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Show MARV GRAHAM. 'BQNNEI I i tCTTIWH H VtHWH MVWU WOW THE RIDE A little girl named Molly was tnk for a long automobile ride. T h o y start HHIIfflffifflffl early, early gjRffiHlSffiSM tho morning, n 5r2OtnT the dew wus th vVy1 ,.jVvA covering over 5ES?rSrJ thing. Oh, hi jfcpT fresh and lovt jjsjji tho country ( Off Mil It Boomed tW' looked their vc hest. There wc ? V S. ,nnny birds io seen, and tho Vc r-sI first ono of iTyggSrly slio saw was "5? -mCf- Indigo bird. I- y Mclly loved t "In the Barnyard." I,retty 0,(1 hom, they went I They seemed to bo peeping nbo ench other as though to say: "I c seo farther than you." And then another still higher mot tain would bo seen, nnd It seemed bo saying: "I'm closer to Mr. Sky th uny of you arc. Yes, I'm a tall moi tnln. You'd never cnll mo a lit thing!" The mountain ridges, tho de gorges, the lovely country Itself how beautiful It all was. Wtaf She knew how to dress her chlldt t so that they woro tho most bccoml . costumes. i And before long Mr. Sun enmo c : and shono so that tho dow left si i Ing, "Wo'll havo to go now. But wi . bo back again." Melly saw pretty waterfalls a quiet green pools. And thero wi " blue Iris flowers which grew In pon c Sho saw cows who larlly ato gr nnd somo of them walked throi 1 fields of buttercups as though to s 1 "Although wo don't shout with delli wo enjoy theso buttercup wnlks ours!" Ono cow lazily flicked a fly off 1 ; ear and looked so very, very lazy ! though Bho would admire tho beat about her but it really wus too mi trouble. Melly saw horses with coverings their cars to keep off tho flics. Mclly saw n thrasher bird and th n big meadow lnrk, and many bn chickens were to bo seen In the bai yards they passed by. Mclly saw a lady looking after 1; garden and It seemed ns though s must hnvo asked tho earth to bo pi tlcularly helpful, for such lovely flo era wcro growing In this garden. And when Melly saw tho lady d! glng nround a plant It seemed to li thnt the earth and tho lady wero partnership to inako beautiful flowci Sho patted tho earth as though s were fond of It for being so good her flowers. They pussed sheep nnd In a fie they went by wns a white horse. Tl horse seemed to bo enjoying tho c from the way ho sniffed nt It wl such pleasure. There wero pink nnd purplo nnd n nnd white columbines growing nloi railway tracks and they seemed sny, "It's not very pretty along he so wo thought wo would try to li provo tho looks of this purt of tl country 1" And Indeed they i There wero cow- 'sJaSx slips und ull kinds (omfiffiff of flowers, nnd SKy butterflies flew happily nbout. y Vfcg Birds twittered ftgjS (W nnd chatted and jfwSrcr fp Melly wondered pfe .TgvjW If somo of tho TVVvTviFaI birds didn't think Wjl It wns curious lyvfflfflfki f that people didn't if "xvJvfy U stop to hear their JCfiWiM songs Instead of nyjfs9?j& tooting and honk- I'S Ing their horns ..Mey 8aw und going straight Lady." nlong the road I They passed rushing brooks, ni when they stopped, Inter on, f lunch, Melly suw n pnlo green hi with six legs nnd sometlihg over I buck which looked llko n dttlo gre enpe. It crnwled over Mclly's lap though to see It thero was nnythl about for It, and then It went to branch of n nearby shrub and Iat Jumped down ngnln to Molly's lap, And oh, what a beautiful rldo was I Yes, Melly said to hcrse Mother Nature certainly knew how look niter her children. |