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NOVEMBER
DECEMBER

OUR GANG > BARNEY BEAR

TOM
& JERRY ~ FLIP
&DIP - PETE SMITH
 Hi, KIDS
HERE'S OLR SECOND MAGAZINE АМО
I'M EDITOR THIS TIME.I SURE HOPE
YOU'LL LIKE THIS BOOK.
I'VE MADE A LIST OF ALL THE STORIES
IN THIS ISSLIE— THIS IS П---. |
OUR саме... PAGE I JIMMY WELLS-PAGE 38
BARNEY BEAR + " Ш ТИЕ FIRST SWALLOW " "42
EH KILLER DILLER В0У5:10 | KING 44“ 48
в ТОМ AND JERRY = “24 STUFFIE ^ “56
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#0627, LAugHLIN FLIP AND DIP • • "32 BENNY BURRO · "58

LIKE MY AUNT EMMA SAYS, ITS A LONG WORM THAT HAS NO TURNING, |
SO TRY, TRY, AGAIN. ALL LIS GANG KIDS ARE TRYING ТО FIND PICTURES |
AND STORIES YOU'LL LIKE, HERE 15 A PICTURE OF US TAKEN WHILE |
WE WERE MAKING A MOVIE. ТОМ AND JERRY AND BARNEY BEAR ARE |
GETTING IN TROUBLE AS USUAL... |
FROGGY LALIGHLIN, EDITOR |
Ро, OUR GANG MEMBERS AFE SPANKY JANET, MICKEY, BUCH WHEAT AND МЕ.

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N OUR GANG, Vol. 1, No. 9, Nov.-Dec., 1949. Published bi-monthly by Dell Publishing Co. ny Inc., 149 Madison. Ave.,
^w York, N. У. Second class entry applied for at the Post Office at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., under the act of March , 1879.
Captions іп U.S.A., 50 cents per year, ee copies, 10 cents. No Canadian or Foreign subscriptions accepted. Copyright ,
«Loew's Incorporated. Printed in U.
 MICKEY, DIS HERE HIGH SPEED PRESS
17 DON'T. THAT FROGGY UNVENTED ONLY
SEEM GET OUT FIVE COPIES AN HOUR
BY RIGHT. АМ WE GETS OUT TWENTY-FIVE.
BY PLAIN OL’ HAND PRINTIN:
YES, BUT
THIS 15 MORE
SCIENTIFIC.
 SAY, MR. EDITOR IN CHIEF-MY COME ON! DELIVER
NEWS ABOUT MRS*TOMKIN'S CAT - | THAT INK — YOURE
HAVING SIX KITTENS WAS | HOLDIN' ОР THE
PRINTED UPSIDE DOWN! PRESSES.
WELL; THE CAT DOESNT.
TAKE OUR PAPER

HEY- BREAK
IT UP! IVE
GOT А JOB
FOR YOU,
FROGGIE. 4

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/ STATION
Д Zour su
СОАТ /5 ТИЕ
AND GET PERMISSION TO. COVER \\ MESSE WE IS тоо HEN TA STRONGEST CRITTUR
THE BLACKOUT TONIGHT. BUCK- IN TOWN.
WHEATLL TAKE YOU OVER IN ?
THE PRESS CAR JZ
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SEEM SEN5/BL b YOU CAN COVER THE BLACKOUT.
BUT ITS THE ONLY WAY ҮЙЕ AND DO ME A FAVOR BY
WE CAN GET THERE WITH GETTING THAT GOAT UNDER
THE PRESS CAR. , COVER, TOO.

/ HAVE PERMISSION TO GO | | | OKAY-THE BLACKOUT BEGINS IN А FEW

OUT ON THE STREETS DUR- IBN B MINUTES -HERE'S A LIST OF QUESTIONS /
ING THE BLACKOUT -I'D ; TO ASK PEOPLE THAT YOU MEET.
BETTER HURRY —175 - dА
GETTING DARK NOW. ad ЛЕНА |= | THATS
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FOR REPORTING ON A BLACKOUT, CARRY ТИ" STUFF IN
THERE SHOULD BE
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THAT GOAT. I'VE ENOUGH TROUBLE А DESERTED- THERES THE
WITHOUT Н/М. FIRST. PERSON I'VE ‘SEEN.
I'LL INTERVIEW HIM.

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REPORTER АМ I'D
LIKE TO GET ҮООР
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/ ON THE

WHATS ALL THAT WERE SICK OF YOU

NOISE IN THERE? Z SELF-APPOINTED OFFICIALS
00 YOU WANT - | | HANDIN' OUT ORDERS?
ME TO CALLA г NOW BEAT IT! WE'RE
“СОР-НЕУ- || | NOT TURNIN ' |
TH' CRIME
| BURSTERS PROGRAM OFF
ч THE RADIO
FOR YOU, BUB.
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INTERVIEW. 50. A REPORTER —WHAT'S YOUR
NEXT TIME REACTION TO TH'
SOMEBODY
NEFDS TO BE
RESCUED, THEY)

ИМ ТАКІМ'
МЕ TIRES OFF - NAAH —1 GOT ЕМ ALL ОБЕ. NOW | GOTTA FIND
ТН" САР. SOMEBODY MIGHT SOME PLACE TO HIDE ЕМ-! MEAN,
STEAL 'EM. STORE ЕМ 'TIL | CAN PICK ЕМ
UP AFTER THE BLACKOUT. X
DO. YOU WANT ANY
HELP? WELL-UH~7/

СЕЕ-/М NOT SURE THIS 15 OUR CLUB- МОВООУ5 HERE

ТЕ WE SHOULD VE NOW-WELL PUT TH'TIRES INSIDE.
LEFT ALL МУ (702 BE BACK WITH МУ
TRUCK SOON AS THE
BLACKOUT
 SOMETHIN Hf, FROGGIE- BACK ALREADY?
FUNNY GOING ON š ! NM ( SAAAY-WHOSE TIRES ARE THEY?

HELLO, ЗРАМКУ-А MAN ASKED МЕ

TO KEEP EM WHILE-HE WENT FOR
: HIS TRUCK —SAID HE WAS AFRAID
= _ STEAL EM—BUT !
THINK SOME: THINGS,

BOY! ILL SAY SOMETHINGS THAT FELLOWS A THIEF AND WE'VE GOT
WRONG-! HELPED MISS A GOOD CHANCE TO CATCH Hiit!
MILBROOK, THE NURSE, PUT YOU BETCHA — ВОСК-
HER INITIALS ON HER TIRES WHEAT, YOU GET THE
YESTERDAY =AND. POLICE -WELL HAND
HERE THEY THAT GUY A WARM WEL-
ARE, ММ COME WHEN HE COMES

AND NOT THE COPS!)

