The Curlytops on Star Island by Howard R. (Howard Roger) Garis
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"Well, if there's any such thing there as a 'fliskering' blue light
we'll soon find out what it is," said Grandpa Martin. "How?" asked Ted, his eyes wide open in wonder. "By going there to see what it is. I'm going to take you two Curlytops to camp on Star Island, and if there's anything queer there we'll see what it is." "Oh, are we really going to live on Star Island?" gasped Janet. "Camping out with grandpa! Oh, what fun!" cried Ted. "Do you mean it?" and he looked anxiously at the farmer, fearing there might be some joke about it. "Oh, I really mean it," said Grandpa Martin. "Though I hardly believe you saw a real light on the island. It must have been a firefly." "Lightning bugs aren't that color," declared Ted, "It was a blue light, almost like Fourth of July. But tell us about camping, Grandpa!" "Yes, please do," begged Jan. And while the children are eating their late supper, and Grandpa Martin is telling them his plans, I will stop just a little while to make my new readers better acquainted with the Curlytops and their friends. You have already met Theodore, or Teddy or Ted, Martin, and his sister |
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