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Show ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS STY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTOW M - L ' J 1 jMkA fi& m The fairies park boxes with thmi and put them in the liat stores. Again the Twins followed the crane, Buskins coming aftor. Along tho passage of the quoer lIry factory they all went until thov came to another room bigger than the rest where tno most tremendous buzzing and hum-bin: hum-bin: and fussing was going on. What do you make here?" asked .Na lie y. Birds," said Mr Crane. iiircis" cried everybody together, and Nick added, ' I thought they nme out of ogga." "Oh, yes, real ones do." said tho crane. "But me In and 111 tell you all about It. Jfou St we dye feathers of all shades and kinds here and then make them into birds that look so real you can't tell them, except that they don't move or sing. Anything from poll-parrots to Jack-daw:j. They're for hats." Hats!" said astonished Nancy ' Yes, to put on hats. The fairies pack boxes with them and put thorn in ilv hat stores. And when Mrs. Trim or Miss Brim go to order moro humming birds or owls or whatever I the tashlon is that season on hatl 1 why they find whole now boxes of 'eni right on their shelves and the) 1 think someone has sent em. And -they have, but It's my littlo fa!ry good-workers that elo It "And when there aren't any cr-ilers, cr-ilers, Mr Hunter Men has t.. leave his gun at home and tho birds go free That bluebird there la one Mrs Rlchman ordered for her spring bonnet bon-net and the lark Is for hor daughter They'll wear em both. neer dream Inc that Belinda Bluebird and Lemifi Lark are slnylng away as happily is ever." ' That's very good work." nodded kind Nancy. "And now, when foath- ern come floating up to the sky. w'll know where they are going, won't we, Nick; anel we'll ask mother to rip up her old pillows and lot the fe ith-ors ith-ors fly out. We'll toll her all about the Land of Runaway Feathers." (To Be Continued) |