HOLY SMOKES!
THERES A
COUPLE OF
ТАКЕ IT EASY
NOW- TH' KID
THINKS IM
ON THE LEVEL!

OPERATION ON YOUR
== GIZZARD!

"HEY —HE'S
GETTIN AWAY?
(JANET, GUARD THAT OTHER МАМ A
TELL HIM YOUR BLUNDERBUSS /S йй Ë
LOADED-MICKEY
AND / WILL TRAIL 3

THE CROOK
DROPPED HIS
KEYS. HE
САМТ USE
HIS TRUCK!

| - HE'S IN А BLIND ALLEY

GOOD, МІСКЕУ— Е LEADING TO THE RIVER—
THAT SПУКНЕ GOT RUN BACK AND SEE /F
ON HIS SHOES IN | ВОСКИНЕАТ GOT THE COPS
OUR PRINT SHOP. i VET. ILL STAY HERE AND
WELL TRAIL | | KEEP AN EYE ON THIS
HIM NOW! = | FELLOW.

WELL, YOU WEREN'T 77 ( COME

COME QUICK-
QUICK!
№ FOOLING, BUCK WHEAT!
MICKEY AND 5РАМКҮ E 4% L 2
ARE CHASING ANOTHER
| ONE, OFFICER!
DIDN'T NOTICE THIS INK, (LL /LL SLIP INTO THE
BE TRACED ВУ /T—BETTER WASH WATER —PRETEND
IVE BEEN SWIMMING.
вору COMING NOW!

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THATS НИ WHATS UP? SOMEBODY'S BEEN
OFFICER! )CANT A МАМ STEALIN' TIRES — 7715 OLD HONEST
SWIM IN PEACE? BOY SAYS /175 YOU-HE SAM HAWKES
TRAILED YOU HERE. ) STEALIN' TIRES?
СОМЕ WHY—/ BEEN
ASHORE, .BY THE INK SWIMMIN'
ALL
MISTER! ON YOUR EVENING!
SHOES

WELL, EVERY THING HO, HO! WE

HAPPENED SO JALL MAKE |

SOMEONE
ELSE:
 THAT PROVES IT, \COME ОМ, NO MORE 411815. YOURE
MICKEY-HE SAT |CAUGHT WITH YOUR PANTS OFF!
RIGHT ON OUR А LET'S GO, YOU CHEAP
PRESS AND GOT с
YESTERDAYS FLASH |

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46 THE | WE HAVE А GOOD |HADN'T BROKEN, HEY, FROGGY!
ЧУ KIDS \s7oRY TO PRINT |WE WOULDN'T WAKE UP!!
WIN HIGH |OUR PRESS /5 |HAVE THE STORY. М Š
PRAISE | BROKEN AGAIN!
FROM THE
POLICE
CHIEF
FOR THEIR
WORK.
THEN
THEY
RETURN
TO THE
CLUB,

Ог DOC BUCKWHEATLL FIX THAT JUST

SURE TS OVER! BY LIFTIN'
УО' HAT OFF YOUR EYES!

THEN 1 MUST
BE BLIND!
1 CAN'T
ЗЕЕ А
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NERVE---WAKIN' ME
Г LOOK HERE, You,ILL--- À
UP IN, THE MIDDLE Е
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YOU'RE WORN OUT! YOU'VE BEEN
SLEEPING TOO HARD! you NEED
A ае OF ЕМИ NMENT /

YOU SHOULD GET AWAY FROM THIS | DON'T HAVE TH' MONEY
HUM-DRUM EXISTENCE /TIeAVEL/SEE | |то TRAVEL! ALLI GOT
ALL THE INTERESTING: THIN 5 IN THIS 16 THIS

ATE Аш. YOU NEED, PAL /

FOI TWO BITS,| CAN SELL YOU
THIS PIN!

IT ENTITLES YOU TO TRAVEL YOU'RE RIGHT/ | NEED TO GET

ANYWHERE FREE, AND ENJOY THE OUT MORE / THANKS FOR
HOSPITALITY AN PRIVILEGES OF YOUR ADVICE
OUR GREAT FRATERNITY OF
BROTHERS /

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BROTHER /
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M-G-M CARTOONS distributed by Loew's Incorporated

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 Ме KILLER _
DILLER BOYS
BASED ON THE M-G-M
COPYRIGHT, 1942, BY LOEWS INC.
CARTOON,

