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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 17, 19 July 1930, Page 20

when he was jiatning somersaulte ahd things' like tliatl; '[. :;AlMhe bthqr elves were terribly cenyious of His; Wings. -;;,},'• v. v{ " -w ; i . So Slim brought: the te of s(arletbVitfr;b^ies)r, Small Brother Toni lit the firfcand; set the tafcle. He'; hadljuat; finished? when Slirk tod |he 'Brothers Kaickbeetle: arrived/;:/1 '•]:•:'''-"''fl'.- »V';'''-?;:.;I V<:V '■':-■'■ r '/:':\ '.^ :.:.',. :.•;:..■• .:::\';-y;';.;.:,.:--;. :>>M V :rv7'Hull^baiipl'r;saidmGKm-Nut Elf.----, o£>i/ j'■:;.;;■ ■■ •-• J^..;;iV '■;:■ "Hullo!^Baid;Tirnmyi>v. :/ ; ;:; :.: u '-'" •IVii';/: ; ;/V;;:'U'"t-'^v"':^:';v: :'"Lb," said the Brothers Blackbeetletogether, ' "'■■ CX ,j - a' i "Good afternoon, and Many Happy Retums,'V»a^ .'had. told :him-wliat to say. •.■,r-''; ./' '-\; :-.,* ; ?-V-^.-';./;':;'"/ >1; ;Cl:;^;'^ r • "The; kettle's;foiling,- Timmy," called Small Brother i^dpJ.; i^'^here; did you put fheteapbt?" -i ; V'- .■■:' ■■>•/■■»■■ K-:-.x^.;.'' :-v'; "0, ;- . answered Timmy. He wasl scampering around doing this and that and all!the things people usually do when/ Biey ; , give ; a party, and feeling Most Important into the bargain.., 'SoSinall Brother Tom found the teapot himself under a manuka bush, and; carried it to! the table. Eyei^Bbdy sat iip and looked suitably inipreSsed.-; v■, ■ "I sayj is that'your;teap6t" exclaimed t\ip, Brothers TBlackibeetle;., ' j ;■ ; ~ "Whajt i who>p«?!""added ;the Elf.;,'. ■y^'.V r;-':/; ?C.:UiS\ ■ /-A :ieauty^ ; ish\it?"':di:awled Slim.l .:.:■: ■■ ■'■;• ;'. ■;■■■;■ -;^ \^'^::::;' S:v:]:'-,\\ "It certainly; is,''; agreed Tinimy proudly. "It; pburar Like.thisj, you know." He; .lifted; the teapot and tipped it slightly, just to / show ; hpw good he was^ ait-rwhen pujt from,the top reared a huge green caterpillar! Timmy's eyes/ goggled!, and he nearly dropped Ms precious teapot : "ow!'v he ?aid,; becaulei'^e fcou|ldn_'t; Aink of the pj^erthing to^sayj ■vunder thp circumstances;;; Butthe'caterpillaf''could, go s )le said it. 7!'; r : 'Toumean! Vl^very b'! remarked ■pblitely^ - *'Well, so ani 1." ; He climbed a little; higher out; of the teapot and dropped oil'to. die table. "Md flow, Fm;here, come to think of it, 1 nught as iwjelljstay. ! I rather like parties^-and: I love tea., .-.- /::Does-aif»yb:ody.;object?.'':v:: '■■" .'■• y-\- ' Nobbdjr did, 'the Caterpillar; stayed. He; atouseij'thent very miich indeed,vand ; after tea. ftey played Scenic baqk. j; ; ' ■■'•And.Timmy's^party-'was'iV'oted^a great success.,;',;i;■■'-;;:.;•;■.• j;>~ i ;.: