Show 1 Ai J GUSTAVUS GUSTAVUS AND THE GOBLINS f I h hl hw w l v l tw w t t p t ts s s t l lI I I 1 t Gusta Gustavus nis wall lees was a very reckless youth Instead of ot tending his sheep heep and helping his is mother who was as a widow he would leave eave his hIa sheep to wander andor about and waste aste his hi time with companions at the village t tavera rIl One night whIm when Gustavus was was return return- returnIng Ing eg from the the tavern after having spent the he day there he ha was passing a thick wood when suddenly there appeared In front of him a very nry little tittle man He Ho was hanging from the limb of ot a n aree tree ree with one hand nd and with the other he pulled off ort Go Gustavus' Gustavus hat hilt Gustavus rubbed rubber his hIM eyes oYes when he saw tho he queer looking little man for he felt feU sure ure he ho was wag aa dreaming You are a a. nothing good fellow said aid the little man and then he lie pulled GUilla Gustavus' Gustavus hair That is none of ot your affair eald said Gus Gus- avus' avus and If It you you pull my hair again I will shake anake you You Tou better not try it said the little littleman littleman man or you will get the worst of it it Gustavus begun began to laugh an and he lau laughed hed BO so hard that he had to sit down on ona a rock under the tree I could shake shakea a Ii L dozen like Uke you jou with one hand said Gustavus Gustaus Who VhO are Art you ou I t a am n a goblin replied the little HUle man and If It you think a dozen like me would be only a 0 handful Ill I'll give gUe you a. a chance to o tr try And he nave cave a low whistle na as I I I he fi finished speaking g. g I Before Gustavus US could reply the rock upon which he was sitting seemed to open in n the th middle and hi h felt himself l I ld hl tightly between It And then from nil all sides Ides came goblins running tumbling and ond jumping until all alJ around him were hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- of or these queer little men mend He tried to get an away ay but he was held firmly between the rocks Th The goblin in the tree treo began besan to laugh lauSh and dropped to the ground Now you OU can shako as asman man many as you like he said Gustavus stretched out his arm and caught several oral of at the goblins in his big ble hand but ho he dropped them quickly with witha a cry of pain for tor he felt n a j though his hand wao waD being pierced by a hundred nee needles le Oh no the they Jau laughed dancing around as Gustavus dropped them no we 0 may be small but we are pOw powerful You have hao been upending spending too much time at the tavern and neglecting your our flock said one goblin and your our poor old mother too Ve We have o decided to teach you OU how ho to work Irk Nepo they called and th the rock opened wider Ider and Gustavus Gustaus felt himself sliding down down and then bump he heit sat it up up and looked around There Ther were houses and trees and water just like an any other land but looked small Wo We Wo will shrink him first said one one goblin and us Gusta sav say the tho goblins coming comins from rom all eU directions carrying little buckets The They began besan pouring the conte contents of these buckets over Gustavus Gusta and he lie felt himself growing smaller and smaller un until until nfl un- til he was no larger larger- than the goblins Now you must work the they told him Draw water from the well wall until wo we tell tn I you fouto to stop You have let your jOur ol old m moth mother thi thier er or get set the water ater for tor a long loaF time now now you u must do It for tor a a. while Gustavus Us took one of ot the Ute little pails 1311 and andt filled tilled it Pour It out out they told him bIm and fill It again How his back ached and lila his hands bands were sore too but the tho goblins were lul lu- lu l less se Your mother was tired many times they told him but you jou were were- in bed and asleep Instead of at helping her as aa you to have hn done Then they took him to a wood pile pUe Split this wood Nood th they said and carry It into the house lS GustaV worked v until he felt feIt he should drop he was Wall so ISO tired but tho the goblins did not let Jet him rest Go and find the sheep heep th they y said eald al t that you left out all aU night When Gustavus thought he was out of ot their eight sight he ho lay Jay down behind a tree to to rest but bt the goblins were upon him In la a minute poking him with their sharp fin fin- i gems gem and little pointed shoes Get up they said Rid your mother does not rest ah sho has to do o all aU the tho work that you J leave ave undone I Gustavus got up and it seemed to him that ho traveled miles before he found the flock When he drove them into th the field f he said I cannot walk iu another step and sank upon the ground ro The goblins goblins' talked to together ether a few tew minute ruin min ute and th then 11 one ne of or them ask asked If U wo we O take tae you ou nacK to your nome win will you keep away awny from th the tavern and help your our mother I t GU Gustavus promised that he ho would if It the they would restore him to his natural naturalIze size Ize and let him return to his home The Tho goblins ran a away a and returned with witha a a. long Ions tube and pump but Gustavus Gustavus' wa was as past being frightened he was so tired The cbs goblins put one end of the tube Into I Gustavus Gustavus' mouth and began working th the tho handle of or the pump He felt Cell himself growing larger huger and larger If It the they give one ono more moro pump h hp he thought I will burst and he closed hl his eyes expecting It to happen Chirp chirp sounded near him ar d wh n he lie opened hl his eyes there lie he w was W s sitting under a tree and a robin was sing In ing in the branch over his head heed This is the place where I 1 sa saw that goblin in the tree said Gustavus I Iwonder 1 wonder warder If IC I have ha been right here nil all night and dreamed or whether they did carry cany me oft off to their land He IfS got ot up and started toward the ta mv- em ern then ho he stopped It It may be th they Y did carry me off ortt ho he said I 1 will keep a away from rein the ern tavern for a while and As he walked to toward ard his home he said It I Is much easier to work here than Inthe In Inthe Inthe the goblins goblins' land where they never let you Oil rest And when an any of his old companions try to get him to leave his flock dock and join them at the tavern he shakes his head irid nd replies you better keep away from that place or some dark night the goblins will Ill get et you jou ou too Copyright 1914 b by the tho McClure News News- n Syndicate X New w York |