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Show j : FOR LITTLE FOLKS j 4 TINCALING GI2TS .V LETTISH. While Tingaling. the fairy landlord; and Nancy and Nick, the twins (In their little Green Shpes) and tho Magical Mag-ical Mushroom too. were on their -.y home from Wally Woodchuck's house, an Idea occurred to the fairy and he stopped suddenlj. " Jumping crickets!" he exclaimed, "if this Isn't rent day! It's the thirty-second thirty-second of the month and I always "Chirk snjs he won't pay any more rent brcsiusc the rooT leaks," explained TingHllng. collect m3 rents on that day. I ll haoi to get busy right away, and If you kiddles kid-dles wish to go along, you're welcome. You might possibly run across your lost monkey If he's vlaltlng here, you know," Nick and his sister -wero dolightod for many reasons. Never beforo had they had an opportunity to go inside the animal's houses, and Just tho outside out-side even of the houses In the Land-of-Dear-Knows-Where, looked extremely extrem-ely interesting. Having their Magical Shoes thoy could go anywhere they wished, even Into Tiny Gnat's house which was about as big as the eye of a needle, and not a darning one either. Tingaling fished around in his pocket poc-ket and hauled out a rumply paper. "I received a sassy letter from Chirk Chipmunk yesterday," .he said, putting on his specks and looking it over. ! "Chirk says he won't pay any more rent becauso the roof leaks, and the I stairs need fixing, and the walls are damp, and tho door-boll won't ring, and the bath-room's out of order, and the pantry window's broken, and tho wall-paper's coming off, and the doora are sprung, and tho water plpo Is busted bust-ed (he said busted)." "Outside of that I suppose it's all right," smiled the wise old Mushroom. "Sure!" nodded Tingaling, Jingling his bells emphatically. "Well go right around and fix him. If he doesn't pay me, I'll tie bells all over him, and he'll hate that so, he'll pay mo 10 rents!" |