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HIS is the thetGr7 story of how a poor weak wakboy WMIrNr weakboy
TIDS boy became tlr the owner OWD of the thein finest BM BMin ausesw r ris
in is all the world after being beiDcseU a giant giantself V Vself
self selfDouglas seUDouglas self1ouglu
Douglas Hawtrey Godard was the t S name of dill tMsboy dillboy tideboy
boy who was feeble and timid and unabtf to join in inth iath itthe
th the rough play of the other boys w host of hit hittimo J heytime a atimo
timo was wa spent in study I He knew mew many D7 D7Iutges km kmguages lai laiguages
guages and theie wis not a wOlCldI word that fca s eonHsA eonHsAbpell e eoolbtlep Ia IapIn
ep pIn ll or a place in the geography PhJ he couldnt oowtfilribc de deEI V Vribc
EI filribc < ribs But what wh t he wanted w ted Aost motw to play witkother witk wttkr
o other r her bovs OOsaa bo swu was denied him because they theyJilay infused to toplay ispl3
play a with so amall amalland and weak a lad They TheyKay drove bi biaharp hfa hfaaway wIt
away It fay with it h sharp cutting words and aadto14 toW him hiaBlId to toand go goand
and play with girl or learn to do knittirigenfiid knittirigenfiidhim knitting kni JIs JIshiw oattaA oattaALi
Li him in bowlegs and scarecat and refused to let letturn 1 Ilihllnl t t111m
turn even stand around when they played playedOne playedOno playedOne
One fine liu day in May ay Oscar Li Lipton LipWQbr boa Amos awl IW IWbrook Iobrook
brook br ok Frank Delano Raymond Foster and Herelan Her Herman lIernHm ¬
man Wirz W Wirzwere irz were Were spinning tops in a recant cut lot 1oiDougliis whs whsv wbaaw
w Douglas v came 1 limping mPi t g along 1 aDd J stopped J x io look t k at atet a1them 1 1them
them themdiet
themGet Get et along alo11 < < out o here cried Frank Delano a abig abia abig
big brawny boy with a large Adams apPle 00 00play Qo Qoplay cooplay
play over ov er at a the kindergarten kiaderprteJl1Ye8 tevl tevlYear t tYes
Yes Yearalieelt4d I shouted shCMItedAmoe Amos Holbrook Holbrookaha who already kd 1Mdshaved kdshaved
shaved aha ved once Otl < tt and had h d a pair of oftita flats lihsj a aamiths Uaokv Uaokvsmiths blamlalnitha
smiths Chase Cha yourself ounelf 1 lWei We dont want WUifpinaJ ao aoe3piadlea1arrlked a aBpindleAankteo1
BpindleAankteo1 fpinaJ lanba kidf J ki around airotmdhere ouad here hereThat t IThat tThat
That right r added Herman Win Win 1n who wo ooM ooMlift ooJiJi oowidlift
lift Ji ft fiftysix pounds with one finger Sneak SneakISwim I ISwim
Swim outoryovJl outor out or youll get hart in the push 1II This T1 ai aino aiat aiatno < I IThey
no place for kids anyhow anyhowThey P PThey I
They looked so fierce that Douglas DO 1U was alarmed alarmedand aJarJMlland alarsiadand
and withdrew a few yards but the other boy it itDenting ianting resenting
Denting nting even his presence p in the lot moved mo of in in a abody abody abody
body casting euti back at him sour and andDouglaahowefB leroegUneta leroegUnetaDouglas ieree l lDouglas
Douglas DouglaahowefB however in spite of many rude remarks remarksf lemlDiollowed
f followed f of lowed them at a distance resolved to eeei sea whet whetthey whatthey t tt
they t wore about to do as small n boys often do you youknow JDUkIlow youhltuw
know and even when they went as far as the river tertvht rivervhere riNrw
w tvht here re he had never D ftr boon before he still clung to tothem iotlwm tothem
them
Sayf Say cried Baymond ad Foster FO Br una1f havenHyou you any anysense alQIfuse anysense
sense at allt all Cant yo you set we dosrt want waiging you to togi tonging
gi ging ig along alollfr ale f Now N just ja unisy out OI jimek uWr or jwrTl jwrTluit 7OIIld
uit d a swift poke peD on the ails thra tnsfu tn give you 1fthfartbum UN UNheartburn theheartburn
heartburn Seel SeelDouglas PDouglas r rDouglas
Douglas was shut aout to retrit retr at 4 when suddenly Oa Oacar 0 0car Oscar
car criedlferes cried eriedHeres criedHt
Heres Ht > rea a isnusy fiwar v vpizen zed d berry beryl I wander if its itspizen itspizen
pizen 1
HK ATI SOME tTHAMdC T1wo MUUtiEt MUUtiEtAll KMtDAU M R RAll
All thebsye the beys gatheredaroond pthe1edllIO gatbsred > roundt lldr amall u bosh bearlava bear bearin r rl11g
