Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-22
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Raggedy Raggedy
Ann and Andy
: JoHN my LIE

May we como into your house and
OF Mister Muskrat. "Why, Andy" Rag
gedy Ann laughed, don't you know that
Is very impolite?" Raggedy Andy fig.
geted his foot about IN the sand and did
not know Just what to say. but Mister
Muskrat patted him upon the back and
laughed. That's ali right, Raggedy
Andy. was just about to ask both OF
you inside for 1t looks to me Is II we
were about TO have a heavy rain, and II
you stay out In the rain | am sure youl
rag bodies Will get very soGgy." And
with this Mister Muskrat led the way
into his kitchen.
isn't 1t nice and cozy In here?' Rag
gedy Ann exclaimed. 1T Is SO quiet
you can hardly hear any OF the sounds
from the creatures along the Looking
glass Brook" That's one reason why /
like it, Mister Muskrat answered, lead
ing the way UP long hall into a large
room. This Is my living room" And
he pulled out two little chairs for the
Raggedys and took an easy chair him
self After lighting his muskrat pipe,
the funny lumpy creature crossed his
feet and leaned back comfortably. YES,
indeedy. Timothy Turtle IS a queer lit
tie fellow. and all his turtle relatives are
queer little creatures. too But then,
continued Mister Muskrat. probably
Timothy Turtle and his relatives think
every one else Is queer. too. And
guess 1t Is just as well that we do think
that way, for If we didn't we'd probably
be Disconnected and want TO be changed
into something else And that IS just
how the Turtle family happen to be as
queer as they are. For, once upon
time, the turtles were almost like tho
Hoppytoads and tho Greenfrogs, except
that the Turtles could not hop as far
as the Frog, Then when larger crea-
lures came > the streams where the
Turtles and Koppytoads and Frogs lived
the Turtles could not get into the water
as fast as the Greenfrogs.
And so, when Old Mister Skooligan
the Magician, came along one day, the
Turtle family all cried, oh, Mister
Skooligan. the mosquitoes bite up upon
our backs and we cant hop fast enough
to get away from them, and when Old
Mister Heron comes along looking for
dinner, we can't hop fast enough to get
away from him. Can you give US some
magic medicine which will make our
US and Old Mister Heron won't be able
TO eat us for dinner And Old Mister
Skooligan. the Magician, he winked his
eyes behind his glasses and he chuckled
to himself: Humm. Less sect muslin
like, and then he took out his magic
pecketbook with two magic suspender
buttons and three glass beads in it and
touched each Turtle upon the back.
There he said Now the mosquitoes
cant bit you, and Mister Heron won't
care to eat you" And away he walked.
And so,' continued Mister Muskrat as
he puffed the smoke up around the cell
ing, "the Turtle family got Just what
they asked for, but not exactly what
they wanted, and. while they have very
hard backs. they get very tired carrying
such heavy loads about with them all the
time"
They should have been satisfied" said
Rasgedy Andy, then probably Old Mis-
ter Skooligan would have changed them
to something even better without them
asking for a change
and that's why all the Turtle family
are so slow and sleepy" unused Raggedy
Ann. I've wondered how they became
that way."
But there's one thing about the Tur-
tles." said Mister Muskrat IF they start
out to do anything, they keep plodding
away until 1t Is done"
"Do the Turtles have any homes be-
sides the ones they carry upon their
backs?" asked Raggedy Andy.
No. laughed Mister Muskrat. I'm
less where they bury themselves in the
mud at the bottom of the streams in the
winter time could be called homes.'
Then too" he added, "A lot OF the
Turtles come into our warm houses for
the winter and pull their heads and feet
into their shells and sleep!'
ut is kind of you to let them stay with
you all winter, Mister Muskratv Rag
gedy Ann said.
Well Mister Muskrat replied, THE
Turtles come In very handy to us at times
during the winter"
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy
laughed at this and asked "How?"
Lots and lots of times we Muskrats
have parties and then we use the sleep
ing turtles for seats and they never know
Il at all.'