Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-29
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
Fairies at Work
by DADDY
CHAPTER V
The Crows Aro Pluckel


MOT one of the three hungry crows
~ paid any attention to the clatter
Of the monkey mothers who were chas-
ing Billy and the fast flying fairies into
the jungle. Each crow wanted TO get
the first bite Of the poor monkey baby,
and could think Of nothing else.
"Caw! Cav! / should have the first
bite because l am the youngest, croak-
ed the first crow.
Cav! Cav! l should have the first
bite because I am the Oldest croaked
the second crow.
Cav! Cav! should have the first
bite because ! am the handsomcst,
croaked the third crow.
The crows seemed to be about to get
into row over the matter Of the first
bite. and Peggy was glad. for in their
quarrel they might forget about biting
The baby. But the crows were too
greedy to waste time in quarreing.
Cav Cav! We will all bite to.
gCthpr," said the first crow. When /
count three all bite at once" The
other crows agreed. Cav one!' snid
the first crow. Cav two" All three
crows leaned over the poor baby monkey,
which was now too tired to kick them
away. But even II it couldn't kick any
more, it could still shrek. Cav,
began the first crow. "Wa-wa ~
shrickcd the baby monkey.
The monkey mother, who was chasing
Billy, heard that shrek. She stopped
short. Her eyes shot toward the baby
monkey. They saw the crows all set for
big bite.
900 90 eek :" shrieked the monkey
mother. She made one wild leap toward
the three crows, and down she came on
| top of them. Her right forepaw scizc0
| the first crow just as the crow was be-
ginning to croak three. Her left
| forepaw grabbed the second crow and
her right hindpaw nabbed the third
crow.
My, what q row and racket there was
then. The surprised crows futtercd
and tapped and pecked, trying to get
away. The angry monkey mother
squeezed and thrashed and shrieked.
And all the other monkey mothers who
had followed to the jungle chattered ex :
the three crows
! But in all the furry not one monkey
mother went to pick up and comfort
tho poor little baby monkey, who was
wailing weakly rs II lay in the crotch
OF the tree. And why did no monkey
mother go to it? Because its own
monkey mother was the busiest monkey
mother of them all. She was the one
Billy had picked in the first placc-thc
one he had teased, the one who had
chased the fast flying fn!rics to the
jungle and the one who now was cling
ing to the three crows who had wanted
TO eat her baby.
Peggy had been glad when she saw
the monkey mother grab the three
crows. But before long she began &c
feel sorry for the three birds, bad as
they were. The mother Of the baby
monkey held them fast with her paws,
and the other monkeys snHtched at thcjr
feathers. And every time a monkey
snatchcd he got Mt least one feather
The result was that the crows Were
being pluckcd alive. Gracious, how
those crows did squawk and struggle
when they saw what was happening tC
them. At last they struggled so hare
that they wrigglod out Of the grnsT
o. the monkey mother. and away they
lamely tapped through the trees. enge'
to get away with what few feathers they
had left.
After them chased the fairies, laugh
ing Mt them and urging them on b!
twitching their ears.
Fly away home. you crows so black
Fly away home and never come back !"
So sang the fairies in high glee. They
were very happy over the way the baby
monkey had been rescued. AS for tht
bnby monkey, its mother grabbed 1t a;
soon as the crows flew away, and ur
she swung to the tall tree tops, there
10 nurse it and cuddle II until it was
happy and well and sleepy.
Il told you work was fun for fair
les" laughed Filter Flash at Peggy
and Billy. That job is done, but there