Page 36 - Adventures of Peterkin Paul

Very well $ you sha31 see how much fun there Is in it, While tlie latter, quite terrified, made no endeavor
[ will transform jvte into a turkey this minute J 1J To Hyj but,, instead, gobbled louder than ever,

And now a sad fate seemed about to befall
Poor little Milttades Peterkin Paul.
H e was taken around to (he wood-pile, and there
Kis head laid on the block, the axe raised in the atr,
And in one moment more its keen edge had de­
scended,
And our hero's young life had been then and there
ended.
But that he, with one desperate last effort broke
The dread spell that bound him, and straightway
a^cmke.

And little Miltiades Peterkin Paul
Found himself still in l>ed, while the family all
{W ho had hurried up-stairs in response to his cries)
Were gathered about. He sat, rubbing his eyes,
And feeling to see if his head was still on,
" A h ! ” he murmured, "1 thought it was certainly
'[’lie next instant, Miltiades Peterkin Paul, gone.
Almost perished with fiear, looking round, saw that all
Had been suddenly changed by enchantment, and
he
Was perched high oil a branch of the old orchard
U se,
With claws, tail and wattles, and feathers lull
grown,
As brave a young turkey as ever was known.
And, on opening his mouth. it> cry out, in :i flutter,
A shrill, prolonged g<rt>bk was all he could utter.

'lTl.cn little Miltiadcs pcterkin Paul
All at once saw John Henry Jack mount the stone
wall
Directly beneath him, — who cried out “ Aha !,
You gobbled too- soon, sir! [ see where yon arc! M
And who, reaching far upward, took firm hold of Well, I r!l just tell you Ihh. that, ss sure as I'm liv­
him, ing.
And pulled poor Miltiadcs down from the limb ; One dinner’ll be nil f shall eat next Thanksgiving I *