Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-13 | Page 5 | For Little Folks

E FOR LITTLE FOLKS li) WILLI M WOODPE KER i 6?tittN "Tap, tap. rat-a-tattat- iyt TAT!" knocked Mr. Tingallng o,i -he HIkJ front door of Will Woodpecker i WRfif apartment in .Maple-Tree Flats. jflM He was still collecting ten's and HJ Nancy and Nick, the twins, weve fct'il with him, as It wai so easy f"i Ihoiii Nicks trouser rockets and Nancy's! apron pockets were cetfinv heavy with, the overflow. The Mawlcal Mushroom 1 was feeling as crowded as a sardine. ' But you've no idea how many pen, pin lived in the Land -of -Dear-Know s Where, nor what a Job h was to get i all the renta They weren t a half, nor 'Rat-a-tat-tat," they poouded oaln at the v W(xdocker . mm ' limh around in their little mimical' 9BB ireen Shoes. 8MB , They were still searching for Jocko.! Hl their mlislsng tpy-monkeyj not thai they ekpeCtod to find him In some of the teeny-weeny houses tho' visited, 'ikil l'leV hoped to aret some ne.'s. B Besides they were quite a help io HH Tmgaiing, carrying things for him B9 while he collected Already th - hly pocket-book Was full of money and a third, nor even a tenth through collecting col-lecting "Rat-a-tat-tat," they pounded again St the W Woodpeckers! But nobody came ftcr thej had hammered about six times a sleepy oh.o called out. "For goodness sake, William, do stop being so silly. Do vou think I'm jolng to le.ifl the cgirs and answer the door lust to quiet vour oounding? Come on in and behave'" Gad BOOkj " erlnned the falrymnn. "she ihlnks we're her husband, .-r, ' Don't let on anil we'll huve aonic f'in with her " So lifting the knocker he pounded hard" than ever. Vou'd have thought It was the Greeks bombarding the walls of Troy. tHum up your books, kiddies, find find out what that means! ) But Just as he had finished they heard the rustle of the r-ul William's wings, so they dodged bPhind i hi . m h And Just as Will hopped town to his own doorway, the door opened from within with a Jerk