Show e e 0 iks 4 s s 8 i t DRESSED UP PENCILS f e 0 00 2 4 0 K am as 4 my oil oh me exclaimed nancy re fretfully gret fully as she eyed the pencil she had finished sharpening its my favorite one and now its too short to hold in my hand comfortably fillers I 1 might as well throw it away I 1 cant use it any more no wait john laid down domn his book and reached for the little pencil nub from the desk he took out the mucilage bottle and a of heavy paper from froin the paper lie cut a strip un an inch wide and twelve inches long ions put a drop of mucilage on one co corner and stuck the paper strip to the penell pencil a little above where it was sharp ened ile he stuck it on slantwise then he began to wind mild the strip tightly 3 about the pencil up and up went the winding there said john jhn as he finished Cols lied winding ad fastened down the last go around of the paper strip with another drop of mucilage there Is your pencil now long iong enough and strong enough to get a grip on for some time to come oil oh thank you I 1 said nancy and the way you fixed it looked like such buell tun fun ill try that plan myself on another before night all the little casta cast a way dubs of pencils in the it house 0 use appeared in sturdy new paper holders bolders that lengthened their u usefulness sef ulness considerably sider ably nancy made her pencil holders of all colors and gouni wound J some in two strips why prettier than ones she said alice allson alison lide |