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Show . . ; ADVENTURES Of THE TWINS i i I BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTOf-1 , r - Who I. tin ne.t "' .. i.kcd IMn.y "Well. needed Fll ppety - Kin p with a satisfied smile. "There's two of em back.' . three, you micbt say. Squeak, the el. - I plmnt. "Mr-. Kaucoroo ' and fl:tle Kicky j Kong. All glad to ret bad. to the clr- ens too I hope they ve b urned a les- , son, nnd lhe next time the gnomes let' . them out. thc won't ro." i "W'h.o n next"' asked Nancy, eager to be off afi.-r more Of the lost dr. us animals. Fllppei. -"!ap held up an enormous shot, on the sole of which he keyt his reminders. "Who is It. Nick?" r.al! he. i "Gyp. the Giraffe," read Nick. Oho!" i n-.i Fllppety-Flap. 'He'll in i some bird to catch!" "Whyf asked Nan.y. 'i!,in t he like the circus?" I "Vo " answered l-'iippety -Flap, "but, he lik.v mlmoh.t lree better. 1-oves 'en i like a bear doe:, honey. I know exactly what he did when he got loont Sniff--i 1 around to see which direction the nearest near-est mimosa iree re. ami heat It xruse me i mean. thn he hastened toward to-ward it. Ami belloVe (treeaense me again, my dears. I mean. I assuie )nu. that he Can hasten rapidly. "Why . he gets so cm Ite.l when he smells a lUinwss tree, he stretches out his neck like a batte;in-ram in front of him so he'll get. then- sooner, tnin Ii-dot Ii-dot s two-fort) gallop, with his hind legs ahead .f his front ones every other step. As for the rn-ean. I haven't a douill (hat he eati walk right over, having i. regular church-spire for a neck." "How far Is It to the nearest miui"- tree? ' asked Ni k. Fllppety-rlap aciin consulted his shoe "Six thousand eli;hl hundred and nin. -teen miles, eleven yards, two feet and one In.i U should be there in one round mlntile." he answereo. (To Rr Continued) |