V.

One day, sat down to knit on Jack's , and found one was gone. "Oh dear, that's too bad!" said she. "All the stitches dropped!" Pepper giggled, "Too bad, too bad!"

randma looked into her , and under the —and when she got up were gone. "Dear, dear!" said she. "Where do they go?" giggled louder, and called, "Dear, dear! Too bad!"

randma looked behind her , and under the —and when she came back were gone. "Dearie me!" she cried, and held up both . Pepper giggled and giggled, and shrieked, "Dearie me! Jimmy Crow!" "Why, yes," cried Grandma, " is the thief, of course. Now where has he hid them?"

ust then he flew down and tried to pull out the last . Grandma saw him, and called Jack. looked in the , he crawled under the , he climbed on a and reached into the on the . Jimmy Crow hopped about him and chuckled softly, "Caw, caw!"

hen giggled and cried out, "Jimmy-Jimmy wants a !" "Oh, yes," said Jack, "let's give Jimmy a , and see where he takes it." Jimmy carried the cookie to the top of the . "That's the place. I'll get the ," Jack laughed. When he had climbed to the top, he shouted, "Grandma! Here are the —and all the other things we have lost—your , and the , and my —and—lots of things!" As he came down with both hands full, Jimmy fluttered about his , and Pepper giggled and shrieked.

APRIL FOOL!