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Show , I AtfVENTlRES F THE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTOrJ , SCHOOL BEGINS t If you were to walk Into the Mca- dow Grove school you'd probably be I very much surprised at the variouj i kin is of 'seats" for the children. Bertie I Bat was hanging by his feet from a stick; Orrlc Owl, Oscar's mlddle-sised son. was snoozing in a cozy hole In the tree; Freddie Frog was squatting In a cool puddle; Bar' Ann Spider WBJ lounging comfortably In her web, with an interested eye on Buddie Blue Bottle, Bot-tle, and the Molo and Mouse children I stretch when the teacher's back w as turned and If Torry Toad studying his spelling tasted us good as he looked. , Mr. Scribble Scratch, the fairy schoolmaster, hammered on his desk (forgetting that It was the Magical Mushroom I and the school came to or-1 der. "Weil now have reading," he an-' nonnced. Nancy was busy making a dunce-! , cap, and Nick was out hunting up the' J Bunny girls, who were away that day.1 The fairv ohoolmaster hammered on bis desk (forgetting thai it was the magical mushroom.) ami the ii oI cnnio to order. were siiuiik with one foot in a convenient con-venient hole, ready t follow with the Deal of themselves If Smarty Skunk of Wisp Weasel cot hungry while they were passing the slates. The rest of the children were sitting up obediently on stones of varloui shapes mill kii-s, but you may Imak'ino that Qrqenhi Grasshopper's sat in nowise no-wise resembled the one occupied by fat Wally Woodchuck. s'tmmii Snal; Jr. was In his element, curled up like a watchsprlng, on top of a nice flat rock, wondering how far he could Kvcrythlng was very quiet, except for, , the rustling of the pages, as the pupils hunted the place. 'Don't thumb over your leaves thati j way." said Scribble Scratch, "It bends , them and makes dug-ears." Everybody shivered and looked I toward the door. "Sport SQUirrel," went on the master, mas-ter, read where it says, I see a cat." " Everybody Jumped again. "Oh' piped Field Mouse with a ; .start. "This this Is no place for me." ( i opj right, I D20 N I i i |