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MISS SUZY'S
BIRTHDAY
STORY BY
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PICTURES &Y
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Parents' Magazine Press/ New York
Text copyright
©
1974 by Miriam Young
Illustrations copyright
© 1974 by Arnold Lobel
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States oi America
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA Young, Miriam (Burt) Miss Su:y"s birthday.
SUMMARY;
Miss Su:y's adopted children and forest
friends trv to think of a special gift for her birthday. [1. II.
Birthdays — Fiction]
I.
Lobel, Arnold,
illus.
Title.
PZ7.Y873M1
[E]
ISBN 0-8193-0764-5
73-22187
ISBN 0-8193-0765-3
(lib.
bdg.)
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iss
Suzy was sewing. In the spring
she had adopted four
squirrels.
little
summer Miss Suzy had added one-room house high
in the
Over
the
a nursery to her
oak
tree.
Now
the
children were outside playing and Miss Suzy
sang as she lengthened the sleeves on a small jacket:
Healthy children, always growing,
Rum
turn tiddle
Keep
their
Rum tum
um
turn,
mothers busy sewing,
tiddle
um
tum.
She ended the song with a
sigh.
She wanted
the children to grow, of course. But she didn't
want them
to
grow up and leave her too soon.
Not
far
away Miss
Chipmunk, was
Suzy's best friend, Mrs.
sighing for a different reason.
She wanted to give a party
for Miss Suzy's birth-
day the next day and couldn't decide what give her.
She wanted
to give her
to
something
grand. But Miss Suzy liked simple, wholesome things, like acorns. "If
we
all
get together," said the
a few friends
who had come
chipmunk
to talk,
to
"we can
give Miss Suzy a great, big, wonderful present."
"Like an enormous cheese?" asked Mouse, his
whiskers quivering
at the
thought.
M
The chipmunk reminded him preferred seeds and nuts.
ordinary things.
Still,
these were small
They wanted
to surprise Miss
Suzy with something
"How
that squirrels
special.
about something for the house?" Mole
suggested.
He had heard
fine housekeeper.
that Miss Suzy
was a
"Her house already has everything you can think
of,"
in the
He knew because he
said Robin.
same
lived
tree.
"Something Rabbit. She
her four
"Its
for
the
children,
then?"
said
knew how much Miss Suzy loved
little
squirrels.
her birthday, not
theirs,"
Crow
objected.
"That's true," said Rabbit. "But, speaking of children,
why
They ought
not ask them what she'd
to know."
like.
—
"Yes. Let's
said
have a meeting and
invite them,"
Mouse. "You know, a meeting that
with someone calling refreshments.
it
to order
needn't be
It
Cheese and crackers
By now they were
starts
and ends with
anything fancy.
will do." all
for a lunch break," Mrs.
hungry. "We'll go
Chipmunk
home
said,
"and
meet here again in ten minutes. Robin, you find the squirrel children and
Meanwhile
The maple
four tree
"Sounds "We'll jiffy"
dash
tell
them
to attend.
think, everybody." little
squirrels
were playing tag in a
when Robin found them. like fun," said
home
Simon, the
for lunch
oldest.
and be there
in a
Miss Suzy had lunch burst
in, their
all
The
children
Stevie.
'There's
ready.
eyes shining.
"Guess what!" said going to be a party."
little
hy
o--a .o-o
.V
/
,^
"Shhhhh!" the others
hissed, scowling
shaking their heads. "I
didn t
tell
who
it
was
Miss Suzy didn't ask.
for,"
he
said.
and
A
few minutes
scurried headfirst
later
the squirrel children
down
the tree trunk. Miss
Suzy cleaned up the dishes. Then she the
hem of Serena's When
Rum
little
Rum
pinafore, singing:
ones are fully grown,
turn tiddle
They leave
let
to
go
turn tiddle
um off
um
turn,
on
their
turn.
own.
down
By the time the four
squirrels arrived, the
chipmunk's house was noisy with
had
to
knock
twice. Mrs.
and tapped the
Chipmunk
let
Simon
them
in
floor with a stick.
"The meeting your
chatter.
will
come
to order. Please state
ideas."
"Wait!" said Rabbit, taking a
from her pocket, Rabbit
"I'll
make
made shopping
She made
lists
a
pad and pencil
list."
lists
and laundry
of those she sent Christmas cards
to,
and those she
didn't
to.
She made
of her children's
thirty-six,
lists.
lists
send Christmas cards
names — all
with their favorite desserts. She had
made
a
list
already of those
the party — a
list
so long
who would
it
''Ready," she said, licking the
attend
touched the
end of the
floor.
pencil.
"My
idea of a present
with a
ribbon',' said
cheery.
And
your
one you can
is
tie
up
Robin. "Ribbon looks so
afterward you can weave
it
into
nest."
"I like
Rabbit.
"A
something you can put in a box," said
"A box
basket
"Let's get
paper," said
is
is
always useful
better," said
later."
Crow.
something you can wrap in
Mouse. "Tissue paper
is
tissue
such fun to
shred for beds and things."
"Too
fragile," said
wrapping
Mole. "I'm for plain brown
paper."
"Wait, wait!" cried Rabbit, terrible time writing
it all
who was
having a
down. "Do you
'wrapping' with a capital R?"
spell
"The wrapping's not important,"
Chipmunk Wliat are
impatiently.
we
'It's
the
gift
said Mrs.
that counts.
going to get?"
"Something
useful," said
Mole. "You
know
how practical Miss Suzy is." "No, no!" said Robin. "Practical things are for everyday.
We want
to
get
Something she wouldn't get
"How offered.
something fancy. herself."
about a fancy cheesecake?" Mouse
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Chipmunk tapped
Mrs.
her
gotten to ask the children.
