Show w v f r cje evv IF TH J 1 irm three elfons who I 1 ved in a tairel ke nook jk i I 1 once read of our fourth ot of july in a a A tt v b book ook u t and promptly ly their own quiet woodlands forsook to share in the fun and the noise by the I 1 gl t ot of the moon they crept out on the sly and merrily sang on their way asking pol tely of each passerby how far they must go to meet fourth of july till they came to the lawn of the day wl at a d efferent song tl ese three elfina sang As they it limped their way homeward that night they had heard how the bells in the steeples go clang torpedoes and crackers go lety bang and the go up out of sight for 0 e little elfin by chance got astride of a giant torpedo nearby on a huge cannon cracker the next took a ride number three to the tail tall of a 9 rocket was i tied ana all three were blown up there sky I 1 ugh agh on the way coming down each elfin declared 0 he ile had seen quite enough of the sky and prom sed himself tt if he lived to be spared i to eer ener reach home and the damage re paired he re would stav there on I 1 of july 0 tet yet this was not all for they met on the roid ro id A three cripples in p ticul plight tl TI ey also algo I 1 ad been there to see things explode A ta iless young squirrel a three legged toad A ad d a crow with tall feathers turned white A very wi wl e owl who was scowling close i by t As the woebegone party drew near remarked while winking and blinking t one eye i t I 1 tell you so that the fourth of july Is the tooly tool fool day of 0 the year but an eagle swooped down from h a tow ering pine and said with his talons uncurled theada the da Is all right this country ts Is i mine ne sad to be crippled but sadder to whine he fourth ot of july leads the world and now my young friends allow me to state that the flag you saw borne on the breeze Is the flag of the free and we ve celebrate the fourth of july while the crackers debate with just as much fun furl as we please be careful old owl lest my temper you stir this country cost more than one ee e e and Is worth all it cost though owls nay n ay demur we invite everything ta in horns feathers or fur to share in our fourth of july 0 11 11 L ICY 4 at V I 1 U k d 4 65 |