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Funny Book #7 (1946)

Parents' Magazine Press · 1946 · 52 pages

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ContinueFunny Book #8 →
Contains 10 stories
The Lonesome Telephone
5 pp · humor

A lonely telephone abandons his post after years of connecting wrong numbers, only to run away with a motley crew of cast-off objects—a second-hand lamp, a broken clock, and a damp mop—who become his unlikely companions as they venture through the city. When the telephone's owner finally tracks him down, confessing his own loneliness, the telephone discovers that home and belonging might be worth more than freedom after all.

Puffer and the Bees
6 pp · humor

When a truck accident sends a swarm of bees chaos through the town of Candy Corners, an orphan boy named Puffer discovers his harmonica has an unexpected power over the insects. With the townspeople desperate for help, Puffer uses his music to lead the bees to safety—and earns himself a sweet reward that gives him a new idea. It's a feel-good tale about finding your place when nobody seems to want what you have to offer.

Watson The Detective's Assistant
7 pp · humor

Patrolman Muggins gets his big break as the newly appointed detective for the Jonesville Police Department, tasked with recovering Mrs. Van Jones' missing diamond ring—though his eager efforts to play Sherlock Holmes, complete with magnifying glass and pipe, create plenty of chaos at the crime scene. When his dog Watson inadvertently tangles with a vacuum cleaner, the mutt's mishap leads to an unexpected discovery that cracks the case wide open.

Hocus-Pocus Magic for Everybody
5 pp · humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Hocus-Pocus welcomes a curious customer into his magic shop and proceeds to astound them with a series of clever tricks using everyday objects like matchboxes, handkerchiefs, and safety pins. Each illusion leaves the visitor more bewildered than the last, until Hocus-Pocus reveals the secret to his craft. A charming 1946 romp through the art of sleight of hand and misdirection.

Funny Paper
2 pp · humor

When Herkimer Jones, the perpetual thinker of South Village, raises his blue umbrella to finish an important thought, he doesn't notice the smoke pouring from his kitchen—where his raspberry pie is burning away. As the fire brigade races to his house and the whole village gathers in alarm, everyone waits anxiously to learn what crucial secret could have consumed his attention so completely. This charming tale from Gertrude Crampton captures the comedy of a man so lost in his own mind that he misses disaster unfolding right in front of him.

Tall Tale
5 pp · humor

When Joe Jenkins lands a railroad job on one condition—leaving his speed-demon dog Herman behind—the stubborn hound proves he can keep pace with any train. As the Roadmaster grows increasingly frustrated watching Herman effortlessly trot alongside faster and faster locomotives, he challenges Joe to put his dog against the legendary "Cannon Ball Express," sparking a town-wide spectacle that reveals Herman's true worth goes far beyond raw speed.

Lazy Luis
2 pp · humor
The Bored Cuckoo
6 pp · humor

Cornelius the cuckoo clock bird is tired of his monotonous routine—emerge, announce the hour, retreat—until he meets Flippy Fly and decides to escape into the world. His adventure leads him to an injured bird named Horace, and when the two become unlikely companions, Cornelius discovers that breaking free from his spring-bound life might just be the cure for his boredom.

Toots' Tours
1 pp · anthropomorphic-funny animals

Toots serves as your guide through a menagerie of curious creatures from around the world, introducing you to a taciturn giraffe with a unique condition, a peculiar aardvark, and a territorial hermit crab that proves harder to escape than expected. This lighthearted tour is packed with animal facts and comic mishaps as Toots navigates encounters with each oddball character.

Dribble the Practical Jokester
4 pp · anthropomorphic-funny animals

Dribble wakes up with mischief on his mind and decides to play pranks on his peaceful neighbors. When he fashions a hose into a fake snake to scare the crowd, his own trick backfires spectacularly—leaving him tangled up and learning once again that his jokes always come back to haunt him.

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