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Show j ADVENTURES F TEE TWINS ' j j OY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON .. - , a. .. A NEW SONC S ' It was. a jood' thine forNJck that tho twins got, back the charm that Wasp Weasel had stolen, for never had It been more necessary for him to talk to tie-little tie-little people, of M-adow Ciotn than now This u. Why Nick hud to talk So many si-al wen- empty in Meadow Urove sdioel und r the old oak 'hat Mr Scrib .hie RoraU'ii i oiild scaicely hae lesson." The Sploei f;iil ami the Hhte li-dh- Ho) ?r I Nick o lot of-names and off he trolled to j I hunt them iiji. I. Nancy had dcoldcd that as cvp.- thing , was covered with snow, and they had lo i scrape off all the seals each morning !- ; fore they iould sit down, she Would, leach llwiu a new- song nlm: It. It w:i n I time, that was oermin. for singing about " loletn and hullerciiiis. brimming with dew !" So she taught them this one. called i ' King Winter" The cold winds iam- nnss the plain. Tin la In la la la! Tio la la la.l.t' l V - if , j' So Mr. Scribble Scratch gave Nick a lot of names and- off he trotted to-hunt , tlirm nn. h'ad not been there for weeks. And now, I"red Krog and Sammy Snake. Jr., were: gone, and MuffMohVtoo. It was puzziing to think why Muff; should be gone, when earthworm- hunt-1 ing was a thing of ihe past. KdMe Earth-1 worm and all his kind were flv feet un-dergjound. un-dergjound. and that was too far for Muff j to go after them. But gone Muff was. any wax. So Mr. Scribble Scratch gavel . Wlnlor roars with might nnd main. Tra la-la la la In la la-la! lie nips" our toes and ho bltos ottr ears. And he freezes our fingers till wc cry. my doHrs LAnd we shiver nnd-shake till we cry blgi I tears, I Oh. glo-reeus old King Win-tor!" , , Hut It was a coid song at best and did, I not cheer Ihem up much. j |