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Show m J vV'-v.-v; La5 fc 5 , k. L L tt.' 1 -- J L'aim Lane rjMAPY GR.5-T ATA. x071?ER WHAT BILLIE SAW niliie Brdwnie wns off on nnhllier trip. He bad (U'cided he would see , . t'otli people find animals, and also he would take n Y--r, ,0lli at Sllllie 0 T&if) "ld Mother Na-C Na-C ture's very own P( children. 1! J First of all BU-Vy BU-Vy lie Brownie went r! Ct wj He wore his tJV, Invisible coat -itiv'-' so Maggie didn't "S see him but she j'J W talked to him and i n ? 1 t0,d hira her 'WVlvlS thoughts right out ,ouc. . "I Envy You Lit- f cmIrse slle tie Paddy." talked directly to Paddy and not to Billie Brownie, but Billie Brownie knew she was quite willing he should hear what Paddy was hearing. "Oh, Paddy," said little Maggie, "I wish I were you. I am so tired and I've had grippe. "I have to undress at night and go to bed and in the morning I must dress again. "And I'm still so tired that U is all such an effort. You can just lie down and you're in bed for the night and with a jump you can get up and be all ready for the day. "I do envy you, Paddy. You lead an. easy life. "When you don't feel well you don't have to dress and undress, and even when you feel well you don't have to go to such a lot of trouble. "Dear me, but I envy you, little Paddy," Maggie said. "You're a very lucky, lucky little dog." Billie went next to call on three children named Donald and Eric and Michael. Donald was the youngest of the three and he was wearing a bright blue sweater and his eyes were bright blue and just matched the sweater. His hair was golden. Eric and Michael were older an.d they looked older, too. Donald looked still like a very little boy, a very beautiful and lovable little lit-tle boy. They had so many nice toys at their house. There were toys and toy pets made of fur such nice pets to love. There was a little man made of fur with arms and legs and a body of fur, though his head and hands and feet were of stuffed cotton and his eyes were beads and his mouth and nose of worsted. He was a very handsome little man. Then there was a pine cone bird. It had been made out of a pine cone and was a very unusual, but quite inter-esling inter-esling looking bird. There was a queer black cat toy which could do tricks. So as you can see the toys at the house where Donald Don-ald and Michael and Eric lived were interesting. Then Billie Brownie saw an old friend of lu's an Airedale dog which had spent his time, or much of his time, looking out of a window of a city house and had grown to know all the neighbors upon the street. He had sat with his front paws and legs out of the window and had looked up and down the street for hours at a time. AVell, Billie saw that he and ( his family bad moved to another i street, and he recognizer! Billie and Billie recognized him and they both nodded and spoke to each other and wore just as pleased as could be to see each other in this new neighborhood. neighbor-hood. Then Biliie saw some camels and he thought how dignified they looked in spite of their humps and the bundles on their backs and the way they were packed for work, and even In spite of the way they chewed. Their mouths moved so peculiarly, and rhey were, certainly, oddly shaped, but they had a gT ea t dignity fe'vD ihont them. a .'rue d;gn;ty in the $0 iSF way they held VS - their heads. L" And Billie saw . V I sunset. He saw ri)f i Hie sun going be- tij ) i j hind a hill just &y:: '--'. as he was about ft v . j X, l to turn a corner "'t--' r ! to see .it and he Cn (''v : thought it was t ' J -iy- slightly inconsM- ' crate "f the sun ' to lie a slave to his habits that he l ""r.. wouldn't slay up a second later ;o Queer Black Cat. see an oid friend. ! But then he saw him a little fur-1 fur-1 ther down the li:)o nf tlo horizon where the hills wen- lower so that the sun was still above them. (Mi. (he sun was so red and (lie hilN wore so blue, hut certainly Hie sun did keep to his hours and cerlainiy lie was a creature of roni inc. Still ii was the be--t way. I'.iilie knew. It would be very upsetting should the sun take to acting queerly: |