Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
The School on the Ice
by DADDY
CHAPTER VI
The Biggest Fish

| WHEN Peggy turned to get the fish
w with which to reward the seals for
| learning their circus music lesson, she
got a surprse-thc fish were oil gone.
| There had been a whole heap of them
as the band started playing. Now
| there wasn't one. Where had they gone
to?
Prof. Tusky walrus was Topping
away from the spot where the fish had
| been.
"Tusky wnlrus. YOU turn right
Ground here" cried Peggy. The huge
walrus swung slowly around at her
command. and the instant he did so
Peggy knew where the fish had gone.
The tail of the very last fish was stick
ing out of his mouth. He had eaten
the whole pile and had been caught
at it only because he was stuffed so
full he couldn't gulp the last fish down.
Fish Fish. Where are our fish?'
barked the seals.
Some one has taken them, and ]
think it is Tusky Walrus.' cried
Peggy.
Correct. Go to the foot OF the
class" said Prof. Tusky Walrus in a
hoarse whisper. He was stuffed so
full he couldn't below.
Fish. Fish! Give us more fish ~
parked the seals.
Il can't give you any more fish be-
cause l haven't any" said Peggy.
Besides, l think you have eaten enough
fish for one day. You had two whole
fish apiece"
Fish! Fish. More fish :" barked
the seals, throwing aside their horns
and drums and Topping forward, toward
Peggy.
"Oh. what should I do?" she asked
Billy, while Folly Wisher chuckled
wish for more fish - answer Billy.
"Oh, l do wish for more fish. /
wish for the biggest fish in all the
world"
Folly Wisher gave a loud cry. At
the same time there came terrific
bump on the ice beneath their feet
The ice doomed and cracked, heaved
like an earthquake. and then burst
into a hundred pieces, scattering the
seals far and wide.
Billy grabbed Peggy and clung tightly
to her. Folly Wisher hung to both
of them.
They bounced into the air and then
fell back upon a great. brown. living
back. Before they knew what had
happened, the broad back began to force
its way through the broken ice. 1t
gained the open seq. and away it raced
al train speed.
"Oh. We are on the back OF a sub
MARINE gasped Peggy. But Folly
Wisher Knocked her with a chuckling
laugh
Just then two streams OF water shot
into the air from the front of their
stced. Billy gave a shout.
You got your wish, Peggy" he
said. This isn't submarine. 1t is
the biggest fish in the world. 1t is
whale"
Ny. but what an exciting fx to be
in. They were on the back OF a whale
racing through the icy sea. At any
moment the whale might dive, and then
where would they be?
What shall We do?" cried Peggy.
Wish. :" answered Billy.
II wish the sea would freeze with US
on top of it, gasped Peggy.
Instantly they found themselves in
the midst OF a bowling arctic blizzard.
The air was bitter cold, snow whirled
around them. But they were no longer
on the whale. They were on solid ice
The whale was far beneath them. They
had been saved from the sea. but
seemed in danger Of perishing in the
raging storm.
"Oh, / wish we were far. far away
from the North Pole cried Peggy in
despair II wish we were in hot
Africa
Folly Wisher gave chuckle. They
felt themselves caught up in the midst
of the swirling snow. and in the twinkle
of an eye they We're whisked away
thousands upon thousands OF miles.
Where they landed. and the queer
things that happened to them will be
told the coming week.