Also by Inez Hogan
NAPPY CHOOSES A PET
NAPPY PLANTED A GARDEN
NAPPY WANTED A DOG
THE RACCOON TWINS
THE KANGAROO TWINS
THE MONKEY TWINS
THE ELEPHANT TWINS
THE BEAR TWINS
TWIN DEER
TWIN KIDS
TWIN SEALS
NICODEMUS AND THE NEW SHOES
NICODEMUS AND HIS GRAN’ PAPPY
NICODEMUS AND THE GANG
NICODEMUS AND THE GOOSE
NICODEMUS AND THE HOUN’ DOG
NICODEMUS LAUGHS
NICODEMUS HELPS UNCLE SAM
NICODEMUS AND THE LITTLE BLACK PIG
NICODEMUS AND HIS LITTLE SISTER
NICODEMUS AND THE NEW BORN BABY
NICODEMUS AND PETUNIA
NICODEMUS RUNS AWAY
NAPPY
HAS A NEW FRIEND
BY INEZ HOGAN
New York
E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc.
1947
NAPPY HAS A NEW FRIEND
Copyright 1947, by Inez Hogan
All Rights Reserved. Printed in the U. S. A.
FIRST EDITION
For
Tommy Chandler
Nappy saw his friend the Trashman comingdown the street.
“Look!” called Nappy, “I have a newairplane—I have lots of airplanes.”
“Are you collecting airplanes?” askedthe trashman.
“What’s collecting?” asked Nappy.
“That’s what I’m doing,” said thetrashman. “I’m collecting trash.”
“You have a wagon load,” said Nappy.“Are you going to the dump now? I’vebeen waiting for you to come along.Mother said I could ride with you if you’lllet me. Will you?”
“Sure,” said the trashman. “Climb up.”
“Mut wants to go, too.”
“Let him come,” said the trashman.“That’s where you and I found that dog,at the town dump, remember?”
“Yes sir,” said Nappy, “I wanted a dogand you helped me find one. He’s a gooddog, too. And he likes to go to the dump.”
“Well, here we are,” said the trashman.
Nappy climbed down off the wagonand started looking around while thetrashman was dumping the trash. And hesaw a boy who was doing the same thing—lookingaround.
“Hello,” said Nappy. “Have youfound anything?”
“I found a brown jug,” said the boy.“It’s cracked, but I can keep things in it.”
“I found a tin box,” said Nappy. “It’sdented, but I can collect things in it.”
“What’s your name?”
“Tommy,” said the boy.
“Well, my name is Nappy. Let’s huntfor things together; it’s more