Show I The Tiie Sandman Story Story Stori r rI FOR TONIGHT p I I ITo o Tv Naughty Ducklings The snow Was as as so hard that the sun did not melt I It and of cour course elthe the Jake Jakey and Ikey Duck had stayed In the lJ house use maity malty days daS Oni One nice sunny day their mother I told them thOrn to be goo good ducklings and sta stay at home because she had loso to lo togo togo go so shopping Now ow mind you do donot donot not go go out out fr Mr Ir fl Fox will b beure be sure eure to bo be lurKIng about and beer be bo er ery cry hungry loo too loo Of or course Ikey promIsed promIsed promised prom prom- to lo b be good and watched their mother waddle down the the- road in I lont of he oUse t 4 I 1 am sure the pond will be bell bej melted tomorrow said aid Ikey the sun Is so 80 warm w I Ij Maybe it Will wilt melt today said j Jakey running running- to tho the back windo window window win win- dow do to look I think we could just run down to the pond and see We will come right back and I mother will never ne kno know And so those two naughty ducklings duck duck- lings put on their caps and mittens and went out the tho back door but no sooner h had d the they stepped on tho the frozen path that went down the hill bill to the pond than their feet teet flew out from them and down the tho hill bill the they slid They could not stop ana ace when they reached the pond they were Gain going eo so fast that they slid clear across and nd went bang a tree en cn the tho other side They were two frightened ducks you jou ou may b be sure and up the they jumped to run Tun for tor home but at that moment Mr Fox who had been watching for the naughty nl ducklings lumped out from behind some come bushes and after atter them he hera ra ran n Loudly they quacked but no one 1 heard them and on came camo Mr Fox tox Ho lie made a grab crab at nt Ikey who was not so good a n runner as hIS nis brother brother bro bro- ther tiser and went vent into the cold old water waler with the tho ice cracking all around him Mr Fox had all 11 he could do to take care of at himself an ana 30 o escaped but If Ir the Ice had not broken with f the tha weight of ot Mr Ir Fox he would have havo been carried off to his den in the woods and that would havo have been the end of ot him Ikey lIay scrambled to the top and was as soon on the tho Ice running for fOT home but when he lie reached the hill bill they had a hard time getting up and when they did the they were cold and tired and Ikey was wet Their mother camo came In the tho front door just as they came In tho the back brck and if she sh had iad not been sure eure bot both bott would take cold If IC she did not give them a hot bath ana and pepper tea no doubt the they would have havo been put to lo bed without their sup sup- per Tho The next day clay the pond ond was Vas clear of or Ice but lkc Ikey and had to stay slav In bed belt with sore throats throat while white the other duckling who had been good were sailing o 01 0 tn ine pond ond and they learned that naughty ducklings never or gain any fun lun by disobeying their mother Copyright 1920 by the tho McClure Newspaper per Syndicate Now New ew York City |