Just for Fun: A Collection of Stories and Verses
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Contents include "Auntie Grumble Meets the Wizard" by Carol Johnstone Sharp; "Jonathan Bing Does Arithmetic," "More About Jonathan Bing," and "Jonathan Bing Dances for Spring" by Beatrice Curtis Brown; "The Pelican" by Mildred Plew Meigs; "The Wogg and the Baggle" by Laura E. Richards; and "The Man with the Bag" by Padraic Colum. Other features include Eunice Tietjens' "St. Valentine," "Story Tell" by Laura E. Richards, "The Little Dragon" by Constance Savery, Nancy Byrd Turner's "Planting a Tree," "Penguins" by Anne Brewer, and "The Piping on Christmas Eve" by Florence Page Jaques.
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Just for Fun - Robert Lawson
Auntie Grumble Meets the Wizard
By Carol Johnstone Sharp
FROM all directions the little people of Vilville came running to the Round Square. There stood the town notice board, as usual, but what was most unusual, there was a notice on it! Such a thing had not happened since dear knows when—at any rate not since the Wizard of Vilville had packed up his magic one day and journeyed away to do a little free-lance wizzing in near-by towns. But here was a notice, and this is what it said:
GOOD PEOPLE, TAKE NOTICE
I shall return to Vilville on Thursday noon. I have disguised
myself as a rabbit so that none of you shall know me.
I shall be VERY HUNGRY.
The first person who feeds me shall be granted
A PECULIAR POWER from noon until six o'clock.
{Signed) THE WIZARD OF VILVILLE
Such hurrying and bustling about, as the Vilvillians and the little Vilvillianesses began to collect food for the Wizard-rabbit, for the very next day would be Thursday! No one was quite sure what the Peculiar Power might be, but they were certain it would be quite magic and nice.
Long before noon on Thursday the road that led into Vilville was lined with eager people with arms full of wizard food and rabbit food and food that no rabbit or wizard could ever, ever eat. About a quarter of twelve a boy with sharp eyes suddenly began to jump up and down and scream, There he comes! I see him!
All the people looked, and sure enough, down the road came scampering a brown bunny. Now it just happened that a little real rabbit who lived in the woods had grown very hungry that morning, and had decided to venture into the village to look for a scrap of something to nibble. Of course, the people did not know that. They were sure this was their Wizard and they began shouting and rushing toward him with things to eat in their hands,
Well, when the poor little woods bunny looked up and saw two potatoes, a bag of peas, and a lamb chop come flying through the air, he dodged, jumped ahead-and found himself right in the midst of a crowd of excited people all tossing food at him.
Here Wizzy! Wizzy! Wizzy!
shrieked a dozen voices.
Take mine! Take mine!
No, mine! Youll like mine better!
Open your mouth, bunny, and 111 throw it in!
The rabbit's ears stood right up on end with fright.
For goodness sake!
he thought. "Is everybody in this place crazy? If I don't get out of here, I'll certainly die of overfeeding!"
So he hopped wildly from one spot to another, dodged a chicken sandwich, a pot of coffee, a basket of spinach, and two bowls of soup and finally gave one great leap over the head of a puffing old woman who was thrusting a rice pudding at him.
Jump, jump, and away! As fast as any rabbit could hop, he dashed right through the middle of the town and down the far end of the street. After him streamed the entire crowd of Vilvillians, calling and