Show URE S 1 tJ O OJ OP THY THE TWI TWINS NS b Olive Robert Robeys Bay Barton on THE OSTRICH MAKES A MEAL 1 7 j- j I i Oh you ou naughty birdi cried Nick Youve eaten our best friend Now well we'll never find our monkey I J Suddenly the curly yellow ostrich 1 pulled his head out of ot the ground I again with a a. jerk and blinked his big eyes Theres something the matter with me he ho said sald I believe Im I'm hungry Yes Im I'm sure of It Very hungry I II I should like a railroad spike for my dinner a delicious tender railroad spike with a flat top Nick and Nancy were relieved d to hear this for they had hadan an idea that he ho might begin on them as they were so conveniently near But where am I 1 to get a railroad spike In Turvey Topsy-Turvey Land went wenton wentOn wenton on the ostrich I dont don't believe theres there's even a railroad here much l less ss a spike spike spike-no no I mean that I dont don't be believe believe be- be t lieve t t. tre re is a a. spike here much less lessa lessi I i a railroad No that's not It either Oh well It doesn't matter The thing I is what am I to eat And the os ostrich ostrich ostrich os- os blinked his eyes again to show how fast he was thinking Ive e got It IU it he cried I If I cant can't I get a R. spike Ill I'll have hav to find something that looks like one me What was was- that thing thinS I saw w around here a a. few ew mm- mm I Oh that's our Magical Mushroom cried Nancy In alarm You wouldn't I eat it iU But she was too late Before she could stoop to put their little fairy friend Into her pocket the ostrich made ade a quick dive with his beak and gulp the gulp the Mushroom was gone All AIl they could see of ot It was the big biff lump that kept going further and further down the ostrich's long neck Oh Nick you ou naughty bird cried Youve eaten our best friend Now velI 11 never find our monkey But what the ostrich replied sounded sound sound- ed exactly like bird talk the twins couldn't make out a word The Mushroom Mushroom Mushroom Mush Mush- room was not there to help them un understand understand un- un you know utes ago that pushed me and told me rue meto to wake up I |