Show RAGGEDY ANN j I jand and and RAGGEDY ANDY I By Johnny Mr Brown the gingerbread tramp had llad been all fixed up b by Raggedy nagged Ann He lIe had been put in Mrs Cookies Cookie's oven and baked as as new and now he ha had lovely eyes ees a nose and a mouth all made out of ot candy iCing ff y Ann Ain h had d named the gin gin- gin gin- tramp Mr Brown because he then was br brown Wn In Ann P the had beginning covered and his old gingerbread clothes lothes with brand- brand new shin shiny c chocolate Icing Everyone was t proud roud of or the way Raggedy Ann had fixed up the gingerbread gin gin- gingerbread man and the gingerbread nan Now v was P prouder than Anyone anyone else l I shall tell telly you u how I happened hap hap- paned to be hero the Mr ef Brown v s said a Raggedy Andy asked tt to me roe o tell my Story ju just t before be- be fore foro be baked baited I 1 was placed In ln th the Oven ven to I 1 am sure your story will be tt In- In resting tc-resting Raggedy Ann said as everyone sat t down to listen Well en sir air Mr Drown Brown the gingerbread gingerbread gin gin- tramp said I Was made b by II a raisIns very In my my nice face ace for foyes lady eyes and Sh 3 nose put and mouth and baked me In her Oven n Then rhe e t h he nl nice g ladys lady's d boy came In and d said IJ IOU andu Mother 1 hat Is the nice thing I 1 smell lt It is Is gingerbread cookies cookie the n co lady said anti and fine fIno d I x made maae you OU a aman gingerbread man man Then she took iffie ne out of at the h pan and save gave me to the lIttle boy S 'S Oh He is a lovely gingerbread gin gin- man the little boy said i keep much too lovely to eat I shall him bin and eat the So bo c gingerbread the nice lady gave tho the little boy three gIngerbread Then Then the lady and the little boy f got L In an automobile and took me mo downtown And do you know when no WO were going very fast the little boy accidentally dropped me out of at the tho car and I fell In the street Every ery J once in InJa a a. While another au au- au- au would come whizzing b by and sometimes they would almost run right over me But I Just laid there mind and nd smiled up Into the BunIJ sunshine sun sun- shine IJ until f a puppy u dog came along l fu and carried a me n off Fl JI lie took k me to the side of the road and ate me up Then I didn't know anything anything- until I I. found mys myself lf sitting In the powdered powdered pow pow- I dered sugar snow beside a creature v hp seemed to be stuck in the anew enow I I It must have been Hookie the Goblin the tho said Ma Maybe be It was Mr Brown the gingerbread man said Anyway he tried his best to reach me and when he lle found he could not he asked me to take his hand and help him get up But I had seen the look in the puppy dogs dog's eyes when he ate me up and this creature had the same look leok in his eyes ees I hated to disappoint point him the gingerbread man I laughed still T I did not care to be eaten again So I just got up and walked away from him Im and came here herel I That Is the way we e reached here Mr and Mrs Cookie told the gingerbread man A puppy dog ate us too Now you can live with us here ge Thank J you s Mr B Brown wn the gin gingerbread gin gin- T g y man saM I shall h help about the place Just like a hired man manS only I do not wish an any pay for doing any work For I am sure it is Just justas as Raggedy Ann has said One gets a reward every time one does a n. kindness for another So I wish to bo be as kind and as helpful as I can Then you are sure to be bS bl happy Raggedy Ann laug laughed e l. l |