Show f MR FROGS FROG'S PARTY r 1 am going to give a party said Billy Bull Frog one day and I lI get someone to carry the Invitations for me Ill do that for you ou said a Blue BlueBird BlueBird Bird which happened to be sitting on ona ona a bush by the pond and always wanted to do something for some some- one So the Invitations were sent out to everybody In the woods and Dilly Billy Bull Frog talked of nothing else but buthis buthis his party and what a grand affair it would be for days before it came off Mrs Squirrel made herself a new dress with a sash to cover cover her tail which was not a brush as she could have wished it to be and Irs i Rabbit made all the little rAbbits a new white dress and that tool too some little time because there were a great many little I bunnies An All the birds chattered so about the party that no one could sleep that morning and Mr and Mrs Owl said they never remembered such sucha a fuss over a party before which went to prove that Billy Bull was a great society fellow When the hour arrived they all gathered around the pond and Billy Bull with a a. spanking clean white vest hopped to welcome them The little Bunnies kept looking for forthe the goodies they expected to have at ata a a. party and Mrs said she he had looked everywhere but she saw no signs of a a. banquet The birds hopped about picking up seeds and looking under bushes but nowhere could anyone find a a. table spread for tor tora fora a feast I thought we might have a game of leap frog said Billy Bull after a awhile awhile while when Everybody seemed un- un easy Leap frog said Mrs Squirrel You didn't Invite us here to play that clownish game I hope I cant can't see a thing said Mrs Owl from the tree above I wish you would have a party at night Billy Bull Frog trog You knew well enough I seldom go out in the daytime Well VeIl we will play something else said Billy Bull I only Just mentioned that game because I have havo always played It H. We can play pla tag or 01 hide and seek My children are all dressed in their theil best clothes said Mrs Bunny and I did not come to a party to play games did you Mrs Squirrel she said looking ery wise No indeed did not replied Mrs Squirrel but seems to be all there Is to do 1 dont don't see any Nor I I. I Nor Noi I said the birds Billy Bull where is your dining room asked a Blue Jay You have asked us to a party and we all came here We Ve have been sitting for a an hour and yoU ask us to play games Yes said Mrs Squirrel and I am hungry I didn't eat much today because because be- be cause I knew I was yas coming to this party Billy Dull Bull began to hop about uneasily un- un easily and looked at the other frogs who sat by the pond He had plenty to eat but he had just thought of something that had quite escaped his mind before and he wondered how he was to tell his guests My iy dear friends he said at last I have a feast all prepared for you and it If you will all follow me you will I am sure feel repaid for doing so And with this Billy Bull turned around and dived d to the bottom of the pond leaving his guests too astonIshed astonished aston aston- to speak for a minute Mrs Blue Jay found her voice first Wen Well does ho he expect us to jump into that pond and be drowned she said I 1 might have known a frog party would not be worth coming to Mrs Bunny and an all her little Bun Bun- flies nies stood looking at the spot where Dilly Billy BuU had disappeared followed by aU all his companions I Mrs Squirrel thought he would surely come back and explain but after waiting a while she thought Dilly Billy Bulls Bull's party the very worst she had ever attended Well I am going home and get something to eat she said So am I said Mrs Bunny and all the little Bunnies began to cry I want some par party I want some par party y The birds birds' birdsall all sat In the bushes for fora a while waiting to se see if they could not catch a glimps of theil host but not once did they see anything of the frog family that day and when it began be be- gan to get dark away theY flew too Billy came up that night but Mrs Owl was waiting for him and darted down from her tree so you yoU would fool aU all of us would you she screamed and If it had not been that Billy Bun Bull was was a very quick k and nimble nimble nim- nim ble hopper he would never have lived to move from that pon l which he hc did the next day for he Knew fter that party part ho he would not be at all popular in that neighborhood CopyrIght 1915 by b- the McClure Newspaper Syndicate New York City Tomorrows Tomorrow's story Peep and Fluff |