in lava pale pink berries beza but as they tkIhad tkIhadallY had naver seenany seen seenany
any before like them they asked Douglas Dou < < 1M what whatere they theywere theywere
were ere because they knew he had studied elie everything everythingHe e elIe
lIe could not tell the name of the berry and so soangered 10angered soangered
angered at having bT D < < adDed him h n they the compelled the thepoor theMT thepoor
poor MT weak child to eat all of the berries herr at o once oncethinking QIICtfJ > toe toethinking
fJ thinking < < to make him sick Ii although ahho gh they tI e1 knew they theymight t1Ie1snight thywlght
might be poisonous poison but the hardhearted hudhearieclJadl Jads did didfcot d didmot I Ilot
mot lot care for thatNow that thatNow tIIatX
Now X ow these were mammoth berries which blossomand blossom blooInd blounoeamad
and ripen on but one day in the year ear the 9th of ofHay ofIf ofMay
Hay If ay and ad they disappear iaan in an hour ho so very fewp few fewpeople fewoplc
people p < > oplc ea > wianrda wII da witches W ebei and D r1 botanists taJ ata ever everfind ner21Hal everthem
find them u alL They hey have the marvelous power po of ofmaking of17uiking ofLJaking
making one who eats them grow suddenly and aDd1lD aDd1lDexpectcd1r un unexpectedly umexpectediy ¬
expectedly at any moment to an enormous alas alasTherefore siseTherefore aileT
Therefore T lcrcfore they are a ee e called mammoth berries It was wasfortunate waslrtunate wasfortunate
fortunate lrtunate althos although altho h W o c Jangerous angeroia that the boys boysmade borsluade boysmade
made Douglas eat eattbImaJIM than th m all all as you OU will wiDlur3 sea Any one oneoi ODeo oneo1
oi o the lads would wouJdwiDiDcl1 willingly have ha eaten them had he heknown beJWHVU heknown
known 1 their magic powers to bet bs t u it was the weak weakest weakt ¬
Os est t > t and alJtllUDan smallest t got IO them After be had swallowedr swallowed
r very one the boys drove him away with jeers and andtribes andtibes andfi
tribes fi bas They were standing in threatening attitudes attitudesf attit1lcletfacing attitudesfacing
f facing him as they the ordered orde him to go and none of ofthem oftlltIn ofthem
them saw a very remarkable MDru e object in the air It Itas Itb Ita
a as b a thing thiD8ahA shaped 8d like an immense ilD1W cigar tHat WIll wiumoving WIllJl10ving wasnlovin
moving slowly along over the water toward them tbeme themit themitart A AB
art B < > rt o of of tin airship but unlike any ever seen een before beforeIt
It was tilled with queer dwarfish hairy hairJmeu men with withlarjre wit witlarpt withlartm
larjre > misshaped IIliup < 1 heads that looked more like libof those thoseof thoseof
of fish than human aman heads audaU aud all of them ware
glaring laring eagerly rly at a the group on o oThe
The airship came nearer and nearer swiftly 1W fU1 fU1ei1ently andsilently and sadsilently
silently andthen end then snddetlyds suddenlydarted s ted down uponthem uponthemAs
As A s the startled boys turned to sec what whatthe was wasthe wasthe
the fishlike tleh1 ke men poured put o oat t of the ear and andthem apd apdthem p M Mthem
them each lad being seised by several ash ashonce mew at atonce atonce
once and so powerful were the thethe fishmen ilah mtm that even eventhe emperrf
the burly w Amos mOI was perrf perfectly ettatly helpless belpls ss in ilLITltsP fteb Uwegrasp ftebgrasp
grasp graspLike ITltsPLike graspLike
Like PO o many hags the hoys lioyswes ojI were toasad into h hcsr s sear
ear the ishmen sprang in in alter ter them aid up Wt listtlir Wtthe
the > airsJsfp t1i p Douglas Do although alth uP the he unauesl 1 1he W was wasthe r rthe
the he first to reeever JMe hi Jail senses and he het lookad loc sd ai tile tilefisbmen thebshmeil
fisbmen t carefulITi4E carefvfly carefvflyTUB Nfd Nfd1M1
TUB MEN MI FROM 011 THE MOON iJIIOOMHe 7AeI0eiHn MOONHe
He soflto 10 ear that they were not jotrnthernot real awes awesrath or orrather r
rather rnthernot rath er not men of oftWaworW this world fo for fot fotlXinp er t no ssjan 1lMtls ttiiiia ttiiiiabeings listintbeings
beings hate e our nr been seen sein onlejavfcV 0 0Ihort oa WM mod modshort Sfisslajjshort
short legs I long thick arms armsrn covered wttt red hair hairDM Wrj Wrjnl
