Show B d R HOW THE PUSSY WILLOW GREW One night the lair fairy queen had all her fairies gathered around her She Fhe was was was' wastell telling tell tell- leg ing them how thankful they should he that th they y were happy happ and that they had such a beautiful world to live JIve InAnd InAnd In And that is the reason for tor your jour our happIness happiness happiness hap hap- she explained You do good and bring happiness to others and are always bus busy I If you OU did not work and bad had nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing to do but look around for amusement you would soon become restless and dissatisfied dis- dis satisfied and hod long for fol things that others b have But of course course fairies nc er long for tor things thinS's that mortals mortal have ha so o all aU this talk is quite needless needles When hen the queen finished speaking she saw raw one little fair fairy looked very ery grave gra and did not nol smile and ancl danco dance about with tho the others This fa fairy Iry wan watt called Dewdrop because It was her dut duty cyer every morning Just be before before be- be fore for to ga gather th r drops from the rl er and antI put them on all tho the flowers Howers and slue she was usual usually tho the gayest a t of or the fairies so o the th queen called to her and ancl asked What hat makes you 1 0 50 so o sad m my Dewdrop Dewdrop Dew Dew- drop Is there thero not plenty of or water In Inthe the tho riverbeds rl for tor your our beautiful now flowers rs Oh Oh yes res m my queen answered Dow Dow- drop there is is plenty of ot water for m my lower but I 1 am unhappy because of ot something I 1 want and I know I cannot have heue Tell mo me about It It said Id tho wise T queen Perhaps I J can help you ou and she drew Dewdrop close to her side and amI listened to her story tor One morning when n the south wind and gray cloud brought rou ht rain to my beautiful beautiful beau beau- flowers floers Dewdrop began I I did not have ha an any an work to do so 80 I sat at tat under a abig abig abig big leaf and and watched the rain falling I 1 WH was In a garden gardell and a house stood near By and b by a 3 little girl Irl came out and rolled called kitty kitty and the dearest little came running up lip the path m meowing and ancl swinging Its tall The lit all tie fit girl rolled 1 a n spool across crO 9 the porch and th the kitten chased it Then It Jt Jumped through her clasped hands and chased It lib its tall and then It ran up the little I girls girl's drese to her hr shoulder and sat therewith there therewith therewith with Its head hea nestled In h her r nock neck But wh why should this make you ou u so o of f sad my Dewdrop asked d the queen Tell Fell her Dewdrop rop sold said one of or theother the theother theother other fairies s. s for all of oC them had gathered gathered gath gath- herld h- h ered erld around while Dewdrop was tas talking Yf Yes tell the queen said alt another r. r You he ac p. dear queen w WP We nil all want s a at i if f t kitten to pIa play with Bald ald ld Dewdrop Dt and ami andI amiI I 1 ever every pr time one of or us fO se sees PS s. s u a little girl with witha a kitten w WP we lire mire unhappy Time Tile quit queen looked cr very ery grave for tor n never ver before rore had her fairies wanted anything a mortal possessed lIed but she did not scold After waiting a 3 few rew minutes the tho queen poke spoke I I will not promise you jou anything she said fald but meet me tomorrow w night down b by the river wh when 11 the tho clock strikes the thelast thelast last stroke of ot 1 12 and If It the th moon Is JI s ehin- ehin mg I 1 ma may have ha something for you Oh you ou dear good queen cried all the fairies 3 at t once It will be something nice we ve know kno Perhaps answered the queen smil smil- ing Now scamper awn away everyone e of or you ou and end d trio I your our work with smiling faces raceS The next night tho the moon was and antI th the que queen n could b hp- hp seen feen that Is 18 If Ie one had fairy dry ec eyes flitting fitting along ulong the banks of or the th river back hack and forth forthm back and forth fortis I M Flying In there and out b here bare rp and as busy u as nl'S t two Iwo O little faIn fairies could barn haxo been on their busiest night There she he exclaimed med II after Her a while I l think there will Ill h be enough for Cor all to xo p ha have hav one Then she rhe stepped Into h her r harlot and waited A Hd rho last laft tone or of the last stroke of Qt the midnight hour was a dying d awa away when the Uio fairies farle appeared b by bho the ho river n and looked about about for tOr their queen There rh re she sho ho II Is said raid vet tIt catching of ot the shining chariot under a bush What Is It you OU havo have for Cor us th they Y all dl asked d. d running to the queen The que queen n led them nearer the bank of the river nver and showed them slender brown bushes bushu with tiny gray tofta tofts soft and slick look- look Ing But what are they asked the fairies Caine Stroke them tham and see sec said the queen Each little fairy touched a a. soft sott gra gray tuft with her bel tiny finger finser ow Me meow meow me me- ow came softly from each tiny gra gray tuft and then the gray tuft tutt t stretch 1 out and a tiny head apP appeared and a talland miland tall mil talland and four tour little paws pas could be seen geen Oh Oh oh the darlings cried all the fairies they are ure our kittens our dear little pu pussy y cats we had wished for tor so long JonG Each little gray pussy cat tat rat up and looked 1 at J. J t. t her ml mistress and then one fairy rolled t a It grain of at sand rand of cour course e they looked very large to a a. fairy airy kitten and andall andall all ull tho the little gray gra p pussies pus les scampered down n from tho the bushes and did all nU tho the tricks for or tho the fairies that mortal kittens do clo to for I. I their the little mistresses When WIlen tho the first streak of oC light showed show in the II sky all nIl the gray pussies scrambled I d back to the bushes curled up and went mt to sleep and there thero they sleep bleep every ery night until the last tone of or the lost last stroke of or orthe the midnight hour dies away iowa and then If it you OU can enn s see e with fairy eyes cye you Ou will s see ea each h little gray omit stretch out and sit flit up and me ow me-ow ow CO for her little fairy mistress mistress mistress mis mis- tress to come and pill play with her We call them PUS pussy willow bushes bUbes but tho the fairies call th them m their gray kitten kit ten tens Copyright 1314 1914 by hy tho the McClure Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Syndicate New ew York City Mondays Monday's g story The story The Adventure Ad of oC Foul Animals Animal |