A Teenie Weenie Easter (1942) One Evening the Teenie

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A Teenie Weenie Easter (1942)

One evening the Teenie Weenies were gathered about the Teenie Weenie fireplathe old shoe house. The Old Soldier with the wooden leg had just finished tellin

exciting story, the Lady of Fashion was knitting on a pair of spider web socks foGeneral, and the Dunce was snoring loudly on a Teenie Weenie davenport wherhad fallen asleep.

Are we going to have our usual Easter egg? asked the Lady of Fashion, gltoward the General.

Well, eggs are rather expensive, answered the General, but I suppose wscrape up enough corn to pay for one, altho it is an extravagance.

I know, said the Lady of Fashion, but we can invite some of our friends to heit. Nick the squirrel will be disappointed if we dont have an egg. He says thalways counts our Easter celebration one of the most important days of the year.

All right, said the General. Ill see if I can find a hen to lay us an egg.

The next day, the General found a hen who agreed to lay an egg for the Weenies. She asked 55 grains of corn for the egg, but the General, after a great of argument, persuaded her to reduce the price to 37 grains.


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hoisted by the block and tackle and carefully lowered into the water. Great piltwigs had been collected, and the Cowboy built a fire under the cup.

The Old Soldier had warned the Teenie Weenies that even the stacks of twig

sticks theyd been gathering for three days would not keep the fire going long ento boil their Easter egg.

Thats as much firewood as we had last Easter, the Dunce argued.

Better to have too much than not enough, the General decided. If there is left, we can use it in our fireplace on chilly evenings.

So some of the Teenie Weenies carried in sticks and others chopped wood whilCowboy kept the fire blazing under the cup. When the Cook announced that the

was just right, little of the wood supply remained.

You see, the Old Soldier was right! said the Lady of Fashion.

The little men pulled the egg from the water and rolled it onto a piece of clean p which had been spread on the ground. Early Easter morning the Cook crackedshell with a Teenie hammer, and the little people soon peeled off the shell.

The Cooks biggest knife has a blade only half an inch long in our measurement, of course that was much too small to cut the egg So it was decided to cut off s


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An Easter Egg (1943) The Teenie Weenies always celebrated Easter day with a big egg dinner to which invited, from around the neighborhood of the Teenie Weenie village, a numb

birds and small animals. The meal was generally served from table which the people set up outdoors, but if it was rainy or too cold to do that the Teenie Weethemselves ate inside and their guests ate outside. That isnt as impolite as it sefor it would be quite impossible to crowd Nick the squirrel, three or four chipmuseveral birds, and a few respectable mice into the mans old shoe where the TeWeenies live.It was necessary to supply a great amount of food for such a large party. The Genusually bought an egg from a hen in the neighborhood. This they boiled and then up into convenient slices with a Teenie Weenie crosscut saw. Of course there other good things to eat, but the main dish was boiled hens egg and all the TeWeenies and their friends looked forward to the Easter feast.As Easter drew near it began to look as tho the Teenie Weenies might not be ablhave a hens egg for their celebration. Eggs were very scarce and extremelypriced. In fact, the Teenie Weenies found only one old hen who thought she mighable to lay them an egg and she asked the unheard of price of two hundred grains

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seemed to be in trouble. I stopped and asked her what was the matter and she tme that she had just finished building a new nest in which she was going to lay eggs and raise a family. She said that she had gone off in search of some soft mateto the nest with and when she came back she found that a cowbird had laid an eggthe nest.0, the nasty thing! exclaimed the Lady of Fashion. Cowbirds are always doing

They lay their eggs in other birds nests and leave the other birds to hatch and ratheir young. As if that vireo hadnt enough to do without bringing up thcowbirds young ones, too.Well, continued the Turk, I told the vireo wed be glad to take the egg off her and she said we could have it.Several of the Teenie Weenies followed the Turk to the tree in which the birdand she flew them up to her nest on her back. The little men lifted the cow birdsup to the edge of the nest, tied a stout string to it and then lowered it carefully to ground. The vireo carried the Teenie Weenies down from her nest and the little then carried the egg to the shoe house.

The next morning the Teenie Weenie Cook was up before daylight and began maready to cook the egg. Even tho it was a birds egg it was too big to cook on the T


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An Easter Party (1944)

Easter is a very important day among The Teenie Weenies. The little folk, when can afford it, like to buy a hens egg to boil and serve to their small animal and bfriends who live near the Teenie Weenie village. Although the hens were askinvery high price of 59 grains of corn for an egg, the Teenie Weenies decided toone, for they had quite a large supply of corn in their Teenie Weenie storehouse.

It is no trouble at all for a big person to boil an egg, but to the Teenie Weenies thaa tremendous task. They have to roll the egg from the hens nest to the Wvillage. Then the little men, with a Teenie Weenie block and tackle, must hoist acan so that it will rest on several nails that have been driven into the ground. Nethe can is filled with water which the Teenie Weenies carry from the creek. It takesthimblefuls of water to fill the can, and each thimble has to be pulled up to the topthe can to be emptied.

When the can contains enough water, the egg is pulled up with ropes and loweinto the can. A big fire is lit under the can and kept burning until the egg is cook

Then the egg is pulled out and let down to the ground to cool. When if has coenough, the shell is removed and slices of hardboiled egg are cut off with a Te


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and push and pry the egg through the muck. There were a lot of dirty Teenie Ween when the egg was finally across the lane.