DM rn fingernails 6l < < erIlails nor rior teethj yet very ffIr1 fierce darestheir and uiTafa uiTafatheir a atheir
their beads with their enormous red redthom ayes aado aadathem aadothem
them i seem tm terrible indeed They taW taWin tasjiaffaac tasjiaffaacin tojsW r rin
in a strange strange language laDgUa e and it was easy 81 to see that tllatthey tintthey thatthey
they were lore conversing about their captives for forand now nowand tarand
and thru they turned their awful red eyes y1qOa upon tile tfcetoys tiesvs tileLOYII
toys vs all of whom were in the utmost utm lt terror terrorThe tenorThe testTOtThe
The airship shot upward so swiftly that t it itu was wasas vwaaas
as invisible as a ballot fired from a ai gun and thus thusi
ra i i an hour or so Douglas saw they W vase M approadb apptaadrlug approadbing appr appriug
lug the moon Then he knew where the mm had hadcome Jadcome hadcome
come from They were moon men and in their air airship sirship air6hip ¬
ship hud swooped down upon the earth after vie vietinu fio fiot no notime
time t i fDa He imagined that he now oonld 001 d guess g gall gueu vasall vas
all 11 the people go who so mysteriously disappearevery disappear diaafpearetery disappearevery
every day from their homes They are eaugnt ea by bytnoon b bxnOOD bJmoon
moon men are carried to the Mt moon and never r rtUnL return re return ¬
turn He never expected to see his home homem again and andhe udhe andhe
he wondered whether tbe tie moon men eat their t eir cap captives capti9eI alpfives ¬
fives or make slaves ofthem ofthemBut ofthemBut of them themBut
But he did not learn this then for just about that thattime tJaattime thattime
time b bl < > suddenly began to grow bigger bi and bigger biggerso
so that in a few minutes he halffilled the great peatand earand ear earand
and threw the moon men into extreme alarm forsuch for forsuch forellchl
such ellchl a spectacle the thV nor anyone elae e had ever seen seenThe I88DIb sweetThe
The Ib l1 ic ice > a of a am mattpfeddenly m enly ly becoming beo beoo a giant ant before beforeones beforeone beforeones
ones one N yes OC peetadeZh sraredjSs scared bey too almost out of their theirtenses the therep ir irtensel
tenses Ei nses but Douj no aemembered aemem red that he had once oncejvad oncetrad onceread
p read about dinjwshmg dim 5hfng ah g berries in one of my own ownnones 0W1iret owns owns5ures
nones < ret and be rightly right guessed that the berries he
had eaten ea mutt t have Ie the very opposite op aite ef deot deotHe eat ectHe eatHe
He whispered wpor d this this to Amok Holbrook and as he hehad heW behad
had perhaps PI more sense than the others he too tooconcludedthat toGthath tooconalade4tlat
concludedthat thath it was the th right solution Douglas Douglasirew DouciMpew Douglabdrew
pew larger and larger wruntil until all the rest reIteNwdecl were wereeeowded wereeeitrwded
eeowded to the sides of the car and then t eII seeingthat seeing seeingthat IM BC BCtJta
that tJta all aJIthe the moon men were ere paralyzed pualyzedmh with fear he hepicked hepiebc1 bepiaea
picked up their captain by the back of the t e neck andeoamensnded and andcommanded nde
commanded e nlD ed him to turn the car back to the t e earth earthTo eartho earthTo
To o his hiIlurpr as surprise surprise le the moon man understood him bar baring haTi haylag ¬
lag i probalv learned English from some former formercaptive forDlercapt formercaptive
captive capt and he reversed the tMuctioa dicaction o of of1be the air airship aitll airship
ll ship p at atoace once for without witho t thinking tJt dri JDouglas DoaJaJaad DoaJaJaadh had hadl hadbias
l cltf him h a over QTcr the theaide theaideCbeIc tide tideMChuek aideChuck
Chuck em all overboard l T said Cboar Qsearsee leUp leUpsee
see if ifthe1l theyll break into piece before Mi they reach retchthe reachthe reaehiheeardtI
the iheeardtI iheeardtItry earth earthTeal erthYes
Teal try Yes ell I cried Frank Fire one at that cloud b bk br brow below
low k ow > w there and see him puncture pGIICI ize it Ill bet you youeant yeueaat youeamt
eant hit it the first time I tNo IKJio INo
KJio No said id Douglas Do AI I will save II them tIIe for Ithink I Ithink 1thiDk
