Show UREs S ri 1 OP TH TWINS S OF t Olive Robert Barton THE LAND 0 O LOST THINGS I i I it r. I. I A cute little car rolled with I up pennies for wheels and a dignified j j tin soldier Idler jumped out and opened the door Plop The twins landed with a bump When they had blinked their eyes a minute to sort of get their senses they saw they were In tn n a a. strange country but they rather suspect suspected sus sus- sus- sus d where it was I It was this way When the children had talked to the funny little man in the woods about the he Land nd of Lost Things all aU they said was Oh Oh dont don't you wish we were I there And there they were quick as a wink its it's no secret that the magical mushroom heard beard them and told the kind nd Ereen shoes to get busy Which way do you wish to go asked a voice suddenly beside them Im Im the crossing policeman And Nick nearly fell over when he ho recognized recognized a a whistle he had lost The whistle tle too seemed surprised to see them hem We dont don't know answered Nancy We just came We Ye are hunting for tor Jocko Do you V know If f hes he's here i I 1 can cant can't t say ay replied the whistle i i Things only come here hero when the they are really lost and n never ver to o be found 1 found Are we lost and never to be asked Nick anxiously Humans are are different answered the whistle But Ill I'll call caU a taxi and send yOU to the palace where may inquire yOU And the whistle blew a shrill blast Right away a ute Cute little pp with npr car rolled e pennies for wheels lq And A I who should be driving but a a. dignified tin soldier who jumped opened the doo door out and Nancy got In first and Nick about was to follow when he stopped The tin soldier suddenly familiar seemed very Th Then n NIck you T lr down r laughed Why I lost a crack In the board walk last summer didn't I he cried Youre General Pershing if At dier Your service said the tin In soldier soldier sol sol- saluting grandl grandly I waited six I months to be found then came here hope the army Is well Pretty well weIl said sald Nick doubtfully but th theres there's put Ios Io's about only two left I Ill I'll m. m tell teU you OU it again Then rhen he Yo We have to hurr hurry climbed into the cab l General and shut the door |