Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-01
DREAMEAND
ADVENTURES
Folks OF the Woods
by DADDY

Jock and Janet think the biz
.,ooSs Ioncry. The animals laugh at
'ksm phcu they say so. Johnny
% R,W and Toddio PVpkms, the two
Soo,. fcI them by signs 10 30 10 sleep.
Inct and Janet do 10. and the sleep
mogic comes upon them.
TACK and Janet awokc with start.
., Tbcv were In the same sunny glade
whore they had dropped off to sleep Il
fsv minutes before, but in that few
minutes something strange had hap
pened to them. ,,
conld hear before" cried Jack in
astonishmcnt. ,,,-
aon could see before" replied Janet.
''HWoof! Wood! That Is due to the
clam magic" barkcd Johnny Bull,
,,inning mt them. To their surprise
they could understand every word he
barked.
kins, much delighted. sleep magic
makes you hear n lot. Sleep magic
makes YOU see lot ~
'Wly, tile WODuS uO uOl cttH W DS
so lonely now exclaimed Janet. l
seem TO hear lot Of folks and | seem to
see lot of folks, but they are not hu-
man folks She saw dozens. of birds
IN the trees and. hundreds Of creeping
things on the ground she never had seen
'Bcwwow! That is a joke on you.
What kind of folks did you expect to
zee here? In towns you sec town folks.
In the woods you see woods folks"
Jack and Janet were rather confused
By all the life they now found around
them. 1t wcs as If they suddenly had
been taken out. of the quiet woods and
been put down on busy corner Of a
noisy city. Insects and bugs they hadn't
noticed before were hurrying buck and
forth. each singing its own song. Creep
ing and scurrying things were scuttllng
about in the grass and as they crept
and scurried they kept up constant
talking and chattering among them
selves.
"Play. play. while you may" sang Il
pretty butterfly, winging past. play,
play. all the day. Wintry storms are
on the way"
A bee followed the butterfly. lie was
heavily laden with honey and he sang a
different song.
"work. work. Never shirk," buzzcd
the bee.
Work, work. work, till you've filled
your hive,
II through The cold you d keep alive. "
And a song came from the grass-a
queer, lisping song:
"Beetles and bugs Beetles and bugs
We like potatoes; we like rugs"
From below the grass came a Song,
too. a rustling sort Of gong.
Digging. digging in the earth
Is our working cause for mirth?'
Jack and Janet found themselves
looking down at half "a dozen earth .
worms who were wriggling from cave .
like holes. Jack and Janet had been
grinning with pleasure at seeing and
hearing so much but now they turned
away They did not wish to offend the
earthworms.
why, ] didn't know so many folks
lived in the woods" said Jack.
'Bowwow OF course you didn't.
barked Toddr Pupkins. 'And you
really haven; begun to see things yet.
Did you ever visit large city,"
No, Jack and Janet never had Wis.
ited large city.
Then come with me. I'll show you
city where there are more folks than
ever you have spen." barkcd Toddie.
He trotted away down woodland path
and after him waddIed Johnny Bull.
Jack and Janet got on the backs OF
their .poincs Trtxie and Topsy and fol d.
lowed after.
III is strange city they fnd--as
will be told in tomorrow's chaptcr-and
when they find it joke by Toddie
Pupkins has an unexpected ending. }