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Show ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS I I sjrv otrvi noggarrg AAirroes few Tho next letter the Green Wlzarl received was from Torty Turtle. He read It aloud to Nancy and Nick in his workroom up in the treetops where ihe Twins were helping him ' "Dear Mr Green Wizard,' he read Will you please help me to win a race" I'm going to run one wltn Cutle Cottontail because Cutio said that old story of tne Tortoise and the Hare waan't true, and ho could beat me to the post and back before I got started I told him he couldn't, but ; I'm not so sure. Could you send ms a little magic to help along? " 'Tours in hopes. " 'TORTY TURTLE.' " "Oh!" cried Nancy, clapping her bends "Are vou going to help him. Mr. Wizard?" , ' I'm not sure," answered he slowly slow-ly It doesn't seem fair, but at the jj same time Cutle should be cured cf his boasting. Yes. I think I'll send H : Torty a llttlo magical oil to rub on ;jH his feet Just this once." He gavo them a bottle and off went iH tho Twins to TopOv's house by the side of RippTb Creek Torty stuck out one foot at a time for Nancy to rub tho oil in. hen Twelve Toes, the Sorcerer, heard about it, ho was more Jealous than ever. "I tell you what wo'll do." he said to Light Fingers. "You jj dig a ditch just where Torty will fall .Into It and cover It with leaves. If j he lands on his back all tho magic In -; Fairyland won't do him any good ' then So Light Fingers dug a pit when no one was looking and fixed It up so you'd never know It was there. Bye 'n' bye all the people gath-I gath-I ercd around and tho race started Suddenly thero was a crash and a 1 crackle and something went Into the pit ker-flop! But It wasn't Tortv Turtle, it was Cutle Cottontail, and l by the time ho'd scrambled out Torty li i l reached the post and won tho (To Be Continued) (Copyright. 1922. NEA Service) |