Bumps and His Buddies

MARIE HELENE GULBRANSEN
He Never Had Heard of a Bridge of Fish
Bumps And His Buddies
BY MARIE HELENE GULBRANSEN
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JAMES W. BURBANK
DORRANCE & COMPANY PHILADELPHIA
Copyright 1924
Dorrance & Company Inc
Manufactured in the United States of America
BUMPS AND THE MAGIC PURSE
BUMPS AND HIS BUDDIES
Once there was a little boy named Bumps, a name he was given because of the many times he fell down, bumping his little legs and head. He was a roly-poly little chap, a bit too heavy for his height, and when he started off to work or play he was usually in such a hurry that he tumbled over. Now Bumps lived in a wee hut ’way off in the country, with his mother, who was quite poor. In the mornings he would hustle out to chop wood and gather wild berries for their breakfast, always wishing that he could find a pot of gold to make his mother rich and happy. Finally he decided to start out into the big world to seek his fortune, and while his mother hated to have her little son leave her, she felt sure he would be successful because he had always been such a good boy.