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    The Tale of Kiddie Katydid
    The Tale of Kiddie Katydid
    The Tale of Kiddie Katydid
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    The Tale of Kiddie Katydid

    By Harry L. Smith and Arthur Scott Bailey

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    Release dateSep 1, 2007
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      The Tale of Kiddie Katydid - Harry L. Smith

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      Title: The Tale of Kiddie Katydid

      Author: Arthur Scott Bailey

      Illustrator: Harry L. Smith

      Release Date: February 14, 2008 [EBook #24608]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF KIDDIE KATYDID ***

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      THE TALE OF

      KIDDIE KATYDID

      TUCK-ME-IN TALES

      (Trademark Registered)

      BY

      ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY

      AUTHOR OF

      SLEEPY-TIME TALES

      (Trademark Registered)

      ———————————

      Kiddie Sees Benjamin Bat in Front of the Moon

      Frontispiece—(Page 71)

      TUCK-ME-IN TALES

      (Trademark Registered)

      ———————————

      THE TALE OF

      KIDDIE

      KATYDID

      BY

      ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY

      Author of

      SLEEPY-TIME TALES

      (Trademark Registered)

      ILLUSTRATED BY

      HARRY L. SMITH

      NEW YORK

      GROSSET & DUNLAP

      PUBLISHERS

      Made in the United States of America

      Copyright, 1918, by

      GROSSET & DUNLAP

      CONTENTS

      ILLUSTRATIONS

      THE TALE OF KIDDIE

      KATYDID

      I

      A GREAT SECRET

      Whoever Katy was, and whatever she might have done, nobody in Pleasant Valley knew anything about her except Kiddie Katydid and his numerous and noisy family.

      To be sure, many of the wild folk—and the people in the farmhouse, too—remembered hearing her name mentioned the year before.

      But they had quite forgotten about her, until August came and Kiddie Katydid and his relations brought her to their minds once more.

      Each night the Katydids' rasping chant was repeated again and again: Katy did, Katy did; she did, she did! But since in any crowd there are always a few that want to be different from the rest, now and then some member of Kiddie's clan insisted that Katy didn't—somewhat in this fashion: Katy did, Katy did; she did, she didn't!

      However, there were always so many others to drown any such puzzling statement with their shrill clamor that Katy really did do it (whatever it was!) that nobody paid much attention to those few who didn't quite agree.

      On warm, dry, midsummer nights the Katydids all made a terrific racket. But there wasn't one of them that outdid Kiddie. He always had the best time when he was making the most noise. And since he liked to station himself in a tree near Farmer Green's house, his uproar often rose plainly above that of the other Katydids.

      Lying in bed in his little room under the eaves, Johnnie Green sometimes wished that Kiddie would keep quiet long enough to let him go to sleep in peace.

      To be sure, the balmy breezes wafted many other night sounds through Johnnie's open window. From near-by came Chirpy Cricket's cheerful piping. And in the distant swamp the musical Frog family held a singing party every evening. Johnnie Green liked to hear them. But he objected strongly to the weird hooting and horrid laughter of Solomon Owl, who left the hemlock woods after dark to hunt for field mice.

      As for Kiddie Katydid, he paid little attention to any other of the night cries. No matter what anybody else said, he solemnly hurled back at him that neverending refrain, Katy did, Katy did; she did, she did!

      You would have thought, if you had heard Kiddie, that somebody had disputed his statement. But such was not the case at all. Since no one except the Katydids knew anything about the mysterious Katy, nobody was able to say truthfully that she didn't do it. In fact, the whole affair was a

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