N THE WALL of the Longhorn јан the sheriff had

O nailed up a poster. It showed the Killer Diller Boys
ready for the kill. The words underneath were not
a welcome.
Coming around the corner of the jail, the Killer Diller Boys
caught sight of the poster and cheered.
"That looks just like me!" they shouted in chorus.
"YIPPEE!
"We ought to celebrate it!” whooped Mohave Mike, the
biggest of the three.
“We'll slide into the saloon across the street,” hissed Side-
winder Slim.
“Let'th go!” lisped Poodle Pete, the smallest, through his
brush of whiskers.
As they blitzed across the way, Wild Bill Blaze, the sheriff; .
barged out of his office.
"Please be more considerate, boys,” he cried.
"He's dangerous," Sidewinder Slim whispered in Mike's
ear. "We mustn't let him talk us into anything!"
"| won't give him, the chance! Mike gritted, threading
the end of his cartridge belt into his gun. "I'll mow him
down!”
"R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R!" roared Mike's sixty-shooter.
The sheriff. sat down and passed out, leaving the Killer
Diller Boys to go on their uproarious way.
At the same time that the three bandits were shooting up
the town, the Lonesome Stranger was combing the near-by
woods in search of his horse, Sliver. Sliver was merely taking
a nap alongside the trail, but the Lonesome Stranger-never
thought to look there.
Sliver waked up to see an Indian Western Onion Telegraph
messenger whizzing toward him on his motor scooter. Leap-
ing off, the Indian sang his telegram in a deep bass voice:
ul “The sheriff has been shot,
The sheriff has been shot.”
 I've heard he has, 1 know he has,
The sheriff has been shot,”
Sliver was horrified. He knew that the Lonesome Stranger
must be told at once. Seizing the telegram, he rushed away
to the woods, shouting his master's name.
The Lonesome Stranger responded with a glad cry of, "Ма-
hoo, Sliver—this ма-ау!”
In а moment, horse and man had found each other. Feel-
ing much less lonesome, the Stranger snotched the telegram
from his faithful Sliver.
"The Killer Dillers must be stopped!" he cried hoarsely.
"Every moment counts now!"
He stooped over. Sliver swung lightly onto his back, with
а ringing cry of, "Yahoo! Ye-ay!" As they dashed away, Sliver
clapped his forehoofs against his saddle to imitate a horse
galloping.
Reaching the town of Longhorn, the Lonesome Stranger
tied his panting horse to the hitchrail and gave him a last
pat on the nose,
"1 have a feeling that my time has come, Sliver,” he sigh-
ed. “1 suspect that the Killer Diller Boys are still lurking in
the saloon. If so, | shall surprise them!”
Carefully he drew his two silver-handled guns. Through
the swinging doors he stepped. His eyes flashed coldly as he
saw the wrecked bar.
"Come out of your holes, you rats!" ће commanded, never
seeing Mohave Mike entering the door behind him.
After Mike came Sidewinder Slim and Poodle Pete, step-
ping high, wide and handsome with their bare feet. At the
same moment their six sixty-shooters flashed out.
"Reach for the roof!’ they howled all together.
The Lonesome Stranger dropped his guns and turned, try-
ing to look down the barrels of six sixty-shooters at once.
“Ү-Үаһоо, S-Sliver! Th-Th-This wa-a-ay! he.stuttered.
But Sliver was tied fast to the hitchrail.
"Let'th thee if he can дап е," lisped Poodle Pete, aim-
ing а shot at the Lonesome Stranger's heels.
The Stranger broke into a fast tap dance. S
Suddenly Sidewinder'Slim spread out his hands. "We must
Save’ our ammunition, friends," he hissed, "and find some
cheaper amusement.”
“Okay,” Mohave Mike shouted. “There's a barrel of gun-
powder in the corner. We'll tie the Lonesome Stranger to it.
Then we'll touch a match to the fuse and blow him higher
than a kite!”
Slim and Pete yelled with joy. They seized the Lonesome
Stranger and quickly tied him to the barrel.
“Haw-haw-haw!” Mohave Mike chuckled, аз he touched
а lighted match to the fuse “You ain't seen nothin’ yet!“
As the fuse burned down toward the gunpowder, Mohave
Mike recalled something. Whipping out his memo book ће
thumbed through the pages.
"Yep! Here it is!” he exclaimed. “| knew we had some-
thing else on the program today Listen to this, boys!
We're due to rob the stagecoach at eleven o'clock, and. it's
just 10:59 now!”
"We'll be just in time!" grinned Sidewinder Slim.
"Let-th theram!” Poodle Pete whistled.
Their swift broncos were tied behind the saloon. With a
loud whoop they dived through the broken windows and
landed in their saddles. Š
“We're off!” bellowed Mohave Mike, іп а cloud of gun-
"smoke.
Far down the road the Killer Dillers espied a cloud of dust.
It was the stagecoach bringing the mail.
"We'll stop it at the next bend, boys," growled Mohave
Mike, twirling his mustache.
With a ferocious war whoop he jerked out his guns and
charged. The stage driver heard it and looked up.
“The Killer Diller Boys!” he тет “They'll never take
me alive!”
As he spoke, he pulled on the lines and stepped on the
brake. The coach screamed and turned on one hind wheel.
The next instant it was bouncing over the short cut to the
canyon bridge.
. "As long as the wheels stay put, we'll git thor!” the stage
driver gritted.
The stage hit a bump and stayed in the air for a quarter of
a mile. When it landed, the mailbags in the rear broke open.
The letters flew, like feathers out of a pillow.
"Somebody else will have to pick them up," the. driver
stated. "The bridge is just ahead."
The stagecoach hit the bridge at ninety miles ап hour. -
The shock raised waves іп the river beneath and loosened
the horses’ back teeth.
_ They zipped. across that bridge at such a speed that the
wheels plowed up every plank.
"| reckon that will stop them killers! the driver chuck-
led, looking back. “The only thing that could cross that
bridge is a trolley car.”
The Killer Diller Boys were not to be stopped by anything
50 simple, however. Without slowing their speed, they wrap-
ped their legs around their horses' bellies and grabbed a rail
in each hand. They were going so fast thot they slid right
across.
"We're catching up with the coach!" yelped Mohave Mike,
triggering both of his guns.
No bullets blasted from them; he'd used all his shells.
“Lemme Бу!” screamed Sidewinder Slim, just behind him.
“VIL blow that bouncing bandwagon to smithereens!”
Meanwhile, in the deserted barroom the fuse hod burned
down. into the barrel to which the Lonesome Stranger was
tied. With a blinding flash, the gunpowder went off.
Barrel, Lonesome Stranger and all, rose like о rocket—
straight through the roof. They passed the only cloud in the
sky, bumped into the stratosphere, and headed back toward
Earth.
The Lonesome Stronger feebly wiggled his toes, His brains
were still paralyzed.
"Ya-hoo, Sliver—this wa-ay! he croaked faintly.
Opening his eyes, he looked up and saw stars. He crashed
through the lone cloud. Far below him-he saw the desert, the
stagecoach, and the three Killer Diller Boys.
“They won't escape me now," he said grimly.
Using his feet for rudders, he nosedived straight to the
mark. He struck the ground with such violence that he van-,
ished in o bottomless hole. So did the Killer Diller Boys. On
the way down they passed the Lonesome Stranger clinging to
his rope.
After a long time, the masked man‘ s head appeared over
the edge of the bottomless hole. As Не’ swung o leg over the
top, he saw that his trousers were gone, leaving only his red
flannels:
He blushed till he was the same color all over.
"Shocking!" he muttered, “I'd almost rather be seen with-
out my mask! pm
 | SMELL_MICE_UP
ON_THAT PANTRY
SHELF/ JUST ONE
JUMP AND 一

BEAT IT FOR
THE SOAP ,
CUPBOARD:
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VERMIN! 1 GR-R-RR!
GR-R-RR! 15 THA
RAREN

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OR HE'LL
CATCH US!

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HUH! MIGHT HAVE SHOULD HAVE SET
| KNOWN THEY HAD A HER FOOL MOLISE TRAP
IL. HOLE IN HERE! INSTEAD OF LEAVING
IT BEHIND THE PANTRY
DOOR!

OH-HUM! THEY'RE
ILL HIDE BEHIND CERTAINLY TAKING THEIR
THIS JUG AND МАТ TIME -- MAYBE | SCARED
TILL THOSE MICE THEM AWAY FOR GOOD!
COME OUT!
 DON'T TALK | AW, SHUCKS!
TEE SATS QUE.
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TOP SHELF! |

BUT THERE
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RAISINS LIP
THERE!