Simon,
Sylvester, Serena,
"Something
stick.
"We've for-
What do you
think,
and Stevie?"
to cook, she likes to cook," said
Simon.
"A sewing basket,
she likes to sew," proposed
Serena.
"A
tea
set,"
Sylvester offered. "She likes hav-
ing friends to tea."
had an idea but he was too shy
Stevie
He
speak.
munk's
ran up and whispered in the chip-
ear.
"That's just
it!"
what
she said.
we'll do.
at three o'clock
why.
It's
a surprise."
Stevie's idea
the word.
"A wonderful
You
here
about
to
tell
idea. That's
your mother to be
tomorrow. But don't say
Then
she told the others
and asked them
to spread
The next morning, little
Stevie
day
it
is,
was
over,
the party. "Guess
what
just as breakfast
remembered
Mother!" he cried.
"It's
somebody's
birthday!"
The kicks
but
others silenced
under the
when
table.
him with frowns and Miss Suzy said nothing,
they went off to play she looked at
the calendar. little
It
was her birthday. She sang a
birthday song: M}',
oh my, how time does
Rum. tum.
tiddle um. tum,.
Another year has
Rum tum
fly!
tiddle
just
um
gone
tum.
by,
She
didn't feel very gay.
she decided to cake,
though
it
make
To cheer
herself
up
the children an acorn
meant using the
of her
last
acorns.
At
two-thirty the children
came
in to get
cleaned up.
"We just felt
like
it,"
Serena said
casually.
"Oh,
by the way, Mother, Mrs. Chipmunk wants see
you about something. At three
to
o'clock."
Miss Suzy wiped her paws on her apron. "Gracious.
I
hope
Little Stevie
nothing's wrong."
burst out laughing.
he said brightly "And you for!"
"It's
can't guess
a
party','
who
it's
I
The
others pulled
him
outside, but of course
Miss Suzy had guessed. Her old friend was giv-
How
ing her a party.
posed
to know,"
nice.
"But
wasn't sup-
I
thought Miss Suzy.
'1 shall
have
to act surprised."
She went
to the mirror to practice. First she
threw her arms up in the goodness!" Next she put a saying, "For
air
paw
heaven's sake!"
and
cried,
"My
against her chest
Then
she tried
opening her eyes very wide: "Why,
I
never
dreamed..." It
was hard having
to pretend,
but
at least
she was prepared. At ten to three she put on a clean dress, fluffed out her fur
and
left.
"Come
in!
Come
vited, leading Miss
in!"
Suzy
Mrs.
Chipmunk
in-
inside.
''Surpriser shouted dozens of voices.
All the creatures of the neighborhood were there. Miss
Suzy never expected such a large
turnout. friends.
She
didn't
Her eyes
know
filled
with
Stevie ran up.
He threw
"Don't
Mother.
skirt.
cry,
you'd be surprised."
she had so
many
tears.
his It's
arms around her a party.
I
knew
"Happy Birthday," declared the chipmunk. She led Miss Suzy to the place of honor.
something for you."
Crow came up Inside
was a
first
"We have
t
with an enormous basket.
single acorn.
Rabbit came next with a box. Inside was an acorn
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Mouse brought something wrapped
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in tissue
paper — an acorn.
Robin's
gift
was
tied
with ribbon — an acorn.
Mole's, another acorn,
paper.
-w^
was wrapped
in
brown
One by one In every case
all
it
the guests brought their
gifts.
was the same. Soon the basket
brimmed with an enormous mound
of acorns.
ornament— was
the chip-
Last of all— like an
munk's
gift,
one exceptionally polished acorn.
"Thank you, thank you delighted. for
"Now I have
months
sewing.
to
come.
And you
all
I'll
said Miss Suzy,
all,"
acorns for the children
use the basket for
must come
to tea.
I'll
my
save
the acorn caps for teacups."
Everyone was pleased.
some
gift
but a
It
was
great, big,
a simple, whole-
splendid one too.
when
Later on,
Miss Suzy and her family
were back home in children teased
little
their
oak
tree,
the older
Stevie.
"You gave the whole thing away Twice! You spilled the beans." "I
did not!" Stevie protested.
away, did
I,
it
Mother?"
"Yes," said
Miss Suzy. "You did give
But by doing
Stevie.
"I didn't give
so,
you've
away,
it
made me
very
happy."
Without explaining further she took him
in
her arms, then hugged the others as well. Stevie
Suzy
realized.
bigger.
time.
was too
little
And
to
keep a
secret,
the others weren't
They would be with her
Miss
much
for a long, long
MIRIAM YOUNG is the
author oi Jellybeans for Breakfast and of
course Miss Suzy and Miss Suzy's Easter Surprise, Parents'
Magazine
Press.
all
published by
She has written more than three dozen
books
for children.
Her adult book about her
career,
Mother Wore
Tights,
was made
parents' theatrical
into a major
motion
picture.
who have three grown children, share a studio on the grounds of their home overlooking Lake KatoShe and her
artist
New York. ARNOLD LOBEL
husband,
nah.
books ever since
He
list,
tacles,
and
his graduation
has illustrated a
Press
has been writing and illustrating children's
number
including Junk
Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
of books
on the
Day on Juniper
Parents'
Street,
Magazine
The Magic Spec-
Miss Suzy, and Miss Suzys Easter Surprise: and he wTote
illustrated
Ice-Cream Cone Coot and Other Rare Birds.
Mr. Lobel, his wife
and
from
Anita— equally
illustrator of children's
in Brooklyn.
well
books— and
known
their
as
an author
two children
live