Show ES Q FOl lin I C THC WONDER GROVE lX G Pooh exclaimed Polly closing her book bool with a a. sigh I I 1 dont don't believe that even if It is in my stud study book Dont Don t believe what 1 asked cd a squeaky voice and and- ack the travel 0 elfin elfin tin ran from rota behind a abush abush abush bush and sat at down beside POll Polly Folly hats In your stud study bool Wh Why exclaimed Poll Polly forgetting her manners and Interrupting H What Vhal it says S S 'S about a a. rain tree Oh On the one one in Africa laughed Go- Go comeback Well you ou don't dont believe belies thero there is one do you Seeing is believing laughed Polly and laughing merrily I caught her hand and before Poll Polly I knew knes what what- was as happening happening- tho the two stood under a great tree out In the tho tho middle lo o of oC a desert of sand As far as ns Poll Polly Folly could see sec thero was I sand sand sand sand The breeze that fanned tanned her hor cheek cheel was so hot It made mado II her catch her breath Tho The heat was wa wasS S almo almost t stifling S Go suggested that they sit under the shade of ot tho the wide spreading branches and rest before th they continued continued contin contin- their journey Polly Folly wasP waS glad to rest and threw h herself down on the tho cool sands under the lovely tree treo and looked up Into its bright green le leaves dancing In th the blazing sun Well o 0 fall an things she how lIow in the thc world orld can this tree keep Its leaves so so O. O green on on such ouch a a. hot da day At home on a day as warm a aa this the thc on our trees all Jl droop in the sun gun What makes them keep so fresh fresa and bright Before the elfin cHin could reply down from the thc branches above Polly's Pollys head he d came camo a shower of tho the loveliest coolrain coolrain cool rain Polly had ever cyer been out in It saturated tho the earth beneath and around the thc treo a as aH far tar as the thc branches branch J extended while just bc beyond tho the sun suii u blazed hot on the dry r hot sands Polly Folly could hardly believe her eyes es and pinched herself hersel hard to make sure lure she wasn't dreaming Youre not dreaming laughed Go- Go comeback I Feet Feel your our clothes and look at mine mine- Sure enough both boLh Polly and Go- Go com comeback baek were vere soaking wet but hap hat I P py It ta gave them new life ure and r re refreshed rc- rc them for their homeward ard journey journe jour jour- ne ney through the thc scorching sun I No Xo one has lIas been able ablo to find out for certain sure just where liere the raintree rain raintree i tr tree c gets its water said I I when they once more Polly's Pollys house But It is a blessing to lo the thc tired and thIrsts thIrsts' traveler And nd Andin in our wonder grove you'll find other trees Just as Js queer Some day da maybe Ill I'll 11 bring you back and well we'll find some of the tho others Bidding ing Polly Poliy good good-by disappeared leaving Poll Polly with a l queer lucer talc tale to tell her playmates about I thc the rain tree of Africa |