YOU SEE -- NOTHING g - ТОМ САТ 15 SLEEPING

BUT EGGS! COME WAIT A MINUTE, RIGHT UNDER THIS
ON DOWN! TUFEY--1 JUST SHELF --GET THE IDEA?
THOUGHT OF
Зое СЕ: он BOY! OH Boy!
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BACK IN А | CAN'T
HURRY! THIS-
SUGAR MAKES

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НЕЕ-НЕЕ! YOU'LL THAT'S вент-
NEVER BRUSH THAT LAUGH AT МЕ!
| MAYBE YOUR |LOOK! sPEAKING
HOT AIR WILL OF AIR --HOW
BLOW
IT OFF МЕ! ABOUT THAT
VACUUM
1 CLEANER?

HUH? SAy-- YOLI STAND RIGHT

THAT 15 АМ HERE CLOSE TO THE '
IDEA! NOZZLE WHILE | TURN `
ON THE MOTOR!
 НЕВЕ GOES! YOULL
BE CLEAN OF THAT
SUGAR IN A JIFFY!

S-S-SAY! THIS 15
WORKING S-S-SWELL!

\ | LINLESS ! CAN
GO THROUGHHT THE Ñ 7 REVERSE ІТ IN
MACHINE г j МЕ!
 FUNNY HOW DAT
VACLILIM CLEANER
TURN HISSELF ON!
AIN'T NOBLIDDY.
СЕРТ ME IN DE

FLYIN! OUTA
DE HOSE?

НА-НА-НА! HELLO, DAR,

LITTLE CULLUD BOY!
WHAT D'YOU MEAN
SCARIN' YO" MAMMY
OUTA HER SENSES--
АН-НА-НА-НЕЕ-НЕЕ!

JUST TAKE А LOOK Ат YOURSELF JUST LET МЕ CATCH YOU, AW=-W,

TUFFY --YOU'RE --TEE-HEE/ JERRY MOLISE, AND YOLI'LL 4 ТМЕБУ-САМТ
BLACK AS A HUNK OF COAL. FROM NEED MORE THAN А i: YOU TAKE
THE DUST IN THAT CLEANER-— BATH то FIX YOU
TEE-HEE! NOW YOU'LL HAVE А JOKE!
TO TAKE A BATH!
UP!
 WAKE up |
QUICK, PA!
THERES А
BAD STORM
COMING!

ALL RIGHT, YOU

LAZY SNOOZLER-
STAY THERE AND
SNORE! / HOPE
YOU GET А 0000
SOAKING!

| "THE STORM
COMES HOWLING
~ OVER THE JUNGLE
2 IOO MILES
АМ НООВ!

BUY WAR SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS

 LOOKS LIKE FLIP! Dip! NS HOW DYA LIKE THE.
1 SAID you'd | WHERE ARE WI BREEZE, FLIP
GETA SOAKING YOU GOT ONE YOU YOUNG 7
IF YOU DIDN'T UNS? СОМЕ ;
WAKE UP! [7 || ivside BEFORE |

THWELL!
[ FEEL JUTHT
LIKEA FLAG!

WHEE -EE-EE!
DELIVERED АТ
OUR OWN DOOR!) .

WITHOUT
A KITE р
STRING!

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FALLING!
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THEY'RE BREAKING Up) |
LIKE А
BOAT! (МУ ы
HOUSEKEEPING!

WHAT'S THE MATTER,

PA? DONT YOU
Ь LIKE BEING
A SAILOR? fh
LAND НО!
PULL FOR
THE SHORE/

PADDLE, РА! DO
YOU WANT US TO
FLOAT BACK TO THE
OOP-DA-LOOPTH2,
 4 ТЕЕ-НЕЕ! — — PA, WHERE ARE ||AREN'T YOU GOING
NITHE PINE: | | YOU GOING WITH||TO HELP US PULL
THAT CHAIR? THE HOUSE UR?

| WELL, HERE WE'LL TIE

STRENUOUS ЕХЕРСІЅЕ- | WE ARE, BUT
WHAT ARE WE ГЕ IO THE
2-2! 2-2-ee. GOING TO DO? T
OR ANOTHER
STORM
COMES UP!

THTORM ТО) TO FIND SOME BOARDS

MOVE HIM! 2 AND FIX IT.

YOU SAID IT, 3

FLIP! HELL _ a ТНАТН А
PROBABLY STAY JS GOOD IDEA!
2 HERE ‘TIL THE
CHAIR GROWS
ROOTS!
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BOARDTH- WATHED UP J|FLIP-HELPS-|-— V THOTHE-BOARDTM!

