Story Time
The Thrifty Spendthrift Part 3
New Vocabulary
creature
anything that lives but is not a plant
dairy
a place that sells milk
drummer
someone who plays the drums
foolproof
a plan that cannot fail
gluttonous
eating and drinking more than you need
groggy
unable to think because you have just woken up
leap
to jump somewhere
lord
a man of high social rank
maid
a woman who works as a servant in someone's home
milk
to take milk from a cow using your hands
scheme
a plan for making money, especially in a dishonest way
valuable
worth a lot of money
The Story Last Time
Donald wanted to hypnotize Uncle Scrooge so that Scrooge would buy him lots of presents.
However, Huey, Dewey and Louie switched the picture with a dog.
Now, Uncle Scrooge wants to buy the dog lots of present.
The Story Last Time Continued
Uncle Scrooge hears the old Christmas song “The 12 Days of Christmas”, and he decides to buy the dog all of the items in the song.
Donald hasn’t yet realized what happened, and Donald still thinks the presents are for him.
Do you remember “The 12 Days of Christmas” song?
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drummers drumming
pipers piping
lords aleaping
ladies dancing
maids amilking
swans aswimming
Do you remember “The 12 Days of Christmas” song?
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a | |
geese alaying
gold rings
calling birds
French hens
turtle doves
partridge in a pear tree
Twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords aleaping!
Those are words from a Christmas song we used to sing in school!
According to the song the tootlers and leapers are the presents!
What?
Soon!
Here comes the ten lords!
You kids mean these jumping jacks are being given as gifts?
That’s what the song says, Uncle Donald!
I’m Ed Lord! I’m Joe Lord! I’m Mike Lord!
Uncle Scrooge, can’t you think of something more giftlike than these?
No, Donald! They are perfectly suited to the lovable creature I have in mind!
Besides, people have been singing about this list of gifts for four hundred years!
I want to be the first person to actually GIVE them!
He called me a creature!
Soon!
Has something gone wrong with my foolproof scheme?
Uncle Donald, Uncle Scrooge has round up another of the presents on his shopping list!
Nine ladies dancing!
I feel sick, boys! How long does this go on?
Quite a while, Uncle Donald!
The next present will be eight maids amilking!
Eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve!...
That’s fifty people and eight cows to feed!
Kids, we’ve got to stop Uncle Scrooge, or we won’t be eating after Christmas!
I’ll go visit the dairies and ask them not to sell him any cows!
This Jersey herd will drive him wild with desire!
I’ll drive them behind those haystacks where he won’t see them!
Get along, bossies!
Now if I can do the same at the next dairy--
KAWAM
Later! Much later!
I’ve been knocked groggy
Wak! While I was “out”, Uncle Scrooge got his eight maids amilking!
Kids, you’ve got to help me!
What’s the next present on Uncle Scrooge’s List?
Seven Swans Aswimming!
Why are you so jitterized Uncle Donald?
Because those presents are for me!
My stars! Seven swans aswimming!
You kids go that way!
Chase every swan you see clear out of Duckburg!
Just as I thought--there’s a herd of swans in the fountain in the park!
Shoo, you gluttonous gifts! Shoo!
GLOM
What’s the idea? Let me out of here!
Simmer down, buster!
These swans have just been bought by some rich tycoon for Christmas presents!
Uncle Scrooge is soon far ahead of Donald!
The six geese alaying were easy to find!
Wak! There he goes again!
The next present on my list is five gold rings!
Gold Rings! At last I get something valuable!
What size rings, sir?
It doesn’t matter! They’re for a dog!
Now he’s called me a dog!
End of Part 3
Vocabulary
creature
anything that lives but is not a plant
dairy
a place that sells milk
drummer
someone who plays the drums
foolproof
a plan that cannot fail
gluttonous
eating and drinking more than you need
groggy
unable to think because you have just woken up
leap
to jump somewhere
lord
a man of high social rank
maid
a woman who works as a servant in someone's home
milk
to take milk from a cow using your hands
scheme
a plan for making money, especially in a dishonest way
valuable
worth a lot of money