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THE HAPPY RATTLE


Willie Woodchuck sat at the entrance of his burrow home whittling upon a
tiny dried gourd.

"What are you making?" asked Timothy Toad, as he hopped through the
grass and sat in front of Willie.

"Oh, I am just whittling because I have nothing else to do!" replied
Willie Woodchuck.

So Timothy Toad hopped on down the path until he met Eddie Elf.

"Willie Woodchuck is whittling because he has nothing else to do!" said
Timothy Toad.

"I will stop by and see him!" said Eddie Elf. So Timothy Toad hopped
along the path until he met Gerty Gartersnake.

"Willie Woodchuck is whittling because he has nothing better to do!"
said Timothy Toad.

"I will go down that way and see him!" said Gerty Gartersnake, and she