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meant to light on grandfather's head, but when he 

 touched it, it was so smooth and shiny that Dicky- 

 found nothing to chng to. Away he slid over the 

 old gentleman's head and down his forehead, 

 knocking off his eyeglasses as he went. 



" Well, well ! " cried grandfather. 



Joe was in the room, and he could not help 

 laughing until the, 

 tears stood in his 

 eyes. 



His grandfather 



tried to look anf 



ry, 



but he could not 

 keep serious any 

 better than Joe, and 

 so they both laughed 

 and laughed to- 



gether. 



It seemed after 

 this as t h o u Q- h 



Grandpa and the Flying Squirrel 



Dicky could not keep away from grandfather's 

 head. Agfain and aeain he would come soarine 

 down to it from some high place, but he always 

 slipped off. 



" Really I'll have to keep a handkerchief over 



