Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
vgr SOUTH BREEZE"
By DADDY
CHAPTER II
The Hungry Birds

I'll nu,y =, sang the birds in greeting
,.aov and Bill. who had surprised
W., by meeting them on their spring
u w., from the South TO the North.
,ns.,,o %sJ Hello How did you get nere?'
"Iv. aev here on the wings OF imas-
,-.,,o," replied Peggy.
inssvress insr.ss, cree Hoo-ray Hoo-ree DID
,ou bring US anything 70 eatT o,, rr,.
'O"%N 'O"No." answered Billy ARE you num-
rEwvoudnt YOU be hnssry j. If ,yysst5s yont had q
.ats" .hct, had travelled all day, as tast
ana you ,Mi could fy?" grumbled Bob-o'
Link Lin,SSreyI whose fault is II we, are hun.
Eyt. AZ Bob.o-Link. What do you think
Ing , a Pho the rascally blackbirds did on
ne .,s s'S aay south last fallT' General
swallow turned to rd,ssIief 1sssy anT spree D just
They They ssnE wTT OF bad boys. damaging the
IKE ssids Of the southland farmers.
Tto rlSo farmers were angry, and now tney
sr~ .o their guns at every traVellns
ti.d hTe ,hey see. We don't dare go near
their fields nor homes 10 s"'''r iood s'
we,tsto.I,i We useu ink hung his head in. shame
Dvo ~, 1,ouldn' be so bad II all the bugs
J.. ~. woods and swamps hadn't hidden
,bbomseives," N he muttered. as u trying
10 put the blame somewherae, e,"' ,her.
.,,.s" asked Billy, looking into the
.wair,p beside which the BIRDS mad
sasptste s'Tt we knew, we'd 60 and find them"
,,nnsd out Reddy "oodpecker, uruin'
ming on hollow log, Genera ,a. ,sss S"a'iIw ,ns
s'las hadn't seen o single fly. nor bug,
W, rosouito, on which to lunch. inc
iUsscts nV had crept away TO wait until
ne hungry strangers we're gone;
and we can't stay ners fS 70 owo tooE n,nsf not
sn..r s,.,r. north 10 take up our summer Jobs
ny nv Eeeping pests from harr,ing the
efCSS, oso Princess Peggy. you will have to
snd them for u.s." sang al Ithe o,rps; rs,
,,i n insects" sSt said Peggy doubtfuliy.
s,Sout tho only thing I can find are
US%Sosouitoes will do!" interrupted the
Nrds. "Find us a supper OF MOSQUITOES:
peggy finished what she was gong ~
say: Usually, mosauitoea r'"d '''e oei''o
"TSs, "rS is all right sang the birds.
nua don't care whether you ind the
,nsouItocs or they find you, just so we
ret them for supper. Hurry Hurry
p.voy looked In dismay at Billy. lie
s'nT1u sosTSa, Is a good idea about letting the
r,osouIoes find you." chuckled Bl!iy:
"yys will 60 into the swamp and II the
rosouitocs chase US the birds can
robbie them" . .,.
50 Peggy and tory bI'y nosnuitnes wsnu iSo - o.. or
-atber 10 let the mosquitoes look Tor
,SsnI They looked to tho right, they
looked to the left, they looked up. and
looked down. All insects were snugiy
hiding until tho hungry BIRDS SHOULD
fy awey' ,,,,.oos ,ora" de-
clared Billy, but just at that moment
Peggy heard tiny whining buzz. B'zZ-
"i hear n mosquito :" she cried. slap
ping at her shoulder. where the greedy
rnosuuIto had found her before she
found the mosquito.
$50 do ] hear It, yelled Billy. Here
come whole army OF mosquitoes atter
US. Run. Run" 49,.
Billy and Peggy ran as fast as they
could siappingn n,az.z at ths fnoiS.S BSian.Ss."
the mosquitoes chased after them. Billy
yelled to let the birds know they were
coming.
"We arc bringing you mosquitoes for
supper" no cried. Grab them QUICKLY
dashed out OF the swamp and the oird
svooped forward to meet the mosaui-
toes But they .swooped In vain, Not . a
mosquito was In sight. The sly mite
Csnnibals had seen the birds and had
instantly hidden. They were not going
10 be caught in a trap that way.
Never mind" said Peggy to the dis
appointed birds. "I have a scheme that
will fool these mosquitoes into coming
out so YOU can gobble them for sup
per"
What kind Of a scheme do you hink
Peggy has in mind? II you were In her
place, how would you get tho mosqui.
toes out Of the swamp 70 the birds could
gobble them? Can YOU guess what Is 60
Ing to happen In the next chapter?