Show the dragon that ate too much thanksgiving dinner vy ALBE AR far away near the daoa t the earth Is the asle of green eyes the people inhabiting it all have preen eyes and hair it la queer too but the green ayea people ar an about the aciz of nOB BERLT boys and girls from tight to thirteen years old they never grow any larger the greyeyes Gre aik oik would have been very very happy only for a trouble and tear that were over them all the time in a treat cave under a mil dwelt an aed dragon that used to slip out unaware a upon the Greene yea peo pie and devour them the draffan had an awful and he liked the Green eyes babers especially for he was BO old hla teeth were getting poor he was hundreds hun dreda of years old but hla appetite deemed to grow all the the older he got and the people of the island were in mortal terror of him ilia name was wankum in eplite of being dreadfully beaded whenever they or Bob berly wankum the Green eyes folk managed to have a pretty good time they were great on holidays for then they had grand and every Gree neye ate had balna n bla stomach then ho lay awn and slept the bag himer off thanksgiving was one of their greatest occasions they aed the precaution to have doctor present at every thanksgiving east BO that he plight tor them ina tanty if any of them were taken to a really dangerous way one day the greetys Gree bad a gorgeous spread in addition ta the richly browned turkey and ry sauce ther was ahugh lot of stuffing and gravy the gleea ayea specially liked and gravy then there were oyster pumpkin pic tauta and raisins any quantity of lemonade and ten barrels ot ke cream but the arnd all waa the peanut brittle the peanut crop had been great that year and the Green eyes made almost halt of it into peanut brittle when the thanksgiving feast was et the peanut brittle wag put anto a huge pyramid in the middle of the table and a flag with a THE PEANUT baittle FINISHED IUM biff round areen eye in the center waa stuck into the top i wien ithe about to enjoy ar arkeat reat spread they had a habit 0 in a row and patting their itonia cha affectionately they faed to gather a little before the dinner was dutte ready BO that they might sharpen their appetites by their eyes on it patting he was a gentle massage that set up pleasant vibrations brat ions in the sympathetic nerve that T 0 the green eyes were bitting ln a row patting their and looking at the big pyramid op peanut brittle suddenly a terrible alarm the huge dragon that ate the Green eyes burst open the door of the festal hall and thrust his great head in jie had smelled the turkey away off in hla cave and pawed himself over the ground as fast aa he could in the direction 0 the savory odor of him the Green eyes blood ran cold still with their hands on their stomachs they jumped up and ran oft aa fast as they could screaming the dragon would have made after them and captured everyone of them but he suddenly saw the gorgeous thanksgiving dinner he looked at it he sniffed again and again with pleasure then he fell to eating up the poor Greene yea dinner himself he ate and ate and ate his way through it all the turkey and even the big tank of gravy and dressing a mere bite or two for him after he had eaten the ten barrels of Ice cream he gave a deep grunt from his ills huge stomach began to swell up round but he paid no attention to the warning without stopping a he tackled the big pyramid of peanut brittle in the middle of the table he had never eaten any peanut brittle before and iowna amazingly good again he JUB baand ate till he began to unbuckle his skin around the aalst but he pretty boon he began to have dreadful pans he tried to go out the door but he had swelled up BO much that he just took the door with him when he broke through the 1 pains grew more and more awful he tried to call but he was so full he only made a sound he grew worse every second arid presently he turned over upon his back so his stomach would not be pressed upon so hard then he just turned up his toes and made a noise and died the peanut brittle finished him when all became still the Green eyes peeped tut from their hiding place and saw thear clemy was dead there was the of a lone becu mrs Rabbit What an awful fright you gave me mrs giraffe Wha tevera the matter are you tying up to remember something mrs Giraffe Dont be frightened dear you see now the cold weather la come on I 1 and U rather chilly all the way down my neck co I 1 tie myself up like this to keep warm it makes a splendid boa and cost a penny tremendous rejoicing though their dinner was every scrap gone and they could only pat their empty stomachs well ita a lesson to rae on overeating at thanksgiving said alice Green eyes r its a lesson to me too bald tommy greeness Gree when you want to conquer an enemy just let him eat himself to death |