Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-01
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
The Hungry Visitor
by DADDY
CHAPTER II
Coaxing Voices

GREAT HORNED OWL wanted n''
" supper.
"uoo, Hoo Give me food and plenty
4, II 100 - he hooted at Peggy.
pu,v was at the other end Of tho
,.,onbone wire, but he could hear Great
t,ornsd owls hungry boots. So could
tbs sparrow who was perched on the
,,,re and the frog who was sitting In
,bo hog beside the telephone pole
"Tyit! Twit! Drive him away OF
NJ might want to eat me y chattered
the sparrow on the wire,
"Kerchug Kerchug Yes, drive him
.wav. for I'm sure he wants to gobble
mo" croaked the frog in the bog.
"ual Hal Hal You cant drive him
.rsv for he Is a stubborn owl and will
No, GO laughed Billy. But do you
unow what TO do with folks you cant
orive?"
No. Peggy didn't know. nor did the
.narrow nor the frog, so Billy told them
when you can't drive folks, try roaA.
,ns them" he said Tin sure If you
talked to him sweetly, Sparrow. he would
70 your way
II don't want him to go my way. "
chtrDCd tne sparrow buiSN'S' - ''N
came nv way he would eat me"
And IL he heart your charming voice
Mr. Frog, he would go your way" con-
tinued Billy.
"Ker-chug! Ker-chug | don't want
him to come my way. because he would
sobble me-
Peggy didn't know whether Billy
really really wanted the sparrow and
the frog to call Great Horned Owl their
way, or whether he was just teasing
them Billy quickly explained his plan.
MI Sparrow can nide,' said Billy.
.Jhcn he can cry out so Great Horned
Owl can hear him. Great Horned owl
will think to himself that nice fat
sparrow is waiting to be eaten for sup
per. and he will go after Mr.. Sparrow.
But Mr. Sparrow will keep so still he
cant be found, and another sparrow
farther down the line will call out and
Great Horned Owl will go after him.
And then there will be a third sparrow.
and a fourth, and lots of others. They
will lead Great Horned owl TO the
marshes. and there Mr.. Frog will take
up the job Of coaxing Great Horned owl
far far away"
Peggy thought that good plan and
30 did the sparrow and the frog,
Hoo Hoo! I'm blue and hungry.
too :" hooted Great Horned Owl outside
Peggy's window. He hooted so loudly
that Billy heard him away out in the
country. Now lis your chance Spar
roy" called Biiiy over rch.d the W1re tbs w,rs
not far from Peggy's home. began to
sing little song.
TIM n sparrow, fat and sweet
Just a darling you'd like TO eat.
Great Horned Owl heard the spar
rows Chirping. He quit his hooting and
pricked up his ears.
Hiss Hiss" he whispered to him
self Il hear my supper calling me,
Horned Owl slipped off his perch in the
tree and darted toward the place where
he had heard the sparrow's voice. He
didn't find the sparrow. for the sparrow
was already safely hidden far under the
caves But another sparrow down the
line had taken up the song.
I'm sparrow. fat and sweet
lust darling you'd like to eat"
Great Horned Owl went after that sec
ond sparrow, but when he got there the
second sparrow was gone and third
sparrow was singing the song farther
down the line. so Great Horned Owl
was CoaXed along. thinking he was going
TO pounce on fat supper right ahead
Of him. only TO find that the supper
wasn't there
And when he ca me TO the marshes he
heard frog singing:
I'm a froggy. sleek and slender,
Gobbe me. you'll find me tender"
Great Horned Owl thought to himself
that a frog would be just as good as a
sparrow for supper, 30 he sped TO where
he heard the croaking voice. When he
got there he found only a ripple In a
pool, but another frog voice ahead was
singing the same song:
I'm n froggy, sleek and slender.
Gobble me, you'll find me tender"
Great Horned Owl went after the sec
ond frog only TO ind another ripple,
while a third frog coaxed him from the
distance. And so he went on, on across
the marshes, until he came TO Birdland.
And all the time he was becoming more
and more hungry and all the time he
was growing more and more cross be-
cause he couldn't catch up with the sup
per he thought was just ahead OF him.
And when he came TO Birdland-but
what happened there will have to be told
tomorrow
What do YOU think did happen?
See II you can make up the story of
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