Show I II I I G and GEDY ANDY i d by tJ Jb Crisps Croel By JOHNNY GRUELLE Copyright by Johnny Gruelle All Rights Reserved Raggedy Ann Sat where she could watch the tall hickory nut tree in which old the they witch had her nome Old the witch had captured captured captured cap cap- Raggedy Raggedy V Andy and held him a prisoner way up In the tree somewhere and Raggedy Ann had taken the magic rope ladder and tangled It amongst the stumps and logs so that bId old could not get to the ground t Raggedy Ragged Ann ad found found a great Mump of candy covered cookies and had filled her apron and had eaten i ithe the cookies where here could watch her I Raggedy Ann knew lenew this would make old very hungry and she told Just how good the cookies were Old the witch pretended she old not not want any cookies and that she wasn't hungry but Raggedy Rag Rag- Raggedy Rag Rag-I gedy Ann knew very well the old witch was telling fibs Presently old the witch came out of ot her door with a long Jong string with a hook on the end of it Now what in fn the world does she intend doing with that string and hook Raggedy Ann asked hers her her- s self When the string reached the ground old gave a a. little jerk upon the other end She acts like she was fishing Raggedy Ann said sald to herself My 1 13 goodness how does she expect to catch right in theair the theair theair air above the ground Raggedy Ann walked up in under the Hickory nut tree Stay back the witch howled to Raggedy Ragged Ann Do you want to scare all the fish away Silly Raggedy Ann laughed There are no fish swimming around in the air here I could see them if it there were wera any Ha Is that so r. r iss Raggedy Ann Just you tel tell me how youcan you youcan youcan can fish when they are invisible Just you tell teU me that Im I'm fishing for invisible fish that's what So get back out of ot the way Well Raggedy Ann Aln thought I Ido Ido Ido do not believe there are an any invisible InvisIble invisible ible fish swimming around here inthe in inthe inthe the air but if it there are any and Heety the witch catches them she can cook them and eat them and she will not be hungry And if it she isn't hungry then she will not trade I Raggedy Andy for the magic finagle rope ladder So Ill I'll just frighten all act the invisible ible fish tish away And Raggedy Ann took astick and beat all around her upon the ground Now you ou stop step that the witch howled I I 1 had a bite and you frightened the invisible fish away the witch jerked upon the theline theline theline line once In a while and finally Raggedy Ann hit the line with her stick This sent the hook whirling around in the air and as it swung around the hook caught in Raggedy Anns Ann's dress the witch gave a a. great howl and jerked as hard hardas as she could Whee Ive I've caught you Raggedy Ann That was Just what I waS was fishing for anyway anway And she began hauling up the line and there dangling head down kicking and twisting and whirling around Raggedy Raggedy Rag Rag- gedy Ann was hauled up up In the theair theair air closer and closer to the high I limb where the witch sat chuckling at the way she had fooled tooled Raggedy a gedy Ann I |