think I can use them when beD we get back I will bet betthey Mthae betthey
they have captured lots of people peope and Fll make jnakethem makethem malesthem
them tell what theyve the e done do with themWhen them themWhen theaaWhen
When we get back we will torture them saidBayritond said saidRaymond laidRQmond
Raymond Then theyll confess confessYes confessYes eom eomYea
Yes cried Douglas Youll do doa a lot I Id like liketo Jibto liketo
to leave you alone with one of them and see what whatyoud wut18Ud whatd
youd d do I guess youd holler for me to come and andWp ladhelp ncl nclhelp
help you pretty quick You talk big now Its Iisa IisafODder awonder a awonder
wonder I dont get back ba k at you all now that Fv Fvgot r rlOt Pew Pewgot
got a chance for abusing abU8 DC me and catting me menameaJ 1MJWDa menames
nameaJ nameaJHe names JWDaHe namesIle
He looked ao terrible u he said this and so aw awenormous awfuUy awenormous
fully enormous enorinous that aU the boys felt a chifi of fear fearrough
fullyrough 10 t rough rou them for after all they felt that theyred they thqcJeler18d theyved
cJeler18d red punishment pw lD8nt indeed for or their cruelty Npwthey Npw Kpwthey Npwthey
they had to depend upon the once frail and weak weaklad weaklad wentklad
lad whom they had called spindleshanks for fortheir fortheir fortheir
their very lives a u if he left them for u n instant instantthe iuttntthe instantthe
the moon men would have attacked them promptly promptlySo pr mptl mptlSo
So they ceased to make suggestions to Douglas forthey for forthey forthey
they did not know that he was only ony joking jokingHe jokingHeiurJIed jokingHe
He HeiurJIed turned to the leader of the moon moo men andtold and andtold andtoW
told him that t he must at once o once instruct him in mart the theart tbpb tbpbart
art of managing the airship and the captain a of ofcourse ofcoaree ofoourwr
course Jnstandy showed him how i ib was done
THE RAT R RAID AIJj OF THE MOONMEN MOON MOONMEN M O ON
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The ship waa W roved throfln t iron m ti the ili UP ilif hy Aeaos maspof Aeaosof
of f an apparatus Jpar tia tf ebgb sbu V C or oruraed turned on if an aninstant 1UllMtant asinstant
instant the power power oJTgravdalllen of o gra g avitetsn which whichis yom yomic To R Ris
is what makes ingaiatt l toorlcooae to 1 gw rtu cM A Aseace ub uboemee b bMMe
MMe of what whiwbalda1fa wait vaB f ftn 1i y off offinto offIDt offinto
IDt into the air like so so oJi many many ny roemks r rosy t The neli iMchino itischinocontrolled iMchinocontrolled chino chinocontrolled
controlled this thimystenoUlt mysterious < fafp > ahonwn1ch tfJ ok ino o one one0h OMdh oneOh
Oh 0h earth knows the leas le V it 8nila p airshiptnoyed airship airshipmoved airshipJIlom
moved by It means of a ti Osbt m elajpsrhexe rlbere lMN the theman theman theman
man behind b hiDd the button Pffil to o gav gavDouglas p t tDouc1u eDo
Douglas Do learned all aWipi a > H haiBus > minutes minutesef minutesnalls mut s sbw
bw beeuptpbe he was very veryerf G nalls urtI urtIefthiDp rta
ef efthiDp things from fromwhile fromso k
10 ie told the ca adsrt adsrtWhile Iii Iiihi1e
while hi1e Beran Jf ran the itep prp heates sdeer a4 eriia eriiadirectioes rHJw rHJwdl18Ctio > m mdirections
directions dl18Ctio although althoughbeSouit be foulid tOlt it rather hard to press proasKhe Prelloe pressthe
the button as his fingerwas Wu s awfully large He cov covered eMrecl covered ¬
ered recl not ° only the button b but the large dial that thatshowed thatakowecfthe thatshowedtla
akowecfthe showed the course of 1i > airship a rship Still he foundthat found foundthat foundt1at
that he could manage tbi thtAA 4hp easily and then he heturned heturned heturned
turned her earthward agal and in another hourthey hour hourthey hourthet
they were hovering hoYer Dg over the world r1d They could see seealt teeaJtthe seeall
alt aJtthe the oceans and continents ajtt al the iMpea apea lath istkmuses lathmuses IdI IdImu
mu muses and peninsulas just ju t as plainly pla 1q as if it were werea
a colored map spread below them and it was iXoa iXoaderf a won wonderful OR ORdor ¬
derful dor u11eelon ul lesson in geography geographyBut geographyBut
