For Sale—Picbald whippet. Will eat anything, fond of children. Would exchange for new pair of trousers. Owner going crazy, ye, i's our Lancelot. He's gone too' far, this tine, Mind you, it's mostly Bers1's fault, She's been teaching dog alt sorts of daft tricks. Her last idea was to teach him to carry bundies in his mouth. Every day when she came back from shopping, there you'd see Lancelot, trotting along behind her with a parcel of cowheel in hhis mouth or a pound of spare tibs for my tea.
Well, other night Beryl and T are waken by. a noise, from downstairs, "George." says the wife, "it's burglars, Go down and sce what's to-do."
Se off T go down (stairs and pop my head round parlour door.
And what d'you think 1 see? Sure enough, there's a couple of burglars breaking open my money box. And there, standing beside them, Laneelot....holding the torch for them. formby in the "Sunday Express." test fo be that all should fly into the skies, and the bird which flew highest would be' the Monarch of the Air: the Eagle was naturally the favourite....but the cunning little Wren perched lightly' on his shoulder; and os the Eagle turned back to earth, the Wren flew up above his head—much to the astonishment of fall Beholders: but the birds kept their word, and ever since the Wren has remained King. An unusual example of a stable monarchy. fand a lesson in aviation which has since been taken advantage of by men.
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