Show The HI NY-Mury NY I ST STUDY by HAL COCHRAN PICTURES by JOE KING Th Th 9 I I Read Read the Story Then Color the Picture I The were quite surprised I a and nd peevish when they realized that t they hey had one more passenger than when they started out The skinny who had stowed away s said aid Well I guess Im I'm here to stay Were We're far away from land lane and I know y you ou wont won't toss me out I Well wait a minute Duney cried Before Belore we take you on our ride j just tell us one thing Can you swim a and nd J if you can how far If we thought you jou could swim I a ashore shore you'd soon be on your our wa way o once nce more cause in this little stream y you'd oud oud be instead of where you are Oh no replied the skinny Please Id I'd rather rest right here at e case ase I 1 might swim all the way to s shore hore and also I might not Your boat is big enough for tor me mc b because its it's roomy as it can be Ill I'll g gladly help you with your jour sailing I Ian Ican Ican c can an do a lot Ha hal hai laughed You arc are s smart mart Youre You're offering to do your our part because you know theres there's naught to do The boat sails by itself It knows its course and sticks to It as long as we just steer a bit You cannot trick us us though you are arc a clever little elf Just then they heard a n funny noise and Coppy shouted Look up boys What is that I see overhead Its It's flyIng fly fly- Ing lag right our wa way Why its it's a big bird Yes siree And Its It's as strange as it can be Lets Let's wait walt and see sec what it will do Perhaps Per Perhaps haps it wants to play The bird swooped right down on the boat and sent a shrill sound from its throat And then it eyed the skinny and the skinny cried Go Goway Goway Goway way You are arc a messenger bird I know You want to take me I 1 wont won't go o Then to the he said That bird will ill spoil my pIa play I Copyright 1932 NEA Service Inc I The bird ta takes the skinny away In the next stor story |