Show j FLY THE PELICANS HAVE FUNNY BILLS upon a hundreds of ofis I Iw is of C years jears cars ago there was no noIL w IL third as the odd looking pelican b can be seen any day at the zoo great grandfather of ot the a million years ago was ellow bird that lived d in a tree ate worms Instead of ot fish in the days of ot witches And ugliest old ones that ever everI I was the Witch of the Windy I IJ J whose home was a hollow treen tree iree i ia n. n dark Bark lake in the midst of 51 t L torI for for- I I sIghing f pines When the wind the trees would sway and m mourn urn hat the people thought the witch crying and as all were afraid of lone ever came near neat her tree witch lived a pretty bird birda a a. black cat The cat and the h 1 and the tho bird got on nicely toe to- to e f for r a long time Then the bird it n to tb steal things from the old oldan oldan an First it was a bit of meat an and even her eyeglasses itch was greatly worried She Sheo o to think either of her pets so 80 Jim tell you who is stealing your mother witch said sald the bird day It is the cat I have seen seend d oit Jit myself tithe witch said she could not be- be I be-I that of her pet for she and Jet let the best of friends you dont don't believe me returned bird set a trap an and see what you c catch Put the trap in the cup- cup hand in it a bit of ot cheese and will catch her I he witch made a trap and set it itIe Ie cupboard and tailed baited it with the these these se sefe When the bird saw this he heto heto heto to the cat and told her that the itch had put a bit lt of fine cheese the cupboard It he cat had he heard d the bird talk- talk to toj the the witch So she got a fat nand ni and nd took it with her Then with ick she pulled the cheese out df of trap p and put th the worm orm in its I r uI lit h birdie I got such a fine se bit out of the cupboard the thes s said ld to the bird There was a Qt of trap there but I threw it ity y V Better hurry hurry the the worm might out of sight the cat fr frisked away laugh- laugh tb the bad bird slipped into the house l dj the cupboard slyly and put in lead ead to peck at the worm But as asT asT T it got its head in the trap fell feU there iere ere was th the bird a fast pris- pris Te I old witch heard the noise and ande e and so did the smart i iI I I I I I I cat When she opened the door there was the yellow Bird right in the trap that had been set f for r the cat Ah Ah Ahr laughed the witch So bo you my pretty bird are the thief and you tried to blame It on the cat You are a 8 cruel false friend I am glad the cat had sense enough to fool you In return for your trick So the swItch witch took the b bird rd and andI I walked down by the water and there therein in the stream the they saw v lots of fish fishI I swimming b by have I-have been thinking how to punish you my yellow bird sighed the witch sitting down on a stump by the side of th the lake And I think I have a fine id Idea at last You stole from me ins and told a falsehood on the cat Now I am going to turn you Into a big ugly awkward bird that wades wades' into water Your bill shall be long and a n. bag hang down from it so all can see what see what you get and you can steal no more more Then rhen as the cat loves fish continued continued continued con con- the witch Jt It will be your your- duty to wade into the water and get the I cats cat's dinner of fresh fish eV every ty day After you jou have done that you will have only fish to eat for yourself So then and there the Witch of the Windy Wold cast her spells and wove her magic charms ov over o r the bird It swelled and grew and changed till what had been a pretty pretty- dainty thing like a canary stood up In the mud with hideous long legs a clumsy body and a great bill bIU from which hung a big bag And at the command of ot the witch it began to fish So this is the way that a million years ago a tiny bird was turned into a pelican to punish it for stealing Copyright 1916 by McClure Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News- News paper Syndicate New City |