It was worth alt the work and trouble because the Teenie Weenies and their gue

had a wonderful Easter dinner. A long table, set up outside the shoe house, heaped with great platters of boiled egg and other Teenie Weenie tidbits. The LadFashion, dressed in a new Easter gown, was hostess and the party wenbeautifully in spite of a rather mixed company. Besides Nick, the squirrel, who guest of honor, there were two woodpeckers, three sparrows, one chipmunk and t

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Lawsy! Lawsy! (1945)

The Teenie Weenies found out that the mysterious egg left near the kitchen door hbeen put there by Jack, a small dog friend of the little people. The Teenie Wee

had been trying to buy an Easter egg, but they couldnt get any of the hens in neighborhood to lay one. When Jack heard about it he took one from a nest which had found and brought it to the Teenie Weenie village one morning before the folks were out of their tiny beds.

There were a lot of eggs in the nest, Jack reported, and I didnt think the

would miss one egg. So I took the biggest and brought it over to the Teenie Wvillage.

The Doctor was most curious about the egg. He brought out his tiny stethoscope alistened at a number of places on the egg. Then he suggested it might be well to the egg in a warm place and leave if for a few days. Several of the men rolled the

to the old tin can where the Teenie Weenies stored their wood. Most of the Winsupply of wood had been used and the can made a very good shelter for the egg. TGeneral ordered some of the men to cover the egg carefully with an old rag, and soof the little people thought that a rather unusual way to treat an egg.

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LAWSY! LAWSY! gasped Gogo. Then the astonished Teenie Weenie gave a lo The Teenie Weenies came running from all directions, but before the Doctor arrthe young chicken had wiggled out of the shell. The Doctor took charge newborn chicken. He gave it food and water and covered it with a bit of soft old shat night.

When will it be old enough to talk? the Dunce wanted to know.

He can chirp now when it has something to say, the Doctor told him.

In a short time the fluffy chick was bounding about the Teenie Weenie village as lias rubber ball.


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Fowl Talk (1946)

Yo all talk duck? shouted Gogo, as he burst into the teapot where the China was folding up the last of the weeks Teenie Weenie washing.

Allie same what klind duck? asked the Chinaman.Jus plain duck, answered Gogo. De General is done tryin fo to buy an Eastfrom a duck. He cant understand what de duck says, and he thinks yo all can masome sense out of its jabber.

Allie light, said the Chinaman, me come. He folded up several Teenie Weenitowels and placed them in a walnut shell basket of freshly ironed Teenie Wclothes. Me leady, he said, and he followed Gogo out of the Teenie Weenie and across the big lane to a chicken pen where several of the Teenie Weeniesgathered.

See if you can talk to this duck, the General told the Chinaman, pointing to aduck who had her head thrust through the palings of the pen. I want to try to ban egg from her for our Easter dinner.

The Chinaman, who is very apt in animal and fowl language, began talking tduck in plain chicken talk but the duck was unable to understand Next


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He say, the Chinaman told the General after he had chattered with the duck fbit, that he lay one big flesh egg for one flesh flish. He say he all time hungriflesh flish.

An arrangement was soon made for the deal, and the Teenie Weenies hurried ocatch the fish while the duck retired to her laying nest. The Teenie Weenies lucky to catch a fine minnow in a short time. They bound if tightly to a stout pole carried if to the ducks pen. She had just finished laying her egg and she was grepleased with the minnow, which she swallowed, to the astonishment of the TeWeenies, in one gulp.

A duck egg is much larger than a chicken egg. After much prying, pushingpulling the little men finally moved it out of the pen. Then they rolled it safely t

Teenie Weenie village, where it would be boiled for Easter dinner.


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An Eggless Easter (1949)

There was no Easter egg in the Teethe Weenie village this year and the Dunce wascause of it. The General was kind enough to say that it was due to the Dunces

of tact but the rest of the Teenie Weenies said it was just plain, dowSmartalecness.

The Teenie Weenie Cook had arranged with the Boomer, a bustling, loud cachen, to lay the annual Teenie Weenie Easter egg. The egg was to be called for omorning before Easter but, on account of the Dunce who wanted to go fishing

egg detail with Skippy the chipmunk hitched to the Teenie Weenie cart, arrived two hours ahead of the time set for the delivery.

The Boomer, who is a bit emotional at times, viewed the approaching egg colle with fire in her eye. MY TAIL FEATHERS! she cackled. You little runts muan awful hurry. I wont have your egg laid for hours. Clear out at once!

Well, shucks! shouted the disappointed Dunce, I want to go fishin and I tho you might hurry up a bit.

HURRY! screamed the Boomer, her comb turning a fiery red, Do you think onlay an egg like a machine? Egg layin is a delicate matter.


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Dunce with vengeance in her eye. Suddenly she grabbed the Dunce the arm lifting him off the ground she shook him so violently he spilled two B.B. bucand several clover seeds out of his pockets.

Now clear out of here! she screamed as she dropped the frightened Dunce. Ygot me into such a state I wont be able to lay an egg for a week. GET OUT!

She plenty mads, whispered the Chinaman. We all time better go homes.

Dunce, the General said when he had heard of the encounter with the hen, shouldnt have talked back to that hen. You should have used a little tact.

Well, she didnt use any tact first, argued the Dunce.


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