WALIIE AND PGE SEREB DBE DEE.

in the Moon caught an umbrella, and then Willie caught a diamond crown, which
sparkled and glittered like a row of stars.

“Oh! how beautiful,” cried the Treedeedle; “you must be a king. Let’s
all put on the things we have caught.”

So the Treedeedle put on his boxing-gloves, and the Owl put on his
rubber boots, and the Man in the Moon put up his umbrella, and Willie put the
diamond crown on his curls, and they started for the house of the Man in
the Moon.

“T must go home quickly, for I am going to a ball at the Mud Turtle’s
to-night,’ said the Owl.

They looked all about for the comet to take them home, but as the Owl had
forgotten to fasten it to the Man in the Moon’s hitching-post, it had gone off.

“ How shall we get home?” cried the Treedeedle.

“Let's fly ;” said the Owl, and he flapped his wings and flew off toward home.

“Oh! I can’t fly,” cried Willie.

“ You will have to jump,” said the Man in the Moon.

“All right; good-by! Come, Willie, take my hand,” said the Treedeedle.

 

‘‘ THEY CAUGHT ALL KINDS OF STRANGE THINGS.”

So Willie took the Treedeedle’s hand, and together they jumped.

Willie looked down and saw something sailing below them, and when they
got nearer they saw that it was a balloon, and as it was directly beneath them
they tumbled into it.

The balloon was manned by a big black pussy cat with green eyes.