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The Adventures of Diggeldy Dan

Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS
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A whimsical series of episodes follows Diggeldy Dan as a blue messenger bird and a pretty lady with blue-blue eyes draw him into Spangleland, where he befriends and frees the animals, helps them organize officers and games, and takes part in their circus performances. The narrative moves between playful set pieces—animals learning tricks, holding meetings, and staging shows—and quieter wandering adventures in which Dan, Little Black Bear, Gray Ears, and others travel to strange places, meet odd companions, and solve small mysteries, concluding with a claimed reward and a gentle farewell.

ILLUSTRATIONS

“‘Who—may—you—be?’ exclaimed the four in surprise” Frontispiece
 
In a very twinkling, there appeared the most beautiful circus lady one ever laid eyes upon Page 10
 
Away they all went, down through the line 35
 
“Then he picked up his left foot and began to use its toes for counters” 59
 
And so this strangest of all circuses began 83
 
“Something came from out the air, and swept me square off my toes” 95
 
Little Black Bear gladly did his tricks over and over again 185
 
At the boom of “One” the mice fairly rained into the Great Room 235