Show TOMMYS ADVENTURE was a little boy who TOMMY jongen to adventure ue had fueard his grandfather talk of a wonderful to tie had at the top ct a mountain where lived a strange old ina they bad never gone all the way to see atie old man for there had been a doely halfway place where they tad always stopped and had a picnic and then decided to put off the long climb until another time tommy anew for he had thought it alt out that lie would only be able to set jt so far at a time in fact they bad told him so they had told ua hint was the reason they had not gone farther so bo decided he would not expect a grest deal to happen at once nor 0 o accomplish a lot in a short climb 4 he raised his stick and kept it raised he was willing that the progress should be slow lie knew all along the way he would enjoy himself it was holiday time and tommy made up his mind thit be would find the pond and the cave and be hoped le would see the old man tommas tommys grandfather was delighted ty oer the idea lend you the stick I 1 aed to take with me when I 1 started on that trip only I 1 hope you will go all the way then when you ome back you can tell me about it his grandfathers eyes shone at the aery thought so bright and early one morning tommy started off no one went with him for the few boys of his own age dant like the idea of such a long long tramp just for a sight of the pretty pond and a possible old man and a possible treasure there s enough to do down by the river lere not to go all that way to look tor anything they told him besides that story of the treasure sounds foolish there arent any treasures any more but it all sounded so thrilling to tommy it was like living years and years ago somehow and looking for things that were beautiful and becom ing friends with strange strange crea and finding a treasured reward at the end oh what would it matter it it was a great effort I 1 hat an ad venture I 1 lie had a blanket and a knapsack of food and his grandfathers stick dont be gone too long his grand father had said for his grandfather would miss him as would the kotlier members of the family hut they all envied tommy his great adventure they had nil dreamed of adventures themselves up and down the hills he climbed through woods and woods after a long time when he was feeling quite weary he came to a small anke he thought it was a very pretty lake and he wondered if it would not be fun to stop here and explore probably this would do as well as the other it was a long climb here and he was quite quite tired cut then he remembered that this was where the others bad stopped there was a higher hill beyond this then some voids and then up to the tip top it was called that was where the beautiful pond was to be found so they said rut now that he was feeling so tired he wondered 1 the pond really was there no one bad seen it iso one was really sure maybe the old man quite right in his mind maybe there gasn wasn t anything there at all no adventures to be had no cave no treasure no wonderful wonderful beauty he sat and thought about iti but then decided he would go and see though he was just a little discouraged when no one was really sure he had just begun to climb the next hill when he heard a hissing and a swishing in the glass well he was glad be had his stick with him there must be no delay without a doubt this sound meant a snake and no sooner had he thought this than the snake was wriggling along ahead of him he raised bis stick and dept it raised certainly the snake was showing no sign of hurting him in fact he was timidly hurrying away after all he was rather a pretty snake and he ind almost a helpless look how dreadful tommy thought to himself not to have legs and have to move this way ue put down his stick and the snake 1001 ed around dear me but a relief the snake said in his funny hissing voice let tommy could understand him perfectly what s a relief tommy asked to think that joure a friend the snake replied I 1 |