Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-28
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
Fairies at Work
ny DADDY
CHAPTER Nv
Lady Crows! Lady Crows!


T1HB three hungry crows sat looking
l. at the poor monkey baby who was
lost in the jungle. They paid no at
tention to Peggy or the fairies who were
fitting about trying to find a way to
save the wailing little monkey. They
were thinking only Of the fine feast
the baby. monkey would make.
Cav! Cawl When shall we eat
baby monkey?" asked one Of the crows.
Cav! Caw!, when IL perishcs OF
hunger and Of thirst and of fright"
said second crow.
Cav! Cav! That may not be until
tomorrow morning." croaked the third
crow. by that time our whole flock
will know OF this lost baby monkey
and all the crows will come for share
Of the feast. If we eat this monkey
now we can have II all to ourselves"
Cav! Cav! That is true. Let us
eat this baby monkey now," said the
first crow.
Peggy and the fairies fluttered around
wondering what to do to save the baby
monkey. Billy and the fast flying
fairies had gone to bring the monkey
mother, but they might not get back
until too late. The crows seemed very
hungry indeed.
Peggy and the fairies tried to drive
the crows away. They snatched ut the
crows feathers and they flashed in
front Of the crows eyes. But the crows
wouldn't be driven away. They just sat
and grinned ut the poor baby monkey,
waiting until 1t should become too
feeble to kick them away.
As Peggy was worrying over what
might happen to the baby monkey.
lady bug came sailing through the air.
Peggy remembered what she and the
other children sang when they saw a
lady bug:
Lady bug, lady bug, fly away home |
Your house is on fire, your children will
, burnl''
As Peggy thought Of this rhyme, she
thought, too, Of plan to get the crows
away. Perhaps they were lady crows.
Perhaps the lady bug song might send
them scooting to their nests.
Lady crows, lady crows, fly away
home!
Your house is on fire. your children will
burn ~
Peggy sang this loudly, but the crows
paid little attention to it. Then Filter
Flash and the other fairies Joined in the
chorus:
Lady crows. lady crows, fly away
home
Your house is on fire. your children will
burn -
All the fairy voices together made so
much noise that the crows had to listen.
Cav! Cawl ! wonder II that is
true" croaked the first crow. Cav
Cav! You stay here and watch that
| baby monkey, but don't you dare take
one bite until I get back" And away
flew the first crow to see if its nest was
on fire.
Cav! Cav! am going to look at
my home, but don't you dare take a
nibbe until l get back" said the sec
ond crow, and away it few.
That left only one crow watching the
monkey baby.
alone" chuckled the third crow, and it
would have bitten the baby monkey in
spite Of the warning Of the first two
crows IL Filter Flash hadn't banged
it in the eye. Then Peggy banged the
crow in the other eye. And thus the
and then in the other, so it didu't get q
chance to bite the baby monkey. The
fairies made a game Of this banging the
crow in the eye, and they had lot OF
fun out of it.
In the midst Of the fun, however,
the other two crows came hurryins
Cav! Cav! Our houses were not
on fire." they croaked. Some one was
fooling us, and now we are so hungry
we must have supper right away"
They would have pounced on the baby
monkey, but just then there was loud
chattering In the forest, and there came
the monkey mothers following hot after
Billy and the swift flying fairies.
What happened when the monkeys
found the crows trying to eat the baby
monkey will be told tomorrow.