HAPPY

FAMILIES

BY

E. BRADBURNE

AND

K. VOLLER

GROSVENOR BOOKS, LONDON

We have two visitors

in our house —

a

MR. GIMME

and MR. GIVE

When MR. GIMME is

in our home

it looks like this

When

MR.GIVE

is in

our home

it looks like this

This is our street

when MR. GIMME

is in all the houses

This is our street

when MR. GIVE

is in all the houses

And THIS

is the WORLD

/

when MR. GIMME

is in everybody's house

When Mr. GIVE

comes in

he turns the world

upside down.

You try it and see !

This is what

MR. GIMME says to me-

10

Lie in bed a bit longerin the morning

Take the biggest cake

12

13

This is what MR. GIVEsays to me—

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r

15

Make friends

16

Share

17

MR.GIMME has a friend

His name is—

MR. TISNTMIFAULT18

When things go wrong

he creeps in—19

(he always creeps)20

If youinvite MR. GIVE

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in every morning42

When

they invade

YOUR home

What do you do ?

41

And this is a

BORED BUG

When you catch himyou're bored

with everything40

This is a

SNEEKLE-BEETLE

He's rather like

TISNTMIFAULT-

he always finds some-oneto tell astory about

39

All the world is full of

Buzz-buzz flies38

to read quietly

or knit

37

He makes you buzzround people when

they want

36

This is a

BUZZ-BUZZ FLY35

The world is all tickly

with Grumbly-Rumblies34

It makes you want to

GRUMBLE

r

everything

and comes out

whenever

you're not expecting it32

It lives on

anybody—" ; ?

^ Grown-ups

and children31

i?

It hides in holes

and corners30

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This is a

GRUMBLY-RUMBLY29

MR. GIMME'SINSECT

ARMY

28

If

you know them

you'll

be sure

to recognize—

27

Do they visit you ?26

he goes out like a candle

cC€

ohe hates it!

25

But one thing aboutMR. TISNTMIFAULT

You can blow him out

with one magic wordthe moment you say

24

and then—

you feel bad insideand rather small

23

so sometimes when

real ly is your faulthe

makes

you

it

"^5. yfv >

22

and whispers—

and perhaps it Is . . .21

then GIMME

will go outby the back door

43

And when the

Insect Armyattacks—

ask MR. GIVE

what to do44

He will tell youevery time

Q

45

He will send

his BETTERFLIES

to help you46

They will help

3

%

to put things right47

MR. GIVE

makes everything

different—

48

Everything can be fun!49

Nobody needbe lonely-

Nobody needbe bored

50

Nobody needbe frightened

Nobody need be sad51

YOU can be happythen—

EVERYONE

will be happy too!

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Then

we

shall

be

able

to make —

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a happy street60

a happy world

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See youin the nnorning!

62

DEDICATED

TO

THE CHILDREN

WHO

HELPED

TO MAKE

THIS BOOK

63

First published In 1950by Blandford Press, London

2nd Impression 19523rd impression 19544th Impression 1955

5th Impression 1961New edition 1976

2nd Impression 1983

® Grosvenor Books, 1976

ISBN 0 901269 20 4

Chinese, Finnish, Portuguese and Welsh editions

also available

Published in England by Grosvenor Books,54 Lyford Road, London SW18 3JJ, Printedby Thomson Press (India) Ltd., New Delhi.