Show Q 1 I TOES URES a OF rT R AND E ELLEN UDE SMITH P J t gic Mud Pies Fies tories y t Stories of Araminta and Ara Aran be bella lla And when the warm bright beautiful ful tul spring days come Ellen and Peter would run away down to the b brook and make mud pies I And precious mamma said O 0 El Ellen Ellen El- El I len 0 O Peter dear 1 I do not like to have It you make mako mu mud 1 pies You do get your clothes and your little hands so very dirty And grandma laughed and said What t if they y do doget doget O 0 gracious me What used d tomake to tomake tomake dirty I get their little hands make mud pies when I was a little girl 12 and a grand good time I had and laughed and said laughed laughed- And papa J. J I used to make mud pies hen I Iwas was wasa little girl a sweet a little boy with a swee pretty little girl I loved And Peter said make did you OU O 0 papa why papa when she was a a. mud pies with mamma little girl And laughed and said fald papa mamma and I used to torun torun torun Yes precious brook down to that very same run away and make mud pies when we were little lit lit- tle tle And Ellen and Peter 1 looked at mamma mamma mam mam- and papa and wished they could ma they the were little have seen them when y playing together and making mUd pies down by the brook r And grandma said If It If you will alAnd alf always al- al f ways t remember children to put on your yourl r. r little l overalls when you OU go down nice by bythe bythe the brook to play Ill I'll buy Y y you ou some n nice ce little patty pans to bake your mud pies I in h And Peter promised and Ellen promIsed promised promised prom- prom always to wear their thelt overalls when r they went down to the brook to make makei i mud pies I And that very same day grandma did buy a dozen little tin patty pans each the ha shape e of a heart for Peter e and Ellen to bake their mud pies In And that t very s same day Peter and El Ellen Ellen El- El b len ten went down to the brook rook to make mud pies and took the h ok patty pans with them And they to took Polly Y Parrot Parrot Parrot Par Par- rot and Jock with them too so they could watch the fun And Ell Ellen n made six elegant rich mud pies and set them to bake In the sun sun- sun sun- 6 shine Ami And Peter made six elegant rich mud pies and set them to bake in the sun- sun shine And Polly sat Bat upon a log and looked at those little nud pies standing In a anice anice nl nice e little row In the sunshine and she put her head on o one side and n nO said O Ot paws a a. daisy now one No Noone Noone Noone one ever knew where Polly learned to say this And every other minute Jock the thet thel l wicked little monkey would steal one e t of those little mud p pies and run away away down the path And Peter would run after him calling call- call ing ing Oh Oh you naughty little monkey you must not steal our little mud pies And little Ellen would laugh and laugh because Jock looked so funny And a very tall man came down the road on a very black horse and he stopped and called Hello You dear children what a at time are having I used t 1 rand and good you ke mud pies myself when I 1 was a nd Dd the very tall handsome man got 4 i of ot his horse and came down to the thet nd Ellen make 1 brook Mook to watch Peter t mud pies and set th thin to bak ln the sunshine And Polly said a Good day sir And the tall man sat down on the log logy by Polly and laughed and said y Ua Ha ha ha Why good day lIss 1 I And after the man had watched Pe Pe- Pe- Pe te ter i and Ellen making mud pies for or sometime some Borne sometime time he smiled at Ellen and said O 0 did you ever hear of a magic pie little girl girt And Ellen shook her head and said No what Is a a. magic pie And the tall man laughed and picked up one of the little patty pans an and said I think this must be a magic pie it looks exactly like one And the tall man stood up and turned around three times and then he handed the little mud pies vies to Peter and said Yes this looks like a magic pie Please cut It and we will see If It it is a magic pic pie you Ou will find it seasoned with bright new naw pennies instead of raisins And Peter took his little knife out of his pocket and cut the little mud pie And 0 O Ellen opened her eyes with surprise That pie was waa seasoned with two bright new pennies And 0 O how the tall man laughed Ha ha ha he laughed Well I thought that looked like a magic pie And little Ellen said Who put the In the pie And the man laughed and said I have heard that the fairies always season magic mud pies with pennies And Peter laughed and said I know who the fairy was that put the pennies In our pie Peter was 6 years old and little Ellen was only 4 And Ellen said What was the fairy's name And the tall man laughed and said The fairy's name was Uncle Jimmy you precious child And then Oh little Ellen did open her blue eyes wide and Peter opened his eyes very wide wider too And Peter Peter- threw his arms around the peek peck of the very tall man and said Oh oh are you our Uncle Jimmy And little Ellen threw her arms around his neck too and said Oh oh our dear Uncle Jimmy Peter and Ellen never had seen Uncle Jimmy before And Uncle Jimmy laughed and hugged them close and said Now go on to your work and bake me another magic pie And Oh what that fun Peter and Ellen had that morning every morning every mud pie they set to bake in the sunshine the good fairy seasoned with bright new pennies pennies pennies pen pen- nies And mamma came running down the path and when she saw Uncle Jimmy she cried with delight delights and said O 0 0 O my dear big brother Precious mamma had not riot seen her dear big brother b before for before fore for years years years' and years And often oCten very often w while Ue Uncle Jimmy was visiting them he would come down downto to the brook and sit on the log with Polly and watch Peter and Ellen make mud pies And always when he was was there a fairy would se season season son the magic pies with pennies And Peter knew who the fairy was but little Ellen never could guess |