Show I Ies For TINY S LI J Blanche Silver i i L WILLY LAND m nF rIES DIG BIG Ml STUCK IJ ST Well reclaimed exclaimed Belt Betty Batty Land Beetle when whon Willy Land Beetle told her how ho Johnny Johnn Groan Green Frog had frightened them the tho afternoon before If It I 1 were In your OUr place I Id I'd get Set even 01 with him himas him himas as sure suro as I live Iho So So would l 1 cried Tilly Tumblebug Maybe It would woul teach him a n lesson But Dut what can I r do doT doD asked cd Willy illy Land Beetle Do like wo we water wlter be beetles do suggested suggested sug sug- Willy Land L Beetles Beetle's cosin Jimmy Jim my Water Beetle Walt ait until Johnny Johnn Green Fro Frog Is sitting on a rock boyer hov- hov Ir er r over O him then themi drop Into the water waters I s with S. S h ith a 11 splash S It 11 II alwa always 10 s 's gS frightens In v VU J straight str But dont don't tho the frogs see ou asked asJe Will Willy Land Beetle C Certainly not replied Jimmy Water ater Beetle Wo always wait walt until un un- Until til HI almost dark so o the they cant can't see Hee us Try it and Ill I'll bet bel you'll scare him So o It was ns decided Willy Land Beetle nn and his friends all met down by th the theold t told old olt mill pond Just before dark arl and waited alted for Cor Johnny Johnn Green Frog and nd his hi crowd to come como out on the rocks s for tor their concert Willy Land Beetle and his friends hadn't long to wait T before Johnny Green Oreen Frog Fro Frond and nd his followers gathered on the rocks Now Xo 0 whispered 1 Jimmy Water Beetle You lou fly rl right ht over their heads and after aCter they've finished their first song drop with a a. flop nop into the water right on the other Othor side e of ot the rocks on which they're sitting Bo Be sure not to let them see Bee you ou before beCore or they'll give you ou the laugh Leave It to me laughed Willy Land Beetle The ll n never ver see me mc r I 1 bet Ill I'll teach them not to frighten us fellows again Johnny Johnn Green Frog and his settled ettlel themselves on the rocks looked up at the moon that was vas Just pecking peeking over the tho hilltops and began hean their evening concert Just as the strains of the la lat line linc died Heel away Willy Land Beetle and his hils friends flew around behind the tho un unsuspecting unsuspecting un- un suspecting green frogs hovered over their heads a few seconds then suddenly sud su un-I un denly denb as aa Jimmy Water Yater Beetle had hai suggested sug sug- down the they all came wIth a terrible plunk Into the pond I It was hard to tell which was wa t iho he those little land an 1 beetles were so wet and hI hla friends or the gr green c frol frog Willy Land Beetle had ha-d overlooked over over- overlooked I looked th fact that he and his friends were made to fly ny on land Th TheY knew w nothing about swimming In at like cousin Jimmy Water ater l Such scrambling and tossing flapping flapping flap flap- ping ping- and crying you ou never heard for tor those little land beetles weer eer so wet thc they couldn't tl fly out of or th water as J they had planned Finally Willy Land Beetle crawled upon a lily eaf af andone andone and andone one b by one pulled up his friends friends- There the they had to sit all night lon long I before their wings T were ere dry enough I Ito to fly I t back ck to their meadow homes I That was th the last Jast time Willy L Land LandI nd I Beetle Beatle and his friends ever sought ought re ro- ro I enge |