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NE day Willie was walking through the woods when

he came to a great hollow tree. He peeped

through the hole, and thought he would crawl in and
see what a hollow tree was like.

Inside he found a ladder, very narrow and very steep,
but up and up he climbed till he came to a little window.
Through the glass he saw a funny little man, with three
eyes, sitting at a round table eating his lunch. There
was a great brown pie before him, and Willie was very
fond of pie. .

Then he noticed a little door at the top of the ladder,
so he knocked very gently: rap-tap-tap-tap !

“Come in!” called the funny little man, and Willie
“THROUGH THE GLASS HE SAW opened the door and stepped into a little room.

eee en “Who are you?”’ said the little man.

“T’m Willie, and I came up the ladder. Do you live here ?”

“Yes; I am a Treedeedle, and this tree is my house. Won’t you have some
lunch ?”

“QO, yes!” said Willie, looking at the big brown pie and a cake, full of little
black things, and a big glass pitcher of lemonade.

“T always have an extra place for a visitor,’ said the Treedeedle. “Sit
down,” and he motioned toward the vacant chair. “Will you have some pie ?”

“ Yes, please,” said Willie, taking the empty chair.

So the Treedeedle cut a huge piece of
pie and handed it to Willie. Willie took
up his fork and cut into his pie, and found
it was full of empty spools.

“Oh! my mamma doesn’t make pie
out of spools. I don’t like spool pie; I’m
afraid I can’t eat it,” said Willie.

“ Not eat spool pie!” said the Treedee-
dle, who was just finishing his third slice.
“Why, it is delicious. But perhaps you’d
like some cake?” a

ce OF yes; very much,” sald Willie, his “won’Tr YOU HAVE SOME LUNCH?”
eyes growing bright with pleasure.

So the Treedeedle passed him a large slice of cake, and Willie broke off a
piece and was just going to eat it, Riead he saw the little black things were not
raisins but tacks, carpet Tae