Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
fhe Invisible Sailors
BY DADDY
CHAPTER vi
The Frying Flying Fish

ACROSS the broad ocean sailed the
"A little sailboat carrying Peggy, Billy,
Folly Wisher tho goblin, the captive
maid and tn, ,ocolate colored youth.
Tba storm had cleared away and the
;,visble sailors had again shaken out
.hs sails to catch the fresh breeze.
The storm had left them plenty Of
roter TO. drink, but now all began to
feel very, very hungry. They remem-
hared thew had no food on board the
sailboat. It would be as bad to starve
n death as to die Of thirst.
TOh. I wish we would come onto a
GOOD big dinner out here In tho middle
Of the ocean," wished Peggy.
As Peggy spoke her wish, Folly
wisher pointed to specks skimming over
the water.
can't be far from land if there are birds
fying about"
Folly Wisher laughed.
"Those are birds without feathers"
he chuckled. "They are flying fish"
Peggy and Billy had never seen flying
fish and they looked eagerly.
"What makes them fy?' asked
Peggy. Folly Wisher chuckled.
"What makes an airplane fy?" he
asked. "Its engine makes 1t go fast,
and then its wings keep it from fall.
ing. That's the way tho flying fish fly.
They go fast, then leap from the water,
and then their finny wings keep them
from tumbling until they have gone a
long way"
"Thcy seem to be running away from
something" saidNBilly.
"To he sure they are. That Is why
they are flying" said Folly Wisher.
"They are running away from big fish
that want to eat them" Then Peggy
and Billy saw the waters swirling be-
hind the flying fish. The water was
swirlng because a school Of big fish was
chasing the flying fish. The big fish
would run on and almost catch the
flying fish. then the flying fish would
dart into the air and go flying along
until they lost their speed, when they
would drop back into the water again.
'Those poor flying fish | wish they
would get away from the big fish,"
cried Peggy.
And that wish was granted. The fly
ing fish. making a frantic leap from
the water, came streaming toward the
saboat. They landed on the deck,
Kerfop! Ker1op! Kerfopl
Then something strange happened.
The flying fish vanished. Where they
went Peggy and Billy didn't know. and
II Folly Wisher knew ho only chuckled.
But Peggy and Billy, the captive maid
and the chocolate Colored youth ouit
wondering about the flying fish very
quickly. From the cooking galley of
the sailboat came very appetizing smells
. smells that told them fine meal was
being cooked.
"Hurrah Hurrah! We thought we
were out of food, but the invisible sail
Ors were only fooling u.s." cried Billy.
And so it seemed, for soon a most
delicious meal was spread before them
a meal of fried fish.
They all pitched into the fried fish.
and it was the best fried fish they had
ever eaten.
When they had eaten all the fish
Peggy sat back contentedly.
Il wish l knew what became of those
flying fish," she sighed. Folly Wishcr
laughed.
you had the meal you wished for"
he said. "Why should you worry about
the flying fish?''
Then Peggy knew in flash what
had become of the flying fish. When
they landed on board the sailboat the
invisible sailors had caught them and
fried them for their supper.
They sailed and they sailed until
Peggy grew tired Of sailing.
Il wish we would come to land"
she said. And they did come to land.
but It was an odd kind of land, as will
be told this coming week.