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Bobby Bumps Adopts a Turtle

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Bobby Bumps Adopts a Turtle (1917)
by Earl Hurd
3433172Bobby Bumps Adopts a Turtle1917Earl Hurd

NOTICE

NOTICE!

DONT TURN ON THE LIGHT!
DONT MAKE ANY NOISE!
DONT TURN ON THE LIGHT IN THE BATHROOM

BECAUSE

THERE'S A MUD TURTLE ASLEEP IN THE BATHTUB.
BOBBY

Next morning.

KEEP YOUR EYE ON HIM, FIDO, WHILE I FIND A SAFE PLACE FOR HIM!

'S' FUNNY, THE HANDLE'S GONE!

RUFF

RUFF

RUFF

I'LL FIX THAT ANIMATED PANCAKE!

IF I KETCH A TURTLE IN THAT ICE BOX, I'LL MAKE SOUP OUT OF IT!

"You ain't gwine to put no turtles in dat dere dish!"

SIDE POCKET

CORNER POCKET

PA, WHERE'D BE A SAFE PLACE FOR A TURTLE?

SIDE POCKET

THANKS PA!

SAFE

AT LAST, I'VE GOT HIM IN A SAFE PLACE!!

Night follows day—as nights have a habit of doing.

?

CAN THAT STUFF! YOU'VE STILL GOT ME!

UNSAFE

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1917, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.


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