Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-19
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
, "The Winter Birds'
BY DADDY
CHAPTER III
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o,,E Rack! Come back You
q" ,.ii freeze in the storm y screamed
III, and Peggy to the house eu,ns s,,nr ronn, mmo
ssS sS' escaped fro from into sne the blizzard,
and had i,e1 1freei We are going to ride
we ar ,,,ind and dance with the. snow
the storm sang s Mr.. and Mrs. Rollo ca.
hakes and Mrs. Tom Parrakeet and
nary m thrush. Before tnsy cou,a
Bro"prno more the gale caugnt tnea" .nn,. m
TSIred dsn, them srsnna slsn ,h'G them and carried
then, s%s ou1 mus, as get our warm WRAPS and and
We ,sr them" cried Billy. >"They VIII
.orish in the snow. ,,,,o tho
peupI,iv and Peggy ran BACK into tns
,n.room, and there they IounS Va. .,
trehe,h ,he house through the open door
in,9 hoJ found the strange birds, Blue
ana neo nporrv Sparrow and Junco Snow
Wv n ihs cages Of the house birds.
pTa, nrrv ~ the cat, had been whipped In
.et nast for trying to get at the ca
Sarles the psrraHkeetts Hsnt sway anS o from ' tSer
.. w. though frequently casting hungry
sasec s,snsss in their direction. Now, when
hn" saw other birds there. he thought
ne ,houghts to himself: These are not
y, ~ Mouse birds" he purred. These are
u,ld birds, such as l have often seen In
The saTor + make a meal off them"
pSo pSS larry, the cat. began to plan how
'yould get at the birds In the cages.
W larry had only looked around more
siossly he would have seen one bird that
,sss not in a cage. That one bird was
Judge OWL who was sitting soiemnly
gn pnass % owl was sitting as still as a
:tuTed owl, and Jerry never noticed
h'ml No AWAY, Go away !" shrieked Blue
r.v AT the cat, dashing madly around
me me inside Of the cage: &c away,
."rsmed Junco Snowbird.
put Jerry didn't go away He licked
,,s chops. and he waved his tail slowly
nnov and forth. He leaped TO a chair,
.san gasn he Jumped to a shelf close beside
blue Jays cage
nco away or I'll pock your eyes out :"
|-hrIsked Blue Jay Jerry crouched low,
|,Ssn suddenly he sprang right at Blue
cage t6m sPanfth the ne nook ni 'oe os Ssss %sieS AN"
smvS Ciattery! Bang! Down came
a.ps nv cage, Blue Jay and all to the floor.
Iem.shT the bottom was knocked out
IN he cage, and Blue Jay fiuttered forth.
larry had landed on his feet as cats
|.,ways do, and quick as a fash he
|sprang at Blue Jay. HIS claws caught
|ths huttering bird ana dragseo MN
down Blue Jay was IN tne cas- power
land the cat was hungry. IN announcer mo
|ment Blue Jay would De IN Jsrrys stonh-
|ach.
But Jerry waited. catlike; % enjoy |
|ths sight OF his expected meei; ne srih'
|men at Blue Jay and opened ms NOUN
Ia show his sharp teeth. He meant 10
make short work of that bird
4 1Jo,,r ~ screeched Blue Jay and help |
..ms auickly and Unexpectedly. Judge |
came Iu''hhd IA hae, aitting so stili that |
DNs a,d,'t MI seem alive. made a sudden dart |
Etorwsrd Jerry the cat. saw shadow |
wen over his head. then something |
,rsbbed his tail. Up went Jerry, stand |
H. on his head, Away flew Blue jay to |
Nv Ton Of the taiIest shrub in the sun
Encr garden
Nv bnt Terry was an upset cat, He
Loualied and he clawed at the floor, try
Owl held him up so his nose just bumped
hnd he had to walk on his front legs
bike q circus acrobat. And all the while
Judge Owl squeezed the tail SO that
lerry yowled and yowled.
In the center Of the sun-room was the
bplashing fountain. Jerry usually kept
away from tnat rOuntaln, Tor Cat8 dOnt