Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-11
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
Desert Folks
by DADDY
CHAPTER VI

Doggy. Billy and Folly WishCr, the
L Goblin. were surprised to find they
had been rescued from the lions by
monkeys. They had never thought mon
keys could drive fierce. hungry lions
away. but that is just what the desert
monkeys had done. The little chapH
had pcltcd the lions with CoConutS un-
I'll the lions had turned tail and He'd
Now the monkeys came swarm!mE TO
where Peggy. Billy and Folly W l"Mcf
were pcrChed in the palm Leaf nests:
The children might have becen alarmed
had the monkeys not srinned III sucl Il
friendly fashion. , ~
prised to see the children and the goo-
lin MS tho three were to see them. lhrH
Ind never seen humans wearing white
Polar Bear fur. They didn't know
TINT this fur had been wished on Peggy
RiIlv and Folly Wishcr when the three
were at the North Pole and thought the
children and the Soblins were Il strange
kind of animals. They admired the
fur and picked at II.
Eek, Eek. wouldn't it he nice
TO have nice white fur like that. the
monkeys said to each other in monkey
talk.
well. | wish you did have it, said
Peggy. who was almost Swelterlng IN
the heat Of the desert sun.
The words were no sooner out OF her
mouth than the white fur went hyins
off hcr and Billy and Folly Wlsner'
It whirlcd about in the air and then
few to the monkeys, fastening ltse!i
upon them. -.
fur came In tho first place was such q
big chap that his fur completely cover
ed Peggy. Billy and Folly Wisher
There wero dozens and dozens OF mon
KEYS. however, and not nearly enough
fur to cover them all. So strange
thing happened. instead of the fur coy
ering n few monkeys and leaving the
Others bare the fur divided itself W
into dozens and dozens Of pieces, each
piece Just large enough to make triI
around a monkeys neck. and thus, IN
less than iiFy each monkey in all The
tribe was given a white fur friIl.
These fur frills pleased the mon
Keys very much. They were delighted
to get them and their happy chattcring
made almost as much noise as the roar
ing of the lions.
II made so much noise, in fact. that
| monkeys luE away III bAlI'l IuI'h Hl''
heard it and came hopping to sec what
the fuss was all about. The first mon
KEYS showed their frills proudly anC
put on funny little superior airs.
The other monkeys tried to snat"'
the fur frills away, but found they hac
grown on the first monkeys and they
couldn't got them Their" came neal
being = fight among the monkeys ovol
the frills until ono wise old monke!
stopped all the chattcring with a wore
Of command.
Eek, We got these frills very ras,
| iy through the magic of tho StranE
creatures We saved from the lions. Per
haps they will give you frtllS in th
same way"
At that all the monkeys that Iidn
have frills came swnrmlng M the tree
in which Peggy. Billy and Folly Wishc
had their nests. "Givo us frils. Civ
us frills," they demanded in monkp
talk, pulling at the clothes Of the chill
dren, and threatening to tear them {
pieces.
But Peggy and Billy couldn't civ
them more fur. as they had used thci
wish in giving the friIls to the frs
monkeys.
The second monkeys began to &c
angry when thov saw they we're no
going To get friIls. They seized COCO
nuts to throw at Peggy. Billy and Foil
Wishcr as the first monkeys had throw
at the lions.
"Oh. oh. wish we were miles an
miles away from here among humans.
cried Peggy in dismay.
At once the wish was rrantel, ThCi
nests rose into the air. bearing ther
away like airplancs. They flew owe
deserts over mountains Ovar rIVCr,