Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-16
SMasU BY Johnny G Ellie SNX

Where did the cunning little Gnome
/ upon my shoulder just a moment ago,
Andyw
Il don't know" Raggedy Andy replied.
Il did not feel him leave. and | didn't
/ feel him come, either"
| He was n cunning little creature"
| said Raggedy Ana, mot over two inches
| high when he stood up"
! The two Raggedys looked about them
In the tall grass and finally Andy cried,
There he goes, Raggedy Ann. down that
tiny path beneath those bending flowers"
He's chasing something" Raggedy Ann
/ exclaimed as she pushed her rag head
down beneath the flowers so she might
look down the tiny path. Come see.
Raggedy Andy"
Raggedy Andy could see, when he got
down beside Raggedy Ann that indeed
tho cunning little Gnome was chasing
something. IN and out the flower stems
and grass blades he darted while Just
ahead Of him jumped another tiny crea-
tura. To the little Gnome aud the tiny
!. creature, the stems Of he flowers and
blades Of grass were just ike a great
forest Of trees would seem to a real for
sure boy or girl, Every once In while
the cunning little Gnome would stub his
toe over tiny twig, or root hat up he
would get and start running again.
The two Raazedy dolls erawled
through the flowers and the grasses and
followed the cupuing little Gnome until
they got n good peep nj the creature he
was chasing. why il is Johnny Crick
ct" Raggedy Ann cried. Il wonder why
the cunning little Gnome is chasing him =
Johnny Cricket lodged this way and
\ that, around stems of weeds and over
tiny sticks and pebbles until he came
to a tiny hole then Down this he crawled
| as fast as he could. The cunning little
I Gnonc came to where Johnny Cricket had
/ gone down the tiny hole and sat down
I uron little pebble nearby "IIe won't be
4 down there very long," he laughed, when
i he saw Raggay Ann and Raggedy Andy
/ watching him. "He will probably bump
/ right into Arthur Angleworm and
Y Arther Angleworm will wiggle Johnny
/ Cricket right up out Of the hole again.
/ Sure enough this was just what
/ happened Arthur Angleworm's front hall
/ was so small, johnny Cricket could not
1 turn around In 1t and soon he came
/ backing out. The cunning little Gnome
caught Johnny Crickets long legs and
pulled him out, then he placed Johnny
Cricket across his knee and padded him
until Johnny Cricket squeesed and
squeckcd
''Why do You paddle Johnny Cricket"
| Raggedy Ann wished to know.
The cunning little Gneme held Johnny
/ Cricket by Johnny's coat tails and pulled
him upon Raggedy AIMS nice clean white
apron, ASK Johnny Cricket" The little
Gnome laughed. "IIe knows why. and he
knows he deserved every paddle | gave
him. Don't you, Johnny Cricket? 2"
Johnny Cricket wicgled his eyebrows
in funny way and twisted one toe
around before he replied. YES, | did
deserve every paddle, and I am so sorry
too: fell off a tall weed awhile ago and
lit right unon my back and broke my
fiddle. And when ! saw Charlie Cricket
fast asleep under the toadstool. l took
his fiddle and put my broken one in It's
place"
MY! Myl My." was all Raggedy Ann
could say.
Yes 7 know it Is wrong" Johnny
Cricket squeeked," and knew 1t just as
soon as | had taken Charities fiddle "Rut
the little Gnome started chasing be
fore had n chance to put Charles fid
die back and get my own Dear me!
I'm sorry I did not know that" the cum
ming little Gnome said but here comes
Charlie Cricket now. and you can see he
has been crying.
Il broke my fiddle" Charlie Cricket
saueeked when he saw the cunning litn-
Gnome. VIII you please fix 1t for me.
THAT was my fiddle!" said Jolnny
Cricket as he pulled Charles fiddl cut
from under his coat and handed 1t to
Charlie. 1T was naughty Of me to take
your fiddle, Charlie and am S, sorry