But just where they were pointing was a land landthat 1qdthat landthat
that he had never read much uch about l because ecsi 1118 e people peoplefrom peoplefrom eOJ Ie Iefro
fro from outside 0 8ide are never allowed to enter it This Thiswas Tliiw is iswas
was w the land of Thibet and although althOli < < h filled with withgroat withgroat withgroat
groat mountains it was adorned waJt wc r marvelous marvelouscities marteknucities marvelouscities
cities built of pearl ivory ifor and silver sfverThis silveris aiberThis
This particularpart partioa r part of Thibet is a adBj Bitfaad Bitfaadis and andis
is a land that no stranger stran er has ever everstill er heard eardoif eardoifatill cf cfstill
still less thought of visiting f Iitin < < It is i a beJ behind Mhindtha Mhindthaheard nd tM tMtimes thetimes
times of course The people of Siff have luaftheard havebeard
heard of photographs p ototpap telephones teJepho to automobile el carpet car earpet carpet
pet sweepers canned goods ojrbicyclas QJ1tiq so IOJOII IOJOIIi yon mty mtysight ssy ssyimagine
i imagine what al1 exci excite twae WIN created by tM tMIght the thesight
sight of an airship airshipThey lushlPThe7 airshiprbey
They shouted in alarm > Some fled to to the cellars cellarsothers cel1anothert collarsothers
others into caves or erawJid p under der beds or covered eoverei4themselves coveredthemselves co cothemI81ft1
themselves with rugs hoping to escape the u eye 10 of ofthe ofthe f fthe
the monsterThe monster monsterThe moaaterThe
The ruler of Biff who is called th the Great GMat100ft Gaaaa Gaaaasoon Gatputhsoon
soon beard the outcry and hurried hnrriesdon rpm his ivj i ipaaee ice icepalace y ypalace
palace to see what was happening h ppel Jlc in i hta utuaHy uudbie e
i rert l l ipy dominions do na but whoa haawrtl he sawtlnp sawtlnpfew t1tt t1tt1tlBw f fAn
1tlBw An fa few hlbcka away ft7 and coming diroet1he directly directlytowaw directlypalaot6
towaw hito palace he too was w thrown into a paBlO panecand panic panicand paBlOand
and triidto tried to iIeeJ flee fleeJmt hatbti dbrinc being ig old and Dr very rheumatic yheaaatieheeott rheumaticbe theumatiehe
be heeott coqfd not walk fast and when he got back to his hisdoor 1Mdoor hisdoor
door be 8 found that his hi servants had closed clo rl it infright in infright infrigb
fright and aadhe he was left trembling b outside with this thisterrible ikiJte thisterrible
terrible te Tib thing coming COJI1 nc nearer ne ler every moment momentBut momeatBut momentBut
But as he stood stoodtransfixed ttaasfix I with fear he looked up upand upand upand
and eawthe saw the boys storing down d wn at the city with itsbeaufnl its itsbeautiful itsbeaueut
beautiful gardepaand ga Dd houses 00 hour sa of ivory WoIJ pearl Mrl and andgjjrer udu andsjlvet
gjjrer u He recognized them as mortals D OttaJl or r at atIq laaat laaateeembling leantling
eeembling Iq hnnuoi h beingsv Itnd l > nd concluded thatho that t at they theyj t1terIOW
j IOW n ho resolvedto put on abjart a 1 ft fta front fronta freethey
1 a Gazaab of Biff B and stars standing up he 1Ma hea
41 a a most profound bow Douglas called out outGood outGOOd outGo6d
Good morning sir What is this place placefThis plseeThis r rMThis
This replied the Gftzaab b 9s is Biff a town of ofThibet ofThibet ofThibet
Thibet as you are doubtless aware aw re and are ar only onlyguying onlygJIJ onlyt
guying gJIJ t ng me meFar meFar meFar
Far be it from me replied Douglas Dougl to guy so soreverend 101fterend soreverend
reverend and aoble 1JO appearing an anold anold70U old < kl gentleman as asyou asyou
you Are le you ou used iJ8 d to having haf JIC airships here her hereIs T TIs tII
Is that an airshipr r I cried the Gaxaab in aston astonishment aatoaWd astooieI4imint ¬
Wd ishment enL i Teread 1 Tres JeIIMI about them but t toobtI1ib I I thought they theylooked theylooked
looked oobtI1ib like baBoonsNot baBoons balloonsNot I INot
Not this kind replied Douglas Doug D tIc1u lad This TJda one w was wasmade WMmade as asmade
made in the moon igr On and Jve a Wad of the mavt t corniallooking com comicallooking comieallookinc ¬
icallooking moon inhabitants itaJda in baca hr that t you youoversaw youeYer youever
ever oversaw saw FU show h w you one oneHe oneHe oneHe
