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Show VLTlli GNOME'S CLL'3 IYIct Cuomo, as you know, had given badges lo all the ineiiili.is of (r p,, the Every 1 hiy Iv ',. . ,', Nice Cluo, b-.'cau-e - r-V.'i'' It meant that the ly ; XVillvI: members belonging '''..'"' lo It thought that K) .J every day was ' f J nice for something. S Lately, the d.ys TKfr-'Ayf; had been rail! v. S'T'-iyv ll:l-v 'f r:'1'1 (j- J jS ; , "! followed right X1 !, '-Ml- afifr the oilier, KiA nnd It had been 1 y-.J?,V.fci chilly and damp. ,V'tr-'v" '-!''' All the members vff.?'-J had had the great-zyyL?4allLM great-zyyL?4allLM est dilliciill.v lo "How About a keep from saying: Soap Bubble "w hat: An-Party" An-Party" oilier rainy day. When will t ii I s rain si'-'? How dull and dismal it is." But i. one of them said it, Ixvause tliey had agreed never to complain of the weather when they had Joined tlie club. It was a club many grownups could never have Joined. And ever since they had belonged tliey did keep finding how many different dif-ferent kinds of things there were to do on the different kinds of day.-:. On one of these rainy days I'oter Cnonie decided to give a special party. He spoke to Witty Witch and old Mr. ('Hunt about It. "What would you suggest?" he asked them. "How about a soap bubble party?" asked Witty Witch. "We haven't had one In ever so long." "That seems a good Idea," said old Mr. Giant. And as for I'eler Gnome he was delighted with tlie Idea. lie threw his hat In the air, and laughed with glee : "Tlie very tiling," he shouted. So at once tliey began to make pipes for tiie soap bubbles. All the other Gnomes helped, too. They got some fine bowls which they made out of hollow stones. They used some of the magic Fairyland Fairy-land soap which makes the most wonderful won-derful soap bubbles in tlie world, but only the Fairyland people have this special kind. They invited tlie Fairies to join the fun. Tlie Bogeys, Goblins, Elves all tlie other wood creatures were Invited. Then, In no time at all, everything was ready. Such hubbies as tliey blew. Tlie magic soap seemed more magical than ever. And they played In old Mr. Giant's cave, so tlie rain wouldn't get them wet and burst their bubbles. But what do you suppose the raindrops rain-drops did? They got so curious to see what was happening that they stopped chasing eacli other, and pattered pat-tered very slowly to the earth to see what was going on. They told their little raindrop sisters sis-ters nnd brothers, and then they came rushing along, so It rained very hard. But oh, what a good time they all had. and after tliey had finished their party, all the Gnomes and Gob i.-. jfT.gy . , . , , j , , lins and Elves tJiJ-y- ! and Fairies, put P iT on their raincoats fc-Tji and went around vfc.rt and whispered to i-fS boys' and girls: M- rH "Do you want M 3VI know what to do &:l-fjf)! tomorrow? Have 'VJ 1 J Soap-bubble party? : JxVgjVJjJ "Don't forgel fe S Mi what we suggest." pgf SiJ Well, the' next ;5:;V:"-'i day there were '- m.V iT hundreds and bun tL:$ dreds of soap hub hie parties every- And Read From where, und it was Books, ill because Peter Gnome and his friekls of the Every-Dny-Is-Niep Club had made this splendid splen-did suggest ion. And the next day Peter Gnome and his friends told stories and read from books, nnd that next night they went and suggested this for tlie children and told them bow they could pretend they were the people In the stories they read and could talk nnd act as they talked and acted. Oh. Teter Gnome's Club was a great success. There was no doubt about that. No doubt, whatever! |