THAY, MA -/ GOT
A THWELL IDEA,
NOW THAT WE HAVE
THO MANY BOARDTH/

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SO / CAN PUT
THIS LAST ROLLER
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[HOUSEBOAT WORKS
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 “Take this mail up to Professor Tubbs,” curving walls. 1
said Mrs. Wells, piling three parcel post pack- Seated in Professor Tubbs’ easy chair, Jim-
ages and а bundle of letters on her son's out- my ‘Wells pressed the stereoscope’s eyepiece
stretched arms. “I declare | never had a sum- to his face, He stared harder. His hands shook
mer boarder who received so MUCH тай-- а little with excitement, for he remembered
and: most of it from scientific societies!” ` whot had happened the last time.
Jimmy Wells turned and ran upstairs, near- CLICK! The sharp; snapping sound seemed
ly spilling the mail in his haste. He was always то be inside his head. Jimmy blinked, opened
ready for an excuse to call on Professor Tubbs. his eyes—and found: himself in a dark place
This time, instead of calling; “Come in!” as big as a subway tunnel.
the stout little man of science opened the A grinding, gnawing sound made him turn
door himself. ta see five white, hairy creatures as large as
"Are you Santa Claus or just the express himself, at the end of the tunnel. Quickly it
тап?” he laughed when he saw all the pack- dawned оп him that these were-the six-legged
ages. “Lay them on my desk and sit down for insects of the picture.
a while, Jimmy. You can look at some stereo- Jimmy moved closer. He saw that they were
scope slides while I’m opening my letters!” chewing with powerful, piacer-like jaws at the
Jimmy Wells grinned from ear to ear as the end wall. Behind them stood a larger, smooth-
professor opened his big leather trunk and bodied insect, with weak-looking jaws.
lifted out the stereoscope. Jimmy had looked “Hello!” said Jimmy Wells. “What are you
through that wonderful little instrument once all doing?"
„before. It was only a foot long, made of wood At the sound of a human voice the larger
and glass, but Jimmy knew that it was the insect turned like a flash. A round, black hole
- gateway to a new, strange world. in the front part of his head gaped at Jimmy
“Now, pick your slide," Professor Tubbs like the muzzle of a gun. So like a gunman's,
invited, holding out a box of pictures painted was the insect's move that the boy actually
on plates of glass. “The last time you picked threw up his hands.
а bee. Try something else this time.” "Don't shoot!”Һе gasped. “I’m a friend!
Jimmy: chose one at random. It turned out The insect moved closer on his six strong
то be a picture of several whitish, six-legged legs. His small eyes looked near-sighted. `
_ insects that looked like fuzzy ants. They were "A friend?" he said. "Yes, | can see that
ped at the end of adark passagewa ith now, butit's not safe to walk up behinda
 with his ears. It seemed to say: "То arms! The
black ants'are coming through the wall!”
"| was expecting that!" muttered Termes,
furning and racing down the tunnel.
_ Jimmy Wells followed, as fast as he could
`run. Whatever danger threatened һе felt safer
"sticking. close to his soldier friend.
soldier on guard. | might have shet you.”
Termes plunged down a smaller, sloping
Jimmy Wells looked at the round hole like
passage that grew steeper and steeper, Un-
а gun's muzzle іп the insect's head. |+ made
able to keep on his feet, Jimmy sat down and
him feel shivery. z
slid.
#1411 remember—next time!" he gulp
The well-like shaft ended- in а large room
ed. "Те! me what those other white ants аге
where hundreds of soldier termites were facing
doing.” a broken wall through which streamed bright
“White ants!’ the soldier laughed. "You
sunlight. In.the splintered opening appeared
certainly АВЕ a stranger! Some people call us
the armored heads and scythe-like fighting
white ants but мете really. termites.
jaws of many big black ants.
TERMES is our family name. Му tribe аге
In spite of his extitement Jimmy noticed
wood-eoters.”
"You mean those other ter-termites are
eating wood right now?” Jimmy Wells éxclaim-
ed. "Ном in the world do they digest it? If |
ate sawdust it would give me stomach-ache
for a week!”
“They don't digest it,” Termes answered.
"Little animals called protozoo live in thé
stomachs of the workers and turn the wood
into sugar. Anybody can digest sugar—which
reminds me that !’m hungry!"
Turning around, the soldier termite called
to the insect nearest him. The fuzzy little
worker came and put her head close to that
of the smooth-bodied warrior. Jimmy saw that
she was feeding him from her own mouth.
that the thin wooden wall seemed to have
"Fair enough!" he thought. "If Termes
crumbled with its own weight.
takes care of the workers they OUGHT to
At any moment he expected to see Termes
feed him. | wonder what enemies he is guard-
and his brothers rush forward into deadly
ing them against.”
combat, but nothing of the sort happened, In-
Jimmy's answer came before he had а
stead, the termite soldiers moved back. The
chance to put the question. À shrill cry rang
black ant warriors waited no longer. With
through the tunnel. It wasn't a sound, exactly,
their comrades crowding behind them, they
for Jimmy heard it more with his brain than
leaped into thé room.
PLOP! PLOP! PLOP! PLOP!
Too fast for the eye to follow, something
shot from the heads of Termes and his fellows
toward the charging enemy. The foremost
ants went down, in a tangle of strong legs and
steel-hard bodies.
PLOP!'PLOP! PLOP!
Again that nearly silent bombardment
mowed down the ranks of the attackers. A
“black mound of struggling ants rose to'replace
the crumbled wall.
 soldiers who had used up their Sticky ammu-
nition and been killed by their enemies.
Suddenly, Jimmy felt himself seized about
the waist. Twisting his head, he looked up into
the fierce, black face of a warrior ant. He al-
most fainted. The long, knife-like jaws above
him could have snipped his head off at one
bite. 5
Jimmy felt himself being dragged rapidly
along underneath. the ant, with just his feet
touching the floor.
"Where—where are you taking me?" he
asked in a frightened voice.
“Out of danger, you silly!” the ant soldier
replied. "You haven't any armor, and you're
NOT a termite; so it's my duty to save your
life." 5
Lifting his head, Jimmy could see light
shining through another crumbled wooden
wall, just ahead, The ant pulled him through,
dragged him swiftly through a forest of green
stalks that Jimmy guessed was grass, and
dropped him in.a little clearing. À
| “Stay there till |. соте for you,” she said.
"After the fight, 111 take you home.”
When the female ant soldier hod gone,
Jimmy climbed up a tall stalk of grass. Не
wanted to see where in the world he was now.
In the distance гозе. ап enormous building,
‘Glued tight together by the sticky fluid! whose wooden porch steps were tilted badly at
that the termite soldiers had fired, the ants: one side. Jimmy saw that the wooden sill un-
could neither fight nor run away. And the derneath them had broken down like thin
Í other ant warriors could not climb over them cardboard. ' :
without getting stuck. "It's MY OWN HOUSE!" he cried. "The
As Jimmy stared in wonder another battle termites have eaten out the wood of those
cry sounded. “The King!" it seemed to say. steps so they're falling to pieces!
"Тһе King and Queen are in danger. The Shinning down the grass stem, he wondered
ants are stealing our little ones!” how he could ever climb those steps, since he
Е: , "Соте!" shouted Termes to his fellow
d soldiers. "We're needed in the royal cham-
bers!”
222 Jimmy Wells felt himself swept along with x
ass the crowd of termites. Crowding through а
2 dark passage they сате out into an enormous
. chamber. Here а pitched battle was raging. In
а few seconds Jimmy was carried away from
his friends in the tossing sea of bodies.
Опсе he caught a glimpse of the termite
‘king and queen, ringed around with their
oldiers. Farther оп he saw row upon row of '
baby termites. The big block ants were
snatching some of these and running away
n the floor lay many dead termite s
 ing fungus beds. Out in the sunlight he had
followed the line of ants for some distance
when he heard a cry for help. It came from а
round pit in the sand.
Looking over the edge, Jimmy saw the
warrior who had rescued him. She was trying
desperately to climb the steep side of the
sand pit.
“Help!” she cried. "There's an ANT LION
at the bottom of this pit! He'll eat те!" i
Jimmy Wells saw that every time the ant
climbed part way up the side а shower of sand
thrown from the bottom hit her and knocked
L3 | - 6 ЖЕП __- her back. The thrower lay half buried, with `
was now по larger than ап ont. only its head and cruel jaws showing. |
He hadn't long to think about it, for into Jimmy. reached down his hand. The ant
his little clearing marched a line of black ants made a last scramble and grabbed it. She pull-
with bright colored parasols over their heads. ed herself over the top. \
The parasols weren't the kind that you open The next instant a shower of sand knocked.
and close on a stick. They were simply pieces Jimmy, off balance. He felt himself sliding in-
of green leaves or flower petals, so large that to the pit. At the bottom he saw the ant lion's:
they had to be carried that way. jaws waiting for him. ....
Jimmy Wells was so interested in what they CLICK! Thump! :
were doing that he started to follow them. Suddenly Jimmy found himself back in Pro-
These ants were of a tribe different from the fessor Tubbs' study on the floor. He had just
ones who Най attacked. the termites. They had | slipped out of the easy chair, with the stereo-
sharp spikes on their chest armor and very scope in his hands.
long legs. : Е
"What are you going to do with those
leaves and petals?” Jimmy asked the last ant
in line.
"Come along and see,” replied the worker.
"|t's hard to explain with my mouth full of
leaf." у у
Not far ahead Jimmy glimpsed the dark
mouth of a tunnel in the ground. The leader
of the parasol procession was just backing in-
to it, pulling and tugging at her piece of leaf.
Jimmy followed his new friends down into a
room underground. There the parasol ants
threw their leofy burdens down in front of
some smaller workers, These little sisters im-
mediately began to chew them to tiny pieces
and place them on a damp, musty pile of
stale fragments.
. “What good," asked Jimmy, "are those
rotting leaves?" ES y
"Good for growing fungi,” answered one of
the larger ants. ‘You'd call them mushrooms.
They're the biggest part of our food. Now. l'm
going out to cut some more leaves—want to
come?" :
Jimmy was glad to leave the damp-smell-
 BASED ON THE /1-6-М CARTOON,
COPYRIGHT 1942 BY LOEW'S INC.

