Show dabid j faira Faw Tole ale 4 za MX mary ON TIME the brownies bad been invited to the party they are great friends of the lizards and the lizards were giving the party you see it was the birthday of young agun g master lizard elzard and so he was having a birthday party all the other lizards had been invited and the newts and the snails they had invited the snails to come at ten in the morning and all the rest of the guests to come at three in the afternoon you yoi s eee e they knew that the snails would take so ao long to get ready and crawl to the party that they aou would id invite th them ent ahead ot of time they told the other guests they would explain this to the snails later on so just at three every guest arrived and every snail arrived then too what are we on time asked one of the snails no laughed master lizard youre just live five hours late cut but you see wo we really wanted you and we knew that was the only way to get you here by three by saying you mus must t come at ten ocl 1 the snails all laughed for after nil all th though 0 agh it was certainly not much of a compliment to their power dower ot of being on time still it showed the it alz Z ards wanted them it wits was a splendid party they lia had d races and dances arld and games but best of all was the supper it consisted of moss green ice fee cream silver spring water evergreen salad and buttercup soup they ate it all backwards for the lizards are not at all fussy about manare we on time tiers you know so they started oil off with ice cream and ended oft off with soup 1 best of all they had a rake cake and oh master blaster lizard so very happy I 1 the cake was brought in on a charlot which was drawn by tour four little littie lizards and it was made of all the dellen delicacies cles of the woods and had four sprigs of 0 vine hung from little sticks which meant that master lizard was waa four months olal they begin birthday parties when they are very young in the lizard world and you would have laughed had you heard young master liz lizard ard say to the little lizards lizard s who were still younger Il hurry lurry up and invite the raindrops raindrop to coad come for the birthday cake for they keep me young and I 1 am growing old so quickly quick lyl 1 down came the little raindrops for they are such friends of the lizards and oh ob what a lovely time they had then playing in and out of the spots where the raindrops fell waster lizard was delighted with his party lie ile have had a nicer one A and nd the snails were so glad they were a on n time for it 11 even it if they were really late according to the hour they had been invited RIDDLES why to IS a stick slick of candy like ake a race horse the more you lick each the faster it goes give ghe a good definition of a button A t small affair that Is always coming off why Is a cook like a barber lie ile dresses hare I hair jair why Is a plum cake like the ocean because it contains many currants the best day tor for making pancakes F fryday fry ry day what la Is vie the difference between fog and a falling failing star one Is a mist on earth the other Is missed in heaven how does a sailor know there is not a man in the moon lie ile has been to sea see th the e m roan an who made it need it the wart roan who bought it want it the man who used it know IL it what Is it A coffin why Is the letter A like twelve it comes in the middle of day what Is the right kind of timber for a castle in the air A sunbeam |