Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-08
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
"yHE GREAT FIRE"
py DADDY
CHAPTER II
uoynsd Owl Is Greedy

u
. Harmed owl Is Greedy
.,,ncr OWL hurried to his hollow tree
S.ed Great Horned Owl, who was
u2soner there. He knew ne had 70
led Great Horned owl ,S,n SH,eS,T eno,gb 10 'o to
prlsonei through the door and get away.
squeeses, and Billy and Balky sam fol
eseSSir, They we're anxtous TO keep
loWstt Horned owl shut up tight SO he
GreiaS Gr,e,iS,,t get out and gobble the oirds
% %Se they slept at night oo,,ns ,nneg cTu.1 tSn1
hurried along.
wuoo! Hoo Hee Hoo; Hoe Hee
Wben YOU sleep, III be Tree:
rnod GOOD eats, good eats for me
,,,o, Hoo Hee Hoo Hoo Hee -
That song made the Da piras s,tn sn'yer: fn.
Iny nyowI J They wanted to sleep in peace
any y,ps,r S.t. first night in Birdland after
on .'Vi ,rin home from the South.
thsry hsIybon w Whoo Here are good
.,,s" booted Judge Owl, grabbing a
ssiS mouse in zach claw ana napPng up
o.. u's sstretched out his sharp beak. ana
Csshbed one Of the mice. He gulped a.
Fsoi" ~ times, and the mouse was
coap'' Then Great Horned Owl grabbed
sSnV ~ other mouse, gulped a couple more
,,mes. and that mouse was gone
DO yod feel fatter no"T asked
fessS: sys: I feel fatter and better" hooted
...at Horned owl. Get more mice =!
Gst more mice !" ..,
'eI naTs Owl Mapped down to the ground
,,d rot more mice and then still more
And all that he got Great Horned owl
sOTb TSe birds crept UP cautiously to get
nasL M Great Horned Owl, and when
NAV saw how he was making himself
after and fatter with his gobbling. and
say his fatness kept him a prisoner In
tse hollow tree, they began to litter and
WHO is that titterlng and ohuckling?"
.r,,ubled Great Horned Owl, blinking
ssoIInd with his great round eyes.
which couldn't see very. well In daylight
TSe he birds Uttered and chuckled the
saas. az ar that 4 think hesr ss.d nice erfst EAT
birds like birds better than mice
p-ng me nice fat birds. Cousin OWL
But nIdSe owl didn't bring him birds,
nr Judge owl liked the birds. who were
h;a friends Instead, Judge Owl brought
= yat mouse. Great Horned Owl had
oysl had brought them. but now he
rrabbed Judge Owls dark glasses and
''SH Here, % give me back my glasses !"
Mad Judge Owl. Il can't hunt field
,nice without my dark glasses"
Great Horned Owl put on the glasses
and looked at the birds. "Ah All !" he
AZ / thought they were. don't want
YOU to hunt any more mice, Cousin
owl I'm going to stop eating until
ret thin enough TO squeeze through this
role In the tree, and when got through
I'm going to use these dark glasses IN
hunting birds All All! I'll have a fine
feast"
Now the birds didn't like the sound of
that a bit, and they went flying away as
fast as they could.
"oh, OH this is a pretty mess of fish !"
noaned Judge Owl. That old pirate
ali from BIrdland Oh Oh! And he
Is sure TO catch mo without my dark
glasses"
have a pair OF goggles IN my pocket,
only they are red instead of black. ri
let you wear them" Sc. Billy fished
from hie pocket a pair of goggles with
which he had been playing. no put
these on Judge Owl and Juoge Owl le,
out a squnwk Of alarm.
"Oh, oh Fire Fire." hooted Judge
Owl, for the. glasses made everything
l3ok red to him
squawked Great Horned Owl, In sudden
panic,
There isn't any fire." said Peggy.
oh. I'm Sad Of that" hooted Great
Horned Owl. Fire 10 the only thing
am afrald o." Billy looked up quickly
at this
is 10" said Billy. Then he added
loT 10 Peggy, Judge Owl and Balky
Sam, Well IL no 10 afraid OF fire, I
know how we will get him out of Bird
lsnd?"
How do YOU think Billy intends to get
Great Horned owl out of Btrdland?
Do you think lie Is planning to set the
woods on IRE? Or do YOU think he has
better MaN and one not so danReromn2