He reached down picked up the captain cap and heldhim held heldhim MWhi
him hi i out for the ruler of Biff to examine The Ga Gazaab 0 0ab Oniiiab
zaab ab was 11 even more amazed at the sight of the moon moonman moonthan moonm
man m n than he had been at ttbe the ship iRor or the tiIegiad tiIegiadDouclu gia giant giantDouglas t tDouglas
DouglasThen Douglas DouglasThen
the d 1 1 into the 1 G Gxaabs Gasabs GA GAsub
Then he heAUVp 4roppedtbe dropped airship au gently WI WIG
sub back garden where the people couldnt come comarnbbering comerubbering eomerubberiD
rubbering rubberiD around and d fool foolwith with wi its machinery when whenthey w whenthey n nthe1
they got over their alarm and all of the t e bors borsjumped boJilllllped bo bojsmrpe
jsmrpe jumped d out out but Douglas Doua tied every one of tie tiemoon tJ thisigoon e en
moon n men with cords cotdao jo o that they t ey could more moreneither moTeidler moreneither
neither idler hand nor footThey foot footThqr fooLup
They set up the most peculiar cries something soniethinglike IOIItet ing inglib
like young puppies for fortJae7 they imagined that they theywere the theto theyoere
were to be eaten ea ten at a atonce once as they alwvM r bind theirviotiius their theirrrietims t1wiri
rrietims i aaI before roasting them 3k The lawah asked askedaH IIIkmVf askedli
aH of his visitors to enter his pesos w whew Ite
I DOUG DOUGLAS DOUGLASP LAS CQ CONQUERS QNQ N Q U E RS r AW AWPUL QJ1 GLOSSARY L O S SA R Y
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A J CURIOUS CURIO US Voyage V yage in inJT inan
JT > 1 an Airship arse the Rapid RapidGrowth RapidGrowth RapidGrowth
Growth Growth of o fa a Giant davit a f ruit wt t ta to toa II IIa
a Strange Country ount and a m mBank ItBattle aBattle
Battle With it a Wild Ben Benclapped Bele1aPJ Beast Beastelapped
clapped e1aPJ d his lai hands and instantly ebonyhnsd e ewidt alsnsJi alsnsJieawe sl tuifi tuifiesme
eawe with sherbet hmsonade de sweetmeats mag and ensdel Bc1f flaysand fruits fruitsand 11M1 11M1ad
and placed them before the boys who whoAIIDft7 wereh were 191
h AIIDft7 7 BOW having ban been five or six I x hours bo wrtlsjat wrtlsjatf wiiIIiIood watI watIi
i ood of f any anrIOtl anrIOtlOf sortOf sort sortOf
Of course Douglas Doug could not enter the palace be being Mine Isjug ¬
jug eleven feet high already so his lunch I Ioutaide was eaten etiiteeaoutside eatenoutside
outside but now and then he looked in wonboys upon fsH fsHboys Mbo
boys bo to see how they the were behaving behavingSoon behavincSoon behavingSoon
Soon the Oaxaab came out for he beJlODI f fitsad s4 diet dietnone tin tinnone
none of the other boys could speak speakbe Thibetan Thib tan And Andhe andbe
be began to ask all manner of questions of ofwho ofW ofwho
who W CJ had learned the language a few years yearswhen W Wwhen oeq oeqwhen
when he thought of being be nc a missionary He e hadtell had hadtell t ttell
tell the ruler all about the new things that had bean beaninvented MeiUfeJ1ted bominvented
invented since I D08 he had last seen any aliiman Jiewniajaia aswpapeeamany Jiewniajaiamany
many man years ago apand and all the afternoon aftaDOODaae was waspassed waspassed
passed aae It wart nearly night J ht when the Gacaab GuaabNow GasaabNow sni sniNow
Now I am real glad lad you came beeanas be a atJ with all allthese allthese
these tJ niw tw things thiD that you ou know about oai ftfc ftfcthat W Wt ltiathat
that t at ytfu can rid our lovely 10ftl land of an awful nh1ad peat pestand peatand
and ad dreadful nuisance nuisanceWhat nuisanceWhat nuisanceWhat
What is thatT that asked DouglasIta Douglas DouglasIts Doug DougIt
It Its the Glossary replied the Gazaafc Gua Guaanimal ° Ths Thsan Th s sHi
an animal It dwells mu in the TransUltra XowtteJW XowtteJWand taiIII taiIIIaDd
and feeds mostly on my poor defenseless defeue1eapturing subetpturing sub subjcapturing
capturing them while at work in the fieids and aDdest forests for fureats ¬
eats est I suppose Fve p lost several ual hundred ofvaluable of 1 1valuable nre y yvaluable
valuable men and women since the Glossary G Ghere slave slavehere oanathere
here three years 70 o o Now its got to totown earning esuitt iaito iaitotown iNotown
