Show S 6 Jo OP OF THE TH TWiNS It t L Olive Roberty Robey Bar Barton on J WHY THE ASH TREE SHIVERED S S 'S S S 'S the matter old tree asked Nancy patting its ts sides Are you sad because we wo cant can't find Jocko Nancy and Nick heard a sigh overhead overhead overhead over over- head and as they looked up the leaves leave's of the ash tree beside them began to shiver and shake the matter old tree asked Nancy patting its sides Ate Are ou sad because we can cant can't t find Jocko o Or Orare are you trying to tell us Yil seen him The tree looked down at them but merely shook hook its leaves again and made no reply The magical mushroom mushroom mushroom mush mush- room seemed to know all about It n however a selfish old fellow fellow fel fel- fel- fel low it said He doesn't feel teel sorry for anybody but himself He hasn't a friend left J Ill 11 be his friend nd said Nick quickly quick quick- ly scrambling up into a low branch with the help of hi his little green shoes Nancy Tancy followed declaring that she would too i J S All the time the old ash tree W was s shivering sniveling dreadfully as though he had hada a chill S There insisted the mushroom S S. S 7 Ii I tell you Hes He's trying to shake you off just as he has done all the birds and squirrels and even the Why that big stone there used to be his closest friend friendt but he kicked it away too Suddenly the tree began to speak Ina in ina ina a queer Jerky sort of way Im I'm I Im I'm not cross at all he said I just I just love everybody but you see I Im I-I'm Im I'm ticklish Wh when Wh-when when anything touches me I have to shake i He couldn't say anything more Just then for fOJ Nick squirmed a bit and the tree caught his breath and shivered shivered shiv shiv- ered Finally he went on I didn't kick the stone away either A mouse tickled my foot and I Jumped that's all Poor old tree said Nancy Ill tell everybody how nice you really are are And the magical mushroom away down in Nancys Nancy's pocket begged Legged the trees tree's pardon several times Umes and said 1 h he was as sorry S 5 S |