Show I I I I 3 ri 11 JUMPING JU PING KANGAROO j AND 1 D By John ohn Walker V Harrington Copyright 1 by McClure Phillips Co CoAt At Little Monkey Swimming 1 Little Monkey lost his hI tall tail anti and the oth r i monkeys monkey made so 30 much fun of oC him that he ho could not live JIve with thorn them any more lit II i i went away by and led fed ed on oa bur bee I tics rica Ho He was sitting on the tho bank of ot the thu th river ono one day when whan the earth gave way w wand and he fell tell In the water Ho lIe swam out again and as us he did he had an Idea Ill start a swimming school said he heIll heIll heIll Ill teach leach all the other animals to swim so 4 that their lives will bo be saved ived 9 ved if they fall Into the water So Little Monkey built houses housos on the theof shore of the river and put up a sign which read L Monkey Swimming Skule Bathing Suits to Hire He had bathing suits in sizes to any animal from a mouse mIO to an elephant He hired the tailor taU or bird to make now new suits as fast fat as the old ones ODOS wore out Ben Croco dile due wt we always around to save the lives of the animals who wh swam out too far Little Monkey put a raft art away awa out in the v where here the animals could rr st after they bd swum as long longas as they should When hen all alt the animals and all the birds s heard that Little Monkey had bad a swimming t t they said How very fashion fashionable able Shie Some o of them thought they could I swim l I a then e tt it became the style I j for all lf an tg nuts and birds to swim like little mon k ky without tails Every avery afternoon the thEIn I K h in front of Little Monkeys s bath Ing If houses was filled li by the jungle folk folI t All Ai tho those who went In hired bathing suits s sand and the tailor bird wa WIltS wee kept busy buy all day da making new suits and mending the olt old ones ft Little I e es Monkey wore r a tine fine gry g Fuit and he swam s up iap and a down to teach t tho th fh animals how to swim like a little monkey without a tall and Zebra were great friends and andone andone one afternoon they the went wont to Little Mon Ke s swimming imming sw school 4 We e want ant nice new suits said ld Tiger Tailor Bird Pird brought out two suits suite with yellow vellow and black bleck stripes Tiger and I Zebra then had bed white hair for lor this was wd w Q I Im mn m jears yea rs ago 8 O Thyre fine said Tailor Bird They Th fu lit like the bark on the tree and the th colors are so 80 new that they would be bea a ahamed h torun VItt h n it t pretty suits Zobra Zebra and Tiger Tigor Saul at n once They The put flut on the bathing suits and sat dow d down n I on en th sand Wh h don dont t you come In asked a ked Heron who had stayed in the water until he was wag wa blue blut blueW We W want everybody to see our fine new cults sult answered 1 Zebra Tome Come ome on cried Little Monkey Bath BathIng Ing suits were made l to get pt wet So Sq b Tiger and Zebra stopped top ed into the tho water w ter and followed Monkey Tiger Ti er cried Little Monkey Menkey enkey M round around you mU keep your mouth shut Every Evry time Tiger got near Little Mon Moz key ikey his mouth flew open This made Little Monkey very nervous n for Tiger had big sharp teeth When hen Tiger was not scaring waring Little ey Zebra was kick ing In the water over the poor little animal which was doing its best beat to teach Its pupils how to swim The other ether animals nd birds birde got out ou on of th the water and sat ant upon the beach and laughed and laughed At the fun which Tiger and Zebra were having with Little Monkey Tiger and Zebra made believe b lieve that they were wart very ory awkward They were all the tho time Ume catching Little Monkey around the neck until his hl hoad head was 63 under water TJien when he came up UTI again with his ears and mouth all streaming they would ay nv Noble bIT Little le Monkey h k you o have just saved d our lives They oven c got a little S 7 V I J I L I F 4 1 I It ItI li C I f a CAPTAIN CAPT MONKEY PAINTS A SIGN fish to swim under Little Monkey and bite his toes Little Monkey lonkey pretended not to bo DO angry At the time though he was vexed and ha lie made up tip his mind that he hey would y uld pay back Tiger ri er and Zebra for the mean way In which they were treating him He was all aU tired out but he kept swimming for lie he SAW san that something was happening which would give gio him a aline I fine line revenge Tiger he said If you would keep your our mouth from being open so 50 much and Zebra Obra if you ou would not net splash s with your I feet you ou both would become very veo fine Swimmers Dont bother to take off your suits Just sit t In the sun and ny f 1 10 wt when wn I teach Antelope how to dive e Ill give gig you ou another n e lesson lessen o So Tiger e and Zebra sat in the sun and told the other animals about the great fun which they the had had with Little Mon Monkey ky key Then they thoy found somebody else to make fun for lor them t em Leopard who was all aU spotted came down to the beach I ti i I II itU 6 L c J t E ES S Tiger liger Opens Oe OeL na Scares S ittle L Ho ho lau nea Tiger Tier did you ever eyer eversee eversee see an animal in a polka dot skin He H he IS he gaily dressed neighed n the U Zebra e us he lie grinned and looked around at the other animals It Is not eveny eYe animal answered the Leopard as aibe he came out dressed up in his white bathing suit who has the good fortune to be born with a beautiful w white hue skin Many Is the time I 1 have tried to change the these e polka dots for a plain checked suit uit but somehow I could never do it I may be b funny but I 1 never looked so queer as do two iivo very mean animals who arc lying on on this beach all dressed up In ugly u striped r bathing suits Then Than n nu Zebra and Tiger became angry ango They got up and took toos off olt of their bathing suits and threw them at Tailor Bird Then all aU the birds and the animals laughed so soI I hard that they had to put their hands to their thel sides si es Hyena laughed hed until he rolled over and over on the beach Hyena l roared Tiger you ou are al ni always always ways laughing at nothing What is In the matter with you Hyena H ena pointed with his is paw Tiger and Zebra looked at themselves and found that their skins were all striped The color had come out of oC the new bathing suits and the sun had dried It Into their hair Ever since bince that day the beasts beaste in the jun jungle jungle jungle I gle have hare always said aid ald Striped Tiger and Striped Zebra and It was not until the Spotted Leopard 1014 od oid mp me this story that I 1 I knew that those two animals a were n ere once as white as the thi th Polar Bear Bohr Bc r irtI k I I P Pi i 7 a ae e S 4 TIGER AND ZEBRA BUN I T i I II I i I I l I v tIt i iNISS NISS ROS ROSALIE LIE BROWN SHOWN AND Lil KITT EN WAITING TO TOBE BE PAINTED |