Ви MIDDLE OF ТНЕЗАМ JUAN DESERT IS AN

ЕКТ MISSION-- CAPISTRANO. ALTHOUGH THE |
THE BELLS IN THE TOWER CONTINUE ТО PEAL
РАМЕ TS Ea
MISSION IS VERY, VERY OLD, IT 15 STILL VERY BEAUTIFUL. |ORTH THEIR LOVELY AND INSPIRING TONES

i EVERY YEAR, ON THE SAME DAY, AND ALMOST THE

THE CRUMPLING VINE -COVERED BUILDINGS REST SAME HOUR, FROM OUT OF THE NORTH, SWEEP.
SERENELY IN THEIR BEAUTY-- AND IT (5 HERE THAT] GREAT FLOCKS OF SWALLOWS, ON THEIR ANNUAL.
THERE IS FOUND THE LEGEND OF. THE SWALLOWS. |PILGRIMAGE TO THE SOUTH.
 | PLE SAY ТНАТ ТНЕ BIRD
DOWN THE SWALLOWS COME, OVER THE MISSION) OME EVERY YEAR AT THE SAME TIME. BU
AND ON THE VINE -COVERED WALLS THEY ALIGHT, || IT.IS NOT SO STRANGE, FOR A LONG TIME AGO
HAPPY AT BEING AT CAPISTRANO ONCE MORE. |1

Aie
Е FLYING
BIRDS R RINDANDOIDWOULD
DAN,ABOVE, OULD
PAOBEWISH E THE LITTLE PEPPER TREE IN THE MISSION COURT-
THAT EE
^] YARD WOULD SIGH WITH LONELINESS, AS THE BIRDS
TIME THEY WOULD STOP THERE. IF ONLY FOR А 'ONTINUED ON THEIR SWIFT JOURNEY, UNTIL ONE
BRIEF MOMENT, DAY WHEN--

GREAT FLOCKS OF SWALLOWS ARE FLYING OVER | BUT ONE LITTLE ONE, MUCH SMALLER THAN THE
THE MISSION AT CAPISTRANO, WINGING THEIR WAY |ВЕСТ, IS TOO TIRED TO GO ОМ, АМр HE DROPS
TO THE SOUTH. TO A CACTUS PLANT TO SIT AND REST.
FLOORING UP, THE LITTLE Sal Ow SEES HIS= d
RIENDS FLYING ON WITHOUT HIM. SPREADING Š с | š
fe WINGS AND TAKING OFF ONCE MORE, HE BUT THE LITTLE BIRD 15 MUCH TOO WEAK AND:
TRIES TO CATCH UP WITH THEM.== — ||TIRED TO CONTINUE THE JOURNEY. EXHAUSTED,
с» 3 f

сен ща
GENTLY, THE KIND OLD PADRE PICKS UP THE 3
LITTLE TRAVELER, “POOR LITTLE ONE, НЕ IS 3:
TOO YOUNG TO FLY SOUTH," THE PADRE MUR- // HURTS. THEN HE PLACES НІМ IN А BASKET, AND
MURS, AS HE TAKES THE LITTLE BIRD INTO HIS € THROUGH THE LONG NIGHT HE KEEPS WATCH
STUD | OVER HIS LITTLE VISITOR

АТ LAST THE TINY BIRD OPENS HIS EYES. HE SE "

TO SMILE АТ THE PADRE. THEN THE PADRE KNOWS | ЕТНЕ PADRE WRITES, THE LITTLE ONE PLAY
THAT THE LITTLE ONE WILL BE ALL RIGHT. ДА MERRY GAME WITH THE MOVING PEN
 ‘LITTLE BIRD
MAKES ONE GREAT
LEAP TO THE PADRES
SHOULDER. THEN
THE KIND OLD PADRE
KNOWS THAT THE
LITTLE ONE IS READY f
TO FLY AGAIN, AND
HE CARRIES HIM
OUT TO THE PEPPER

R FRIENDS WILL BE FLYING NORTH AGAIN;

THE PADRE SAYS, "AND YOU MUST LEARN TO FLY SO
THAT YOU CAN GO WITH THEM--DO NOT ВЕ AFRAID"

THE LITTLE BIRD |5 FRIGHTENED, BUT AFTER А РЕМ 'WELL'THE. PADRE EXCLAIMS, "SO THE LITTLE ONE 15
BAD ATTEMPTS, НЕ TAKES TO THE AIR. PROUDLY HE ||LEARNING TO FLY AGAIN/ SANTOS, THIS IS A GREAT d
SOARS TO THE MISSION WALL AND LANDS GRACEFULLY, WE MUST BUILD YOU. A NEW HOME’
xs

50, FROM A GOURD, THE PADRE FASHIONS A HOUSE

FOR THE LITTLE ONE, WHILE THE BIRD FLIES ROUND
AND ROUND AND CHIRPS GAILY TO SHOW HIS JOY.
TOGETHER, THE PADRE AND HIS LITTLE VISITOR
EXPLORE THE WATER OF THE WELL. THE LITTLE
BIRD WOULD LIKE TO BATHE IN HIS BOWLOF WATER,
BUT THE PADRE EXPLAINS, "NO, NO, LITTLE ONE.
THIS. WATER IS NOT
||GOES WITH HIM. EVEN WHEN НЕ GOES TO RNE
FOR THE ВАТН-- IT IS TO DRINK” THE GREAT BELLS IN THE CHAPEL.

