ROOTABAGA
STORIES
BY
CARL SANDBURG
Author of “Slabs of the Sunburnt West,” “Smoke
and Steel,” “Chicago Poems,” “Cornhuskers”
ILLUSTRATIONS AND DECORATIONS
BY
MAUD AND MISKA PETERSHAM
NEW YORK
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC.
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY
THE QUINN & BODEN COMPANY
RAHWAY, N J
TO
SPINK AND SKABOOTCH
CONTENTS
1.
Three Stories About the Finding of the Zigzag Railroad, the Pigs with Bibs On, the Circus Clown Ovens, the Village of Liver-and-Onions, the Village of Cream Puffs.
How They Broke Away to Go to the Rootabaga Country 3
How They Bring Back the Village of Cream Puffs When the Wind Blows It Away 19
How the Five Rusty Rats Helped Find a New Village 29
2.
Five Stories About the Potato Face Blind Man
The Potato Face Blind Man Who Lost the Diamond Rabbit on His Gold Accordion 41
How the Potato Face Blind Man Enjoyed Himself on a Fine Spring Morning 45
Poker Face the Baboon and Hot Dog the Tiger ...