The Bojabi Tree

by Edith Rickert

SAILING TO KING LEO

Then he found King Leo on the bank, not ready to receive visitors. His crown was on straight and he looked very CROSS.

“Whatdoyouwant?” he snapped—just like that.

“A-rashum!” said Giddy Goat. “I beg your Majesty’s pardon. I have a cold coming on.”

He showed King Leo the fruit that looked like an

APPLEORANGEPEARPLUMBANANA

and smelled like a

BANANAPLUMPEARORANGEAPPLE,

and said, “If you would be so very kind, King Leo, to tell us the name of this tree, so that we may know whether we may eat the fruit of it.”