"That pansy," he said, as Jimmieboy gazed at his work, "is a frying-pansy. How is this for a battle scene?" he added, drawing the following singular-looking picture.
"Very handsome!" said Jimmieboy. "But—er—just what are those things? Snakes?"
"No, indeed," said the Quill. "The idea! Who ever saw a snake with wings? One is a C gull and the other is a J bird."
"Can you draw a blue bird?" asked Jimmieboy.
"I think so," answered the Quill, as he carefully drew this strange creature.
A BLUEBIRD.
"You haven't given him any wings," said Jimmieboy, after carefully examining the picture.
"No: that's the reason he is blue. He has to walk all the time. That's enough to make anybody blue," explained the Quill. "Here's a puzzle for you!" he added. "Guess what it is, and I'll write to your Uncle Periwinkle and tell him if he'll come up here on Saturday with two dollars in his pockets, you will show him where you and he can get the best soda-water made."