Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-07
CHAPTER M
vUav In Catch Fish


Nsv Wv 10 Catch Fish
a, .hs Tesser yelled like q bad
vm y, ,sttips 1 spanking. The wris.
~. =, worm Merry Robin had dropped
e,n. . NJ. N back felt as big and As lively
.rss. Il outi Take Il QUIT" yelled
Hs Jumped and jossled and
s.,su,.d. he turned somersaults. he
',.hA On the sround, he rolled over
sn%T ~. ~. noor worm was 90 scared %
~. tSs Teaser and IL kept right on
Se% Se%S,,ins. trying to fnd . way out OF
Hs v:ist. and back to lts dark, safe
~ n tSe Sround. And, Of course. the
~. s0s = ths worm wriggled, the more Tom
StissmsS Stis In trying to get rid Of II. Up
~ trsee the birds and Perky Squir-
=, - ~sre enjoying tho sight immensely.
Msv 6iled the air with their chuckles
enas s,iIv n9S SoSsr hadn't seen Merry Robin
tss worm down Toms back. He
Sart understand what was the mat
~ v,th Tom. He thought the boy
s,Hsni1 had gone mad. Instead Of
ss;rs 70 help Tom he hid behind q tree
"a vstched Tom around the trunk.
sSst FAVE Cocky Robin a chance to
~ 4 trick on Jolly Joker. Cocky
SsSin found q fat, fuzzy caterpillar.
81 nicied IL up In his bill and hoped
sicnr 4 branch Of the maple tree until
~ E IA above Jolly Joker's head. There
+ Sropped the caterpillar. Down It
-, 1rside Jolly Joker's shirt.
~ "Whss. e i" yelled Jolly Joker. "A
Es.he.hs! He.he.he!
A. The fuzzy caterpillar wriggled in.
do Jolly Joker's shirt Il felt,. indeed,
me- tickling scorpion: It tickled Jolly
Joker until he couldn't help laughing.
although the laugh was q laugh Of fear
instead Of a laugh Of fun.
'Tsks the big snake out Of my
v,ist," screamed Tom. 1T Is going to
oat me up or squeeze me to death"
'Take the tickling scorpion out Of
M shirt" screamed Jolly Joker. 1T
4 soinr to tickle me to death"
Jack and Janet had laughted at the
tricks Of the robins, but seeing how
ccared Tom and Jolly Joker were they
ieit sorry for them. They jumped up
from their hiding place and ran to help
the boy and the elf.
"Hsip! Help!' screamed Tom.
"Help! Help screamed jolly Joker:
"Etay STILL" said Jack to Tom, but
Tom couldn't stay still. Every time he
TIED to do so the worm inside his waist
would wrigsle and then Tom would
Souirm. And It was the same way
With Jolly Joker. Every time he tried
b stop laughing the fuzzy caterpillar
would begin crawling about with its
many legs and that would make the
tickling sharper than ever. jolly Joker
laughed until he was sore.
Jack opened Toms waist and out
dropped the wriggling worm.
"Ha! Ha! Hal" laughed Jack.
There 10 the big snake that was going
10 eat you up or squeeze you to DEATH"
Janet helped Jolly Joker shake the
caterpillar out Of his shirt.
"Ha! Ha Ha !" she laughed at him.
"No wonder you were tickled. Look at
all the hands and feet that fuzzy cater.
pillar had with which to tickle you.,'
Tom looked at tho worm and Jolly
Joker looked at the fuzzy caterpillar.
They both felt rather cheap over max
Ing such a fuss about a worm and q
caterpillar.
well, It looks like a snake and It
felt like a snake" declared Tom, with q
lheepish grin. "I'll get even with that
worm BY using 1: for bait to catch a
Now It happened that King Fisher,
while flying home with Topping fish
BE- had caught in the river, had stopped
70 laugh at the tricks being played on
Tom and Jolly Joker. Just as Tom the
Tsassr stopped to pick up the worm
King Fisher let 60 Of the fish he was
carrying. Down It fell into the gaping
neck Of Toms shirt.
Tho 6sh was larger than the worm
ald ten times as lively. 1t Topped and
thralhed about. Tom the Teaser,
startled out Of his wits, didn't know
what had hit him.
wow" he yelled. ~ told you
tlss was Z snake down my back-a
Wovl Wow!"