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Show ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBERTS QAHTOW STes," said Buskins, "we shall have, to be very careful and not knock any of the growing balloon people off ."he trees. They never grow a bit alter' they fall " Suddenly Nancy had to sneese. "Kcrch.no, kerchoo!" she went twice i Instantly a voico overhead snapped out: "There' I knew you'd do It. Now I'm goinif to fall off. I'm slipping! "N. 68, I feel my stem giving! "I was sure something would hnp- hung onto tho tree 60 long that he'd got overripe and the instant ho touched touch-ed the ground there was a loud explosion. ex-plosion. He had blown up like a bomb! 'That's the way It is," said Buskins. Bus-kins. "Often folks are so careful about keeping out of things .hat they don't notice that they are get- ting Into worse trouble than over. 'The old balloon was so afraid of making some "child happy that ho didn't notice he was ge&tlug old and , , hOXrl ... Instant he touched the ground there was n loud explosion. pen! Hero I've been hanging on by the skin of my teeth for the last woi k, If 1 drop, the balloon man Is sure to get me: then he'll take me off to the eanth to a country fair or circus and sell rue to a child who will either poke mo into a firo or stick a pin Into me. "I don't want to drop off! I won't drop off! I won't I I . Oh catch mo Homebody! Quick! I'm going!" But nobody did catch him and nobody no-body ever would, for the balloon hael i useless. It's too bad but It can't bo helped. "But we must bo going, children, I want to take you to ihe City ofi Baloonatlck. That's where the Fourth of July paper balloons all go when mortals send them up to the sky!" So Nancy got on her pink paper, pig, Nick on his bluo paper puppy and Buskins on his green elephant and away they went. ( To Be t ntlnued) (.Copyright, 1 1 2 1 . NEA Service) |