Chapter 1

HOME AGAIN 91

ILLUSTRATIONS

BY CLARE VICTOR DWIGGINS

"GET HIM A MIRROR," SAID THE LEFTHANDIRON. _In colors Frontispiece_

"I'M NOT A DORMOUSE" 12

"A LITTLE TALE WHICH I WILL WAG FOR YOU" 15

"AND THEN DIE WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT" 20

"JUST WHAT I WANTED FOR MY LUNCH" 22

"TRIED TO BITE MY HEAD OFF" 23

"A MOUSE WITH A DOOR TO HIM" 31

"THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE THAN THIS CLOUD," SAID THE POKER. _In colors_ 33

"IN ONE EAR AND OUT OF THE OTHER" 34

"A POKER WHO COULD ONLY POKE" 39

"No," she said, "I'm not your mother, I am a Fairy." _In colors_ 40

"DOESN'T HAVE TO LIVE IN A BATHTUB" 41

"EAGLES NEVER HAVE UMBRELLAS" 46

"ONE DAY THE WOODCUTTERS CAME" 49

"SO I REALLY LIVE HOME" 51

"WHAT'S THE USE OF FIGHTING?" 53

"I BLOW A STORY OF TWO, NOW AND THEN," SAID THE BELLOWS. _In Colors_ 54

HE GAVE A TREMENDOUS WHEEZE 58

"COLUMBUS WAS A GREAT MAN" 63

"YOU SEE, IT'S THIS SHAPE" 66

"WHY, IT'S REALLY A TROLLEY!" HE CRIED. _In colors_ 68

"IT KEEPS ME JUMPING ALL THE TIME" 72

"I HAVEN'T THE MONEY" 78

ON THE OSCYCLE. _In colors_ 80

"MY OWN PRIVATE ICEBERG" 83

THE MAN FROM SATURN JUMPED 86

TOM JUMPED, AND IN A MOMENT WAS SITTING ASTRIDE THE GREAT BIRD'S NECK. _In colors_ 89

"UPON THE ANVIL IN HIS SANCTUM" 93

DEVOURING HIS FAVORITE AUTHOR 98

TOM IS AWAKENED BY THE AVALANCHE. _In colors_ 100

TAIL PIECE 102

Andiron Tales

By John Kendrick Bangs

Being the Remarkable Adventures of a Boy with a Lively Imagination