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Show . j FOR LITTLE FOLKS , ; ' THE. LAND OF DEAR-KNOWS-WM ERE The land of Dcar-Knows-Whero Is a most remarkable place. It Is in the. Kingdom of Fairydom, right across from Topsy-Turvy Land and round the corner from Scrub-Up-Land. I'm sure now, that you know exactly where It Is and could go straight to it If you had Nancy and Nick's Green Shoes. And I'm sure, too, that you'd .havo a wonderful time, as they had, if j you had a fairy friend along with you i Mr. Muskrat says to Mrs. Woodchuck as they meet at the spring, "Where are you going to live this year, Mrs. Woodchuck?" like the Magical Mushroom to help you understand what everything and everyone was saying, and to give you good advice. This unusual country gets its name in this way: When the birds and animals leave Scrub-Up-Lanu in the spring and come to the land you and I know about, to have their homes for the summer, they act a lot like people do when moving day comes. Mr. Muskrat says to Mrs. Woodchuck, as they meet at the spring, "Where are you-going to live-this year, Mrs. Woodchuck?" And Mrs. Woodchuck. just like a real pcr-Ison, pcr-Ison, throws up her hands and says, "Lack a day, Mr. Muskrat, dear knows .where!" And Mr. Muskrat says the 'samo thing. j After poople talking so much about jdcar-knows-where they were" going to , live, tho woods and the orchard and j the meadow, and all outdoor land got n new name finally, and that was it. ITho Land of Doar-Knows-Where! Only and hero's a secret it's got a fairly landlord to look after it. No one knows about him at least they never did before, but you know about him now, 'ou see. His name is Ting-aling, Ting-aling, and ho works for the Fairy ( Queen, just as Rubadub does in Scrub- ' Up-Land. And he Is the very busiest fairy you ever knew. I (Copyright, 1920, N. E. A.) |