Show r ii VRE S i I 6 L OF THE THE- NS 8 Olive RobeY Roberta s BaY Barton on I THE RIDDLE BOOK It was wa-s great groat at fun in Once Once- Once Upon Town with all Its book houses as ag Nick and Nancy walked along reading the names on the the covers overs Im I'm afraid though they'd have had a bad time of it if ifie It If hadn't been for the magical mush mush- room Some of ot the lost books books were written in In French French- some In Russian some even In Chinese The twins hada had hada a hard enough time reading American having been no further than page 15 Reader A where It says There has been a big bun on the bin So the mushroom which understood all languages was certainly needed now now The children had no trouble at atall atall atall all reading everything as long as as they kept him near Suddenly they came to a big book which was marked Riddles on the cover If It it itcan can ask riddles maybe It Itcan Itcan itcan can answer them too cried Nancy I Wheres Jocko she asked Behind his nose and before his tail said the book solemnly The kiddies were disappointed but butt t they ey had to laugh Then Nick thought of something else Is he here in The Land 0 o Lost Things he asked t tIt t If It h he came and hasn't gone he is answered the book If It he he- didn't comand come com and has gone he isn't it continued Oh we cant can't understand that you funny old book said Nancy a bit crossly I dont don't believe you know anymore any anymore anymore more than we do about our monkey Come on Nick T. T Perhaps the green green shoes felt s sorry for the twins for tor they w whisked whisked them them along the street to a Funny Book And Funny Book said I There n was was' a whale Who swallowed swallow d his tail tau First he turned to a ball Then to nothing at all allBut But Instead of making the twins laugh it set them thinking What if Jocko had done that too and disappeared dimp- dimp eared altogether Nonsense Nonsense stuff stuff and nonsense I said the mushroom om How could he he |