ISBN: 9780217326490

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not … Altro …

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... you a millionaire? they asked him. Because I got a million, he answered. A million what? A million fleems. Who wants fleems? You want fleems if you''re going to live here. Why so? Because fleems is our money. In the Potato Bug Country, if you got no fleems you can''t buy nothing nor anything. But if you got a million fleems you''re a Potato Bug millionaire. Then he surprised them. I like you because you got wishes and freckles, he said to Eeta Peeca Pie, filling the pockets of Eeta with fleems. And I like you because you got suspicions and you''re sad-like, he said to Meeney Miney filling Meeney Miney''s pockets full of fleems. And I like you because you got some wishes and some suspicions and you look mixed up, he said to Miney Mo, sticking handfuls and handfuls of fleems into the pockets of Miney Mo. Wishes do come true. And suspicions do come true. Here they had been wishing all their lives, and had suspicions of what was going to happen, and now it all came true. With their pockets filled with fleems they rode on all the railroad trains of the Potato Bug Country. They went to the railroad stations and bought tickets for the fast trains and the slow trains and even the trains that back up and run backward instead of where they start to go. On the dining cars of the railroads of the Potato Bug Country they ate wonder ham from the famous Potato Bug Pigs, eggs from the Potato Bug Hens, et cetera. It seemed to, them they stayed a long while in the Potato Bug Country, years and years. Yes, the time came when all their fleems were gone. Then whenever they wanted a railroad ride or something to eat or a place to sleep, they put their hands on each other''s shoulders and sang the Mexico Joe song. In the Potato Bug Country they... Carl Sandburg, Books, Fiction and Literature, Rootabaga stories Books>Fiction and Literature Subjects: FantasyNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.<

ISBN: 9780217326490

Rootabaga Stories Author :Carl Sandburg 9780217326490 0217326498

ISBN: 9780217326490

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