THEN ONE DAY, THE SWALLOWS GO

ING THEIR WAY NORTH. THE LITTLE ONE 16 OVER:
JOYED. NOW HE WILL SEE HIS FRIENDS AGAIN.
BUT THE PADRE, 129; HAS SEEN THE BIRDS.

SUDDENLY THERE 15 А SOFT RUSTLE ON THE

WINDOW SILL. THE PADRE LOOKS UP IN SURPRISE] `
HIS LITTLE FRIEND HAS RETURNED! 3
 JOYFULLY THE PADRE PICKS UP THE LITTLE ONE.
НЕ IS VERY HAPPY, BUT PUZZLED, TOO. “WHY DID |FOR А REPLY, THE LITTLE ONE TURNS AND FLIES OUT
YOU RETURN ?" HE ASKS. “IT IS SO LONELY HERE OF THE WINDOW. CHIRPING HAPPILY, HE PEKON TY
FOR JUST ONE LITTLE BIRD.”

WONDERINGLY, THE PADRE GOES TO THE PEPPER TREE1

WHERE HE HAD PUT THE LITTLE ONE'S HOUSE.EX-
CITEDLY, THE LITTLE BIRD PECKS ON THE DOOR ОЕ МАТЕ. THE PADRE SMILES HAPPILY, AS HIS TWO}
HIS: GOURD НОМЕ. Š LITTLE FRIENDS PERCH ON HIS SHOULDERS.

А ОЧОН,МЕ ARE NOT CERTAIN, WE THINK THAT

IS HOW THE SWALLOWS FIRST CAME TO CAPISTRANO)
AND SO THE LITTLE ONE MADE HIS HOME THERE |AND THAT IS WHY THEY RETURN EVERY YEAR ON THE!
WITH HIS MATE. THE TWO BIRDS AND THE KIND OLD (ЗАМЕ DAY AT ALMOST THE SAME HOUR TO NEST IN
PADRE WERE VERY HAPPY TOGETHER FOR MANY THE PEPPER TREE BESIDE THE BEAUTIFUL CRUMBLING
YEARS. BUILDINGS
 “Hunting forfood in the gre
silent woods taught King to
& move silently...One day ће
mw. surprised three wolf.
XS pups at play `

> Startled, two of the pu

4 vanished
into the `
== dens rear entrance.

_ |King thought.
they were inviting ~
him to a game of
hide*tand: seck.
 At last King
stoppedto `
=> рат and rest—
unaware of his
audience until Saucy yelped.
At the sound King
|у Getting over her | almost jumped
y fright Saucy, the out of his
littlest wolf рир, b. Skin.
peeked out of the
dee main entrance
а few yards away.
==

7 nely heart thrilled as Saucy

tip-toed forward to touch noses.

With puppy-like
clumsiness, Saucy
trips and rolls over.
On the slope above the qen, He somersaulted downhill
a baby bear heard the yelp- _ іто the middle of the
ing and came out to see ` game of tag.

ae
the stone beneath
тт started to roll.

aD
Without warning, the
= о/а she-bear plunged
down the slope,
grunting her fury.
For two seconds the old bear | |Then she rushed at King—he
paused to make sure her ||sprang back just in time...
baby was unharmed.

Í — =. But when Saucy dodged, she.

tripped over a fallen limb....
Twisting about, she raised
a рам to
: smash
‚ him

The blow never fell-for the

mother wolf had returned...
Her fangs slashed at the
bears neck
 The bear pivoted like a boxer-but
the she-wolf was too fast to be caught.

о /
_
Е О поі (сар up
СИГ But King followed his shaggy foe right over the
bivie a ошен river bank. He was having the thrill of his
young life. ae щат.
N return.
¿eft far behind, the cub The mother
lifted his baby 一 bear heard it
voice ing __ДАБ and turned
wail, suddenly
-а |
red-eyed killer

of that
terrible
paw knocked
king clear
= oui of the
water

Around а bend of the + With one foreleg nearly useless

river, he struggled. $ he dragged himself back toward |
ashore, feeling as if + the wolf den-to the only friends |
every bone was broken. * he knew in the big woods.

==. =
Instinct Кері him swimming,|
despite the shock and hurt.
At the епа of his strength, he
lay down—licking his wounds
and crying softly to himself
as the shadows grew longer |

A dead stick snapped—

as startling as a
pistol shot

j With е of Joy
а Me and relief he saw
‘Thinking the bear 24. Saucy bounding
had found him, King tried to ` toward him
- run—and failed. м

Tenoaerly.the little wolf licked Kings hurts...

Her soft, caressing tongue took away the рат. |
And after coaxing a few minutes, she.
persuaded King that he could walk
' оп three legs.
They reached the den with King ||Her two brothers wanted to play but Saucy
leaning heavily against little || warned them back..'Cant танайyou see hes^ been3
Saucy for support. ` hurt?'she snapped
2 NS 2 S

Crawling on his stomach

King followed his little friend
into the cool, dark den. Gratefully, he took the meaty bone
; : that Saucy brought him —the last
thing he needed to make him
feel really at home.

"After dark,the mother wolf kept a lonely vigil at the dens"

