Show I The Tk Sandman Story FOR TONIGHT t FREDDIE'S BAL BALLOON boN When F eddies Freddie's grandfather bou bought ht him Jiin hiAt a toy ba balloon loon one day Freddie wished he had b bought two Tl The c could uld take ne In each h hand nd thought Freddie and nd sail up oVer the tops of ot the trees By 3 y and by br Freddie r d gr grew w tired of ot running about with the balloon so heth ew himself on the ground under undera a tree to rest Vish Tish I had two balloons he thought I f i Clap your hands three times and I Isee see what you get saId a voice and standing near him Freddie saw sawa a a tiny little man with a round stomach and funny round head and round eyes eyes and thin little legs Freddy clapped his hands and the I little man disappeared but he found in ip each hand that held he-held held a balloon I and before he could think up he went over the to tops tons s of ot the trees and sailed away Oh thought Freddy this is fine I but butI I hope a bird does not come along I and think these are two huge cherries and pick at them for it would be a a I long way to fall f Up and up he went until Fr Freddie I could feel the hot breath of old Sun- Sun I i I I Iman man land then all at once ha he stopped right right right-on on top of a a high mountain for forthe forthe forthe the string that held one balloon had caught fast on a a. bush Freddie tugged and pulled and at last the string broke and away sailed the balloon leaving poor Freddie only one with which to get back home Freddie stood up and taking hold of the string tring of the balloor balloon with both hands decided he would jump off ort the mountain and sail san down to fo o earth But what that should he see but a flock of ot birds birds' flying toward him and crying loudly Oh what a big cherry cherryl There Is enough for us all alj Before Freddie could jump they were upon him hin and began to peck at atthe atthe atthe the balloon Bang went something close to Iddles Iddle's Freddie's ea ear an and up he ju jumped p from om the the ground for he had had fallen J you see lice and there beside 1 that was left leU of the balloon Freddie had tied the string toa to to keep it from sailing salling aw away y along came puss pusa and began to with it just to see it bob about OC or course she g gave it one hard and stuck a sharp claw In itt I Imade Imade made it explode but FreddIe Fredde he lie saw Puss' Puss frightened d face pee peep from tho tile bushes bushelS nearby forg forgot t tel tal angry she looked so funny lie Hel rolled over and laughed laughed as asB thought how she must have nave run w th the big bis ball popped H |