town and catching y best taxpayers t ra and andofieiak twit twitoIieiaJa rip ripoiiahs
ofieiak now awl uen uenHow we weHow t + aee aeeHow
How and where wherecan can I find this Glostajgrr G GlGIIU7rDoug1 1 aahadDouglas aahad asilgtlDouglas
Douglas and how big is the beast This Thisbusiness hi hibMiaeu gisert ja jabusiness
business U new to me you seeYou see seeTon leeHY
Ton HY You ou wont WOn t have to go far I imagine ima iaq replied mplirithe repliedthe n nthe
the Gazaab Ifs It always prowling prowu row arou arosjfd d As Asvineyards fbsvineyatde
vineyards 1 and gardens nowadays no Only yesterday yesterdayit JIlt dw7 dw7it
it got Ot a a cobbler right on Grand avenue a1eHe near nearband tile tilebaBd desband
band stand aad Youll see it soon enough eno bat but after afbsrall afterall altaran
all I do not suppose a a giant < < iant of your site thinkstwice thinks thinkstwice thbIbtwiee
twice about tackling taekI IIC a Glossary as its it only om as big bigas W Wa hieu
as a large elephant Yet it has tenribb teen te ribJt dawsWelL Claw ClawWell kw kwW
WelL W IH I 11 take a peek at it sy a J ybW said acridless D Dlas Do Doaud
las and if if its s not DO too big Ill try conclusions conclusionsit
it it 1 guess I can run faster tier than tM it after all aD I 1bavetoV Ift Ibsve
bavetoV bavetoVOh bsve ft tot totObit toVOh
Oh Obit it cant run very fast But holy MohcoMtl MohcoMtlhow Kill iabo1how 1 1w
how w it can everbutinaiy jump I nxclaimed enelaiiasdthe 1i die 9a 9azeab Qnscab ca caSfAi
scab SfAi About thirty feet I think thinkDEATH thinklDEATH 1 1DEATH
DEATH OF THE OLOCSAJTY OLOCSAJTYnil CJtH CJtHIll OLOSiA Y Y11het
nil 11het bet h t I can corer debM fifty wpKul repWprOucH1Jt D ughsv epgitrtpreudIj ughsvproudly
proudly This wa wu quite likely as ssbphls nywtbb time 10 10waf 118tweD r rwaq
waf twentyseven tweD seven feet in a height and a CI broad in i praportiem pra 1fttorti peportaea
portiem portaealie torti tortiHe t tHe
He called to the t e boys and when they cam altfie altfietold out outtold
told them that h was about a out to hunt hu the alsueatydescribing Glossary Glossarydescribing
describing the animaL But somediow somenow IOmeowanxious they were notanxious not notanxious
anxious to to accompany him until tilhe he asswrno assured r rof tbfcn tbfcnof theasof
of their t e r own safety when they tbelid said that they wo woad woadgo ld ldgo wp
go but that 1ha they the would keep in a the rew rearjest jnat tike tikeboyt libbo braboJt
boyt bo who annoy auno and illtreat weaker lads ladsEverybody ladIEYe17bcNb tedsEverybody
Everybody prepared for a grand srudDu banejuet an anDouglac uaDouglas
Douglas Du < < w leturn for forthey they all were quite certain eeniawouJd nat nathe thatbe
he would destroy the Glossary with almost no Dehie troir troirble tie tiehi
ble hi The Gazaab even went so far u to send a aaenger msV msVsenger io iosenger
senger tb 1 the > Grand Lama who rules all Thiltsf Thihtthat Thiltsfthat ThiIIet1aat
that the animal was w u good as dead deadthat alieady a athat ana anathat
that he would uld probably be able to send him a H ha hato heed beadto heedto
to ornament ornamentthe the royal r01a palace next day dayIt dqIi dayIt
It was well toward evening eY8I Dg when Douglas Do Doout ft ftout started startedout
out and he did not expect to see theanimal theanimalbut at atbut
but before he had reached the low towhUla vine crowned crownedhills d dhills
hills outside of the city theJx the theoys J > > oya > ya who wb 10 10a < oUow 1st 1sta at ata
a safe distance saw II something rush out outof outia an a efesjd efesjdof elo d dof
of reddish dust which instantly hid everything from irsaview bcaw bcaIt fromIt
view viewIt w
It was the fierce infuriated Glossary GJ lUry but the theDIal aau aaun eau eauiaal
DIal n l bad made JIUI Je a mistake Peering out from his hi hid hiding Ja JaJlg bidi ¬
i ing Jlg nslag place + in the low shrubbery where he Was watt watting t tine ¬
lag lag lagalready for some passerby be saw slaw W Douglas who noaheady bid hndalready
already discovered him and a was bending down tocreep to tocreep o oThe
creep up pdprine upon the Glossary 0101117TM s sThe
The animal nU al thought it was wa merely a rather ratllerailed rathersized larger largersited
