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Show FOR LITTLE FOLKS ? OSCAR OWL'S DREAM. I j "Z-z-zzz!" snored Oscar Owl so hard that the tas.sel on his night cap shook like everything. "B-z-z !" ho went again like a sawmill-one thai , hadn t seen an oil can since 1492. And bh, but ho looked happy! He was dreaming that little Munehlo J Mouse, who lived In tho cellar and who took rare of the garbage cans for ev erybody in M (ple-Tree-Flats. had got onto the dumb waiter by mistake, and furthermore, ho went on dreaming lhat the dumb waiter had stopped at Tingaling. his bells jingling with the effort Oscar waked suddenly then and blinked his sleepy eyes. He was cross at being disturbed, just when Mun-chie Mun-chie Mouse was about lo pop down his throat! (in the dream.) Rat-&-tat-tat! knocked Tingalinc, again "I've come for the rent I'm the landlord!" "Who?" called Oscar. ' Tingaling," answered the fnriy. "the landlord' I've come for your rent " W'ho-o?" called Oscar again, Impatiently. C .- ....... sggreggli "Who-o?" cr.llcd Oscar ogam, impatiently. his own floor, and that when he open ed tho llttio trap door, there sat Muu-chle Muu-chle all huddled up like a round ripe berry. So no wonder he didn't hear Mr Tingaling coming for the rent, nor Nancy nnd Nick Of course, fairies tn-ad lightly, and, as for the little Jreen Shoes the twin? wore, they were quieter then thoughts, being magical 'Ilicy walked up the maple tree as easily eas-ily 'as the rubber tires on your bicycle 6llde over the cement sidewalks. Rat-tat-tnt. rata tat-tat-tat, knocked I "What's the matter" Are you deaf?" roared Tingaling rattling th doorknob violently. "No, not deaf, but awfully mad," snapped Oscar. Jerking the door open , suddenly "W hat's ?ll this about I rent?" "I want it. that's all." answered iTingaling getting peevish himself "Indeed!' said Oscar Owl. "Well. I've paid you the last dozen times Why don't you collect from Rustle I Red-Squirrel sometimes He's always! j here at nights." |