entrance—King had been accepted as опе of her own family,
 AS RETOLD FROM THE ТЕСТ |
Pete Smith
SPECIALTY
Stuffie was a very happy little dog. His home car's door suddenly slid shut and the train be-
was warm and comfortable, and he loved his gan to move.
young mistress—gay, freckle-faced little Mary. Frantically Stuffie barked and scratched on
The only thing which disturbed Stuffie's the door. But no one heard him.
happiness was the nearness of Tiny, the hand- Long hours later the train. stopped and,
some St. Bernard who lived next door. Every finally, the doors opened. With a yelp of joy,
time Stuffie saw the magnificent Tiny lying Stuffic jumped out to freedom. z
in the sun near his doghouse or ambling in But his joy soon turned to bewildered fear.
stately dignity around his yard, he seethed He was in а strange place. Theré was not one
with anger and barked sharply at his huge familiar landmark,
neighbor, = For long, weary days he trudged along
But the dignified Tiny paid no attention to strange country roads and unfamiliar city
the yapping little Stuffie, with his small plump streets. He ate whatever he could find. He slept,
body and clean white coat. when he was too tired to move another step.
“Hello, small fry,” Tiny usually growled At last one morning, he reached the outskirts
with indifferent friendliness when they met. of his own home town. His heart almost burst
"Mary, says Pm jealous of Tiny's good with joy when he saw the first familiar build-
looks," Stuffie often muttered to himself. “But ing. Breathless with eagerness, he rushed to-
Pm not. I know I'm а better dog than he is, ward his own street, his own house.
even if I haven't.got a beautiful head, graceful
Panting with happiness, Stuffie bounded up
legs, and a long tail. Bah! I hate him!" the walk to his home. Suddenly he skidded to
One day, when he saw the splendid Tiny, a stop and stood still, trembling.
who was looking even handsomer than usual, Tiny was lying on Stuffie's own front porch.
the infuriated little Stuffie decided to take a “What are you doing on my porch?” Stuffie
walk, to try to forget his despised neighbor. Не growled, his hair bristling.
slipped out of the house through the special At that moment. Магу walked out on the
little opening, which Mary's mother had cut porch. When: she saw Stuffie, she uttered a
in the back door for him. The hole, covered by loud cry of joy. Happily Stuffie sprang into her
a swinging panel of wood, was just large outstretched arms and nestled against her
enough to allow Stuffie’s body to squeeze shoulder, while she patted him gently.
through. After awhile Stufhe remembered Tiny and
Stuffie walked and walked until he finally growled down at the huge dog.
reached the railroad yard. He forgot his hatred "You mustn't do that, Stuffie,” Mary told
of Tiny in his interest in exploring the yard. him. “Tiny lives here with us now. You see,
He leaped from a platform into an open box the people next door moved away and gave
car. But, before he could jump out again, the Tiny to me, because I was so lonely without
you. So he’s your big brother now.” Then-she corner-of the upstairs hall near the stairway.
put her mouth close to Stuffie’s ear and whis- When Mary and her mother reached the out-
регеа, “But I still love you best, Stuffie.” doors, Tiny was waiting for them. He stood
“Тһе next days were miserably unhappy ones ГАilently, while excited neighbors rushed across
for Stuffie, He hated the majestic, indifferent the lawn and called the fire department.
Tiny more than ever. Mary tried to teach them Suddenly, in her dazed excitement, Mary
to play together. Tiny was willing to be friend- noticed the waiting, watching Tiny. Quickly
ly. But little Stuffie was sullen and heartbroken. she looked around, searching for Stuffie. He was
When Mary wasn’t looking, he nipped Tiny’s nowhere in sight. Frantically she turned to-
plumy tail or silky legs. ward the burning house and-called his name.
“Gee, if I were only as handsome as that big Huddled in the upstairs hall, Stuffie heard
palooka, maybe Mary would give him the air,” Mary's voice, but he was afraid to run through
Stuffie murmured to himself mournfully. those terrifying, flames.
One morning Mary tried to teach Tiny to Mary started toward the house in desperate
lead. Stuffie on a leash. She fastened his little determination to save Stuffie. But strong hands
harness around Stuffie's body and put the end pulled her back. Sobbing, she called, “Stuffie!
of the leash in Tiny’s month. Willingly Tiny Stufhe!”
moved forward, but Stuffie refused to be led. Suddenly Tiny’s shaggy bronze body dashed
Tiny pulled with all his strength and dragged through the open front door and into the flame-
the resisting, struggling Ушће round and filled house. He léaped up the burning stairs,
round the yard. lifted Зале by his neck and started down
Finally Stuffie gave up the battle and meckly ` again. Whenhe reached the front door, his
followed Tiny. Then, suddenly, Stuffie saw his way was barred by a solid wall of roaring
chance for revenge. He leaped forward and fire. He moved toward it, but the heat drove
aipped Tiny’s tail with his sharp teeth. The him back.
surprised Tiny dropped the leash and growled Tiny turned and гап toward the kitchen.”
with pain. The door was closed, but Tiny did not hesi- .
Then, with unexpected swiftness, he turned, tate. He dropped the half-fainting Stuffie in
grabbed Stuffie by the neck, carried him across front of his little panel and pushed him
the yard, and dropped him in a pail of water. through the opening. Then Tiny tried to force
That night, lying at the foot of Mary’s bed, his own way through the door, but he could
Stuffie dreamed of ways of getting rid of Tiny. not push even his head into the small panel.
Suddenly he wakened and. sniffed the air. Gasping for breath, Tiny staggered away
Smoke! Something was burning! from the door into the. smoke-filled room.
"Sparks from the living room fireplace had Flames surrounded him оп all sides and, at
popped out оп the rug and low red flames were last, he sank, exhausted, to the floor.
creeping across the room. When he felt the cool, fresh air of the ош-
The smell of smoke grew stronger as the fire doors, Stuffie’s head cleared. Не stumbled
spread and blazed higher. Stuffe jumped up around the house to Mary, who picked him up
barking loudly. with cries of joy.
Mary’s mother heard him. She wakened “Tiny! Where's Tiny?" she cried.
with a start and smelled the smoke. Quickly A moment later two firemen walked. from `
she rushed from the room and saw the flicker- the burning house. In their arms they carried.
ing light of the flames downstairs. Tiny’s still body. Gently they laid him on the
- Terrified, she ran into Mary's room, picked grass: 1
up the little girl and fled down the stairs and From the safety.of Магу» arms, Stuffie look-
outdoors. Stuffie started to follow, but cowered ed-down at the gallant Tiny, whom he had
back when he saw the crackling flames along once hated.
the walls of the stairway. Stuffie was more “Tiny was always your friend, Stuffie,” Mary
afraid of fire than of anything in
i the world. sobbed. ы һе gave up his own life to
Whimpering with v fright, hé. о ша

| DNE CPI ES
 -— 8 GEE WHIZZ ТУ à
LONESOME AROUND HERES
THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER
LITTLE BURROS FOR МЕ

Г RACE YOU
[72 THAT FARTHEST
TREE! {
 Y Он BOYZ LOOK АТ ITS WORTH A 2
THE FISHES./ THEYRE
HAVING FUN---MAYBE. 4
I САМ PLAY WITH

V GEE wikins.” Za
> АСА MY HEAD ONJ

Т GUESS ІМ МОТ, EVEN THE

WANTED HERE, SQUIRRELS WONT
EITHER PLAY WITH МЕХ

" SEEMS LIKE ALL THE OTHER

ANIMALS: HAVE COMPANIONS: EXCEPT
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