e wedding. Did you ever ring
a wedding bell?"

"No," answered Mrs. Cow, "but I guess I know how. I'll come, but I may
not be able to stay all the time for I must get back in time for
milking."

Then the three started off together, and when they reached the Shady
Forest, Twinkle Tail looked back and saw Henny Penny and Cocky Doodle
coming up the Old Cow Path dressed in their Sunday clothes. Just behind
them were Ducky Waddles and Goosey Lucy and in the distance Turkey Tim
hurrying along the Old Rail Fence to catch up to them.

"Goodness me!" exclaimed the little squirrel, "I won't have much time to
dress," and he set off at a great pace, leaving Mrs. Cow and Little Jack
Rabbit behind.

When he reached his house he found Miss Squirrel anxiously looking out
of the window, but when she saw him, she laughed and said, "I thought
you were lost, dear Twinkle Tail!"

Pretty soon Parson Owl arrived, and when all the guests were seated, he
told Twinkle Tail and Miss Squirrel to stand up before him. And after
Twinkle Tail had placed the little gold ring on Miss Squirrel's little
finger toe, Mrs. Cow rang the wedding bells and Bobbie Redvest sang a
song.

"NUTS AND RAISINS"

There was a grand feast after the wedding of Twinkle Tail and little
Miss Squirrel. There were nuts and raisins for everybody, and I don't
know of anything much nicer than nuts and raisins.

Of course, all the Barnyard Folk ate raisins, for they couldn't crack
the nuts. It almost gave Ducky Waddles a toothache watching Twinkle Tail
crack the shells.

Cocky Doodle made a pretty speech, wishing the Twinkle Tails a long life
and a happy one, in which all the little people of the forest joined
him.

After that everybody looked at the wedding presents, which if not
beautiful, were very useful.

Henny Penny gave a nice new laid egg and Turkey Tim a bag of corn.
Little Jack Rabbit brought a big carrot and Chippy Chipmunk a basket of
nuts. Of course Ducky Waddles didn't give them anything more--the little
gold ring was his present, which Twinkle Tail had slipped on the little
toe-finger of Miss Squirrel at a nod from Parson Owl.

You see, Twinkle Tail had never been married before, so Parson Owl had
helped him a little--which I presume all good kind ministers do when
they marry young people. At any rate, Parson Owl did, and so everything
went off very smoothly.

On the way home if it hadn't been for some friendly Fireflies, Little
Jack Rabbit