Show S J OF TH rHE TWINS 8 Olive Robert RobeY J BaY Barton BarLon on THE CREATURE WITH YELLOW FEATHERS S f I l i r F rl rI ri n There cried Nick excitedly Perhaps that's Jocko now Turvey Topsy-Turvey Land was the Jire queerest queerest queerest queer queer- est place Nick and Nancy skipped along the road in their magic shoes and kept their eyes wide open so they would be sure not to miss any of ot the Besides if It Jocko were there he was likely to look like al almost almost almost al- al I most anything except a monkey He liked the canary's yellow feathers you know and dear knows what has hasI happened I Suddenly they did see some yellow ellow feathers There cried Nick excited excitedly Perhaps Per I I haps hap that's Jocko now So over they scampered but butt dear I me the queer thing they saw wasn't Jocko at all ali J In the first place it was twenty times too big and In the second place it stood on two legs leg and arid andIn andIn In the third place it had a long long I neck which was now bent down dOn to to I Ithe the gro ground nd The creatures creature's head was was q quite ite covered ert up In the dirt I What can it be e I walking round and round But there was no answer anser No doubt the creature hadn't heard as its ears were were under ground I 0 IThe The Mushroom jumped out of ot the little girls girl's pocket then and going quite close gave the creatures creature's lo long g neck a shove Hey wake up he cried come that I What's that cried the creature Jerking up its head I declare if it it isn't an ostrich said the mushroom Why are are you so so unsociable I hate myself said the ostrich Im trying to get away from my yellow yel- yel low feathers I always wanted to be yellow like the feathers I saw on a ahat ahat ahat hat once once and and I wanted to be curly too And now I hate myself Goodbye Goodbye Good Good- bye Im I'm going again ag 1 And the ostrich stuck his his' head hE-ad In Inthe Inthe inthe the ground and refused lo to move Ill I'll tell ell you more about the ostrich 1 w I F j J J J i |