Show 44 1 j Tr J I I t STOW now 6 tA MAI c. COCHRAN COCKRAN PICTURES 4 KNICK REG u. u US U.S. S. S PAT on c. c F f sl s' s l READ REA THE STORY THEN COLOR THE PICTURE The pelicans and were I surely surely- funny looking sights The blackness from from the smoke cloud made them dark as al they could be Said I I am not s so keen keen fo for soot I wish that thal I Iv were v ra clean I Im I'm n glad that were we're up In the air where no no one else can see Then Clowny snapped amid deep d e sighs The soot is getting In my eyes I feel Just like Id I'd crawled clear lear through a stove pipe full tull 0 of or dust Lets Let's hC hope th the wind will vilL bl blIt blo blow It t lQ loose se For soot like thIs we have no 10 use The others all agreed with hIm ilm with very deep disgust They sailed exiled along an hour or s so just praying that the wind would blow but b everything was vi s very very ery still still with not a trace of breeze The kept peeking put out from where they rode rode- and looking bout They hoped that lh they'd yd fl fly low nough to hop off oft in some trees But all the p pelicans ns stay stayed d high Then everyone heard Carpy cry Oh look below What's that I see Weve We've passed away from land And sure enough not far below they saw a little brooklet flow Said Coppy Gee if it we could wash that surely would be grand Just at this moment every bird as if what Carpy said they'd heard began to drop down toward the stream The all were glad Said Heres Hates where we all get a a. ducking til UI we were we're re soaking wet Ill I'll bet the waters water's chilly but at that be so bad The pelicans then swooped down low and Clowny shouted Here H re we wego go And And as they hit the water it was quite a thrilling scene rne ine birds dov dove in and out again ia a a dozen times or so 0 and then the soon noticed that they all were washed up clean The meet a Princess in the next story Copyright 1927 NEA Service Inc |