sited man than usual but when the ih gieata grMtthat grwt grwthands pe pehands
hands clutched it by the throat t it felt feltthing t tt that aonts aontstking o
thing t < < remarkable was w about to happen happenDouglas ha haDoUeJu happenDo
Douglas Do as seized it by bdIe the neck which whichlone was vry vrylong vere r rlong
long aW a 1Id thin and a when it tried to scratch ICNtehwith swatchwith LI LIwith
with its great claws cia he grasped them both atwith at atwith atwith <
with the other hand and an in spite oi its vtgoraa vtgoraasquirming vtgorarsagitirming rio rioInli
squirming Inli and twisting he held it until Dtil at last lastwifli betwith Justwith
with wifli eyes popping Mpp Dg out Jut it ceased to writhe and final finally belly 1 1I1 ¬
ly drooped limp and lifeless to the ground roacLto ehoijsd ehoijsdto
to death by his giant gripeat grip gripGreat gripGreat
Great eat was the rejoicing when ben it was known that thatDouglas thaID theDoak
D Douglas I 1 had already slain slai the terrible creature enatuIepeople and andpeople andpeople
people came by hundreds and then by thousands thousandsbringing thoUlaJlbriacinc thousandsbringing
bringing all aUnnef manner A f beautiful presents of pearlsrubies pearls peubru pearlsrubies
ru rubies ivory o TOIY carvings precious vases vuescoW rugs shawls ebawissold shawlsgold
gold and silver er statuettes tatuetteein in fact factone everything C ° aF that thatone thatone
one could imagine ima < < ne that was rare and easily for f forwere r rwere they theywere
were filled with gratitude gratitudeFOUNDED cratitudeUHOED gratitudeFOUNDED
FOUNDED UHOED A GReAT = IIUK MUSEUMThe MUSEUM MUSEUMThe tI tIIhe
The skin of f the Glossary was wu rnwrndtatoly i a ttt tttto j t tto
to the Ameer meer and he sent Douglas a amade beaotMpfe beaotMpfemade e emade
made of a single pearl as large as mfist mt fiat There Therewas Th Therewas re rewas
was a great feast at which hich Douglas made < < 1e a speech speechin speechinTlJi8eUa
inTlJi8eUa in Thibetan and promised to return and bring somewonderful some somewonderful tolDOwonderful
wonderful things from America and then ti ee along to toward toward ¬ S Sward
ward morning they bundled the moon men into the thoairship tb tbairship theairship
airship and putting in all the rare gifts Douglas DougUupushed Douglup Douglaspasted
pushed p the button and away they went wentBy wentBy
By 13ywhole 2 oclock k they reached home a4 a axa iron i uM + d tb tbwhole tJ tJwhole + be > >
whole town out out wile ble men were dragging draga II < < the riv rivihjnkipg ri rithey rive rivethey
they had all been drowned dr wned When th thWop tIa4r t o
ihjnkipg
lK lKople
Wop If Lethe ople pIe saw u the moon moonmen men paen and heard the story they theywent theyt I
went the it t wild with wonder and newspaper reporters reporterskept reporterskept Pcn1enkept
kept them busy I can tell you for several t hoUrs helvesrelating hounrelating hoUrsrelatiugoer
relating relatiugoer over and over the account ae unt of the combat combataad combatud combatcud
cud the capture of tie moon men menSo menSo menSo
So tlteytU thst tis is how Douglas Doaglai started a museum Hhad H Hhad Hhad
had to People pestered him so constantly N1listaDtJ coming comingfrom COJningfrolD eamWt eamWtfrom
from all alloMl over the world to see his hi strange SUBI captivesthat captives captivesthat aapti1eathat
that he simply had to nlace these o ou oel vu uleants antlof ants of an another another b bother ¬
other planet on exhibition and lit t eharged hsg d a little littmmoney littlemoney li limoneytor
money moneytor for admission in order to semi sou i ma JW seven sevenbrother leftn leftnto sevenbrothers
brother to xolle pollee e I dont Mann bb H iiim a bit al althmi alTOIIIW a athmT
thmi thmT tT TOIIIW w3dM Mu made mora money taking D kings kingsqnteas l kingsgueteena np npq11
qnteas q11 lM and of o er r crowned heads on little excur excursions excuraf exciizabpu ¬
sions af here and there at big prices prie 8 in that remarkable remarkableairship remarkableairship remarkableairt1
airship airshipTe airt1 airt1JW
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deal all ao 0 theres an end to it itWAIT itW k kWALT
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