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Show Daddy's (SO Fairi Tale JSr nARV-GRAHAM. -BOKNBR j - Pm WYVIFU UrWOW ... THE MISSING CHICKEN It was time for Chick Chicken to furnish fur-nish a meal for the family. And so they went forth to catch Chick Chicken. That, they knew, would not be hard to do. He was always al-ways right out In the barnyard, ready to be caught. It seemed. He was never afraid of any one and he wouldn't run away. Probably ho would be waiting right near the barn doorstep. But when they went out Into the barnyard barn-yard Chick Chicken was nowhere to be seen. They hunted for him everywhere. But Chick Chicken could not be found. Something must have happened to him. He must have been run over or had some accident. So, after they decided this, they took another chicken for the meal. After the meal was over and the famliy were out of doors, walking about, to their surprise they saw Chick Chicken. He was wandering about as though nothing at all had happened. They watched to see If he limped or If he had been hurt In some way. No, he had not been hurt. He seemed perfectly well. Nothing seemed to have happened to him, and he did not seem afraid of them. He came right up for his meal of grain and did not run away. "He must have been lost," the family fam-ily said. "Yes, he must have been lost and he has only just got back from his wanderings." wan-derings." But he did not seem tired out nor did his feet look dirty, nor did his feathers looked mussed. He looked very calm, and very quiet and very pleased with everything. And so the dnys went on. And Chick Chicken wandered around the barnyard barn-yard and had a beautiful time. He ate and he seemed to be a most contented chicken. Well, a little while went by and the family were going to have a dinner party' and they thought a nice chicken pie would be most delicious. Well, they would have Chick Chicken this time. He certainly wouldn't be lost a second time. But on the day of the dinner party, when they went to catch Chick Chicken, Chick-en, he was nowhere to be seen. It was certainly very, very strange. Well, it had Just happened that way. And they had to hurry with their party, so another chicken was caught. And, after the party was over, once more Chick Chicken was seen walking around the barnyard as well and at He Seemed Perfectly Well. contented and as happy as could b no signs of having wandered off or having met with an accident. Yet a third time they decided tl would really have Chick Chicken fo meal. He was getting a bit older : If they waited any longer he would too old. So this time nothing would hapi But something did happen 1 For the third time, just as It d: near the moment for catching CI Chicken he was nowhere to be s Nowhere at all. This time they m up their minds to look for him t did not think of an accident or of having wandered off. But nowhere, where could he be found. Chick Chicken showed up again w all was safe. Whether It just happo this way the family never knew; anyway, they decided to leave C! Chicken to spend the rest of his In' the barnyard and, strange as I actions sound, this Is a true storyj |