Bully and Bawly No-Tail by Howard R. (Howard Roger) Garis
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holds water. Any kind of a bottle will do, and you can even take a milk
bottle and put water in it if the milkman lets you. Well, one day, when Bully didnât know what to do to have some fun, and when Bawly, his brother, had gone off to play ball, Bully thought about making a water bottle, as Johnnie Bushytail had told him how to do it. Bully took a bottle that once had held ink, and he cleaned it all out. Then he got a cork, and, taking one of his mammaâs long hatpins, he made, with the sharp point, a number of holes through the cork, just as if it were a sieve, or a coffee strainer. Then Bully filled the bottle with water, put in the cork, and there he had a sprinkling-water-bottle, just as nice as you could buy in a store. âNow Iâll have some fun!â exclaimed Bully, as he jiggled the bottle up and down quite fast, with the cork end held down. The water squirted out from it just like from the watering can, when your mamma waters the flowers. âI guess Iâll go water the garden first,â thought Bully. So he hopped over to where there were some seeds planted and the little green sprouts were just peeping up from the ground. Bully sprinkled water on the dry earth and made it soft so the flowers could come through more easily. âOh, this is great!â cried the frog boy, as he held the water bottle high in the air and let some drops sprinkle down all around on his own head and clothes. But please donât any of you try that part of the trick unless you have on your bathing suit, for your mamma might not like it. As for Bully, it |
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