OCR Text |
Show ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS j I CY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON I OBB1 I (kin PORG1 Tf All of the Meadow OroVC pupils i were standing in a row- waiting to start; the game called "Balancing the': "jrapr." The, looked almost as an-ious. an-ious. when Nick went alomr th line I pj ' mg S grnpe carefully upon each I one's iior.e. hm If thev were in school 1 instead of at a picnic, and Mr .s, ri.i- ble Scratch the fairy man sefaoolmos- 1 ter. gtvmg them an examination In I rvjtdar'.thspelimetic 1 It wasn't easy to run a race with' I -Oh, Jiminy, I forgot'" e-rled Cobby putting up his paw ud the Tar- wouldn't come off at all! a grape on the end of one's nose and it W!.;-. necessary to keep the grape on If one wished to win the prize Well, Nick went along the line, and pretty soon everybody had a gripe. Ben Bunny, Jr.. and i.'urtle 'ottontaiI had a dreadful time, for their noser, would wiggle, and their grapes rolled perilously near to the dropping "ff place. Rut when Nick came to Cobhv Coon. Cobby took his paw and squeezed the gripe down gently There It stuck IS tight SS a postage stamp on the H ion j he had slyly put there. H finally everybody was ready and H sid, "Go!" In about one hop Teddy Toad lo lis gr.ijie. In about two hopr Freddie H ln.'t his. tin n r..-n Hunny, Jr.'n H vem and Cutle Cottontail's next. hippie Chipmunk. Hcamper Squirrel, H md the Mink boy dropped theirs next H md quit. BUt Cobble Conn ran right ihead, the grape on his nose never H uilsring He wasn't three feet away H from the willow tree and everybody I rallinc out, "l;r.ivo: Cobb Coon wins'." When he saw Chuckle Chicken near a fenc. , ,n,l Cobb Just couldn't rcRist chasing him Pretty soon he came ; back puffing and blowing and forgot-ting forgot-ting nil about the grape on his no6e "Hon come?" asked Mr. Scribble Scratch, peering over his glasses "Oh, Jiminv. I I'unrot'" cried Cobby, putting up his paw. And. mind you, the crap.- wouldn't conic off at all! H Cobby sneaked home. H |