an elephant head and
an elephant body, but it was no larger
'"p "Whoop-oop! whoo-oop! What a
marvellous elephant" cried the whoop-
ing TSe ee'si elephant did funny elephant
| .tnnts He stood on his hind legs, he
stood on his head, and he waltzed around
the piace, AS he waltzed. Billy Goat,
with Johnny Bull still hanging to his
tall. bumped into the elephant ana
Then another surprising thing hap
nsned The elephants head came on.
! and in its place was a pair or snappins
laws These jaws closed on Johnny
Bulls tall, and away went the three am M
nienhant, tearing all around the yard,
and humping into every one As they
few around. 1t could be seen that the
aIenhant was none other than Toddle
Pupkins, the puSPpy, pSs sressss S,ss up IN an e'e
"Oh! oh oh This is better than a
raai fair! Oh! Oh! Oh! This 10 SO
funny that 1t has cured my whoopins
| cough =" laughed the whooping cough
boy. And 1t had cured MN; tHr istsr whe
they found him happy and we'll ,,u,
''IR Rut as for the fair. well, with Billy
Goat. Johnny Bull and Toddie PUP
kins tearing around, they bangea inuS nv
Balky Sam and ne started ,sn kSns ,ha Who'll
fair was kicked to pieces. and the piras
chuckling and giggling and titterins an
laughing, were futtering away o tn
safety OF Birdland, Judge owl ieanin
the way. for he was anxious 10 10
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