Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1>PUSS JUNIOR<br/> AND ROBINSON CRUSOE</h1> <h3>BY</h3> <h2>DAVID CORY</h2> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>JACK SPRAT</h2> <div class='cap'>ONE day as little Puss, Junior, was traveling through New Mother Goose country, he came to a funny little house all covered with rose vines, even up to the top of the small red chimney they grew in crimson splendor. And as Puss stopped to look at the pretty sight, a tiny blue bird in a cage on the front porch began to sing:</div> <div class='poem'> "Jack Sprat had a pig,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Who was not very big;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">He was not very lean</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">He was not very fat;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">'He'll do for a grunt,'</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Says little Jack Sprat."</span><br/></div> <p>"Oh, ho," thought Puss, and he turned into the yard and walked around to the little red barn. There stood Jack Sprat himself, leaning against the sty, watching his pig eat his dinner.</p> <p>Well, just then, all of a sudden, a swarm of golden bees came humming into the little<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</SPAN></span> farmyard, and before long they had made a home in the empty beehive that stood close by.</p> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/gs02.png" width-obs="358" height-obs="400" alt="Jack and the Pig" title="" /></div> <p>"You have brought me luck," said little Jack Sprat, turning to Puss. "Now I shall have honey, and with bees and a pig I shall<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</SPAN></span> grow rich and supply all Mother Goose Country with good things to eat." And would you believe it, the pig began to grow fat, and the bees to buzz out of the hive and wing their way over to the roses for sweets with which to make their honey.</p> <p>Then Jack Sprat asked Puss to come into his little house, and when he went to the cupboard to look for bread and butter, he found all kinds of good things to eat.</p> <p>"What luck you have brought me," said little Jack Sprat, but Puss was as much surprised as he. But pretty soon when they had sat down to the table, they heard a strange little voice from the hearth, and looking down they saw a tiny black cricket, who began to sing:</p> <div class='poem'> "I'm just a little cricket,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">But if you'll let me stay</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Within your house this winter</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">You will not rue the day."</span><br/></div> <p>"It is the little cricket that brings you luck," said truthful little Puss, Junior. And then Jack Sprat began to laugh happily, for up to this time the pig was the only thing he owned, and that wasn't very much, let me tell you. Oh, dear, no. Not in these hard times<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</SPAN></span> when eggs are worth their weight in gold and a gallon of milk costs a ton of silver.</p> <p>Well, by and by, Puss, Junior, once more went on his way, and perhaps pretty soon he'll find his father, the famous Puss in Boots, unless,</p> <div class='poem'> A great big husky giant<br/> Jumps into a trolley car,<br/> And turns the coin box upside down<br/> To see how many nickels there are.<br/></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />