| Show s p 1 PINTO AND THE GOLDEN ACORNS Part ACORNS Part I i Once upon a time there lived aKing a aKing aKing King who had a very beautiful daughter daugh daugh- ter the Princess Tona Princess Tona loved to eat sweets and one day while the servants were away Princess Tona ran Into the pantry pantry pantry pan pan- try and locked the door and ate all the sweets in the jars That night she was very sick andall and andall andall all the wise men were called to cure her but she grew worse instead of better and at last the King called his astronomer to see if he could find inthe Inthe in inthe the stars any sign that would cure his daughter The astronomer after gazing a long longtime longtime time at the heavens said there was but one thing that would cure the Princess Tona and that was a pure white apple that grew on a silver I tree on an top of a mountain r I This silver tree was guarded by a I giant who was the son of an old witch and he was so big and powerful that no one dared approach the mountain much less try to get an apple So while the Princess lay on her bed very sick the King sent out word all over the kingdom that to to any anyone one who would bring him one pure white apple he would C give Ive his daughter In marriage and they should reign in jn his place when he died The only cure was an apple from the silver silver- tree and the King was almost al almost almost al- al most In despair when a poor peasant named Pinto said he would attempt to climb the mountain and get the pure white while apple The I King did not want his daug daughter ter to marry a poor peasant but this was the one chance for the Princess Tona to get well so he told the peasant to try and if he did succeed he should marry the Princess Pinto had to go through a deep forest forest forest for for- est to reach the mountain and on his journey he he me met a black cat which rubbed against him and purred in a avery avery avery very friendly manner Pinto thought It was strange that a cat should be In a forest and andas as he leaned over over to stroke e her he said said- You must belong to a witch to be in I this place The black purred cat at purred again again and looked at him with her big yellow eyes as if it to say You are are re right I Well if you belong to a witch you must have magic power said Pinto Let me see ee if jf you can do any magic work Here Hert Is an acorn tree Change all the acorns into golden I fruit that I may fin fill m my pockets with gold Up the tree went the black cat like I Ia a flash and ana in m a minute all aU the little 1 acorns on the tree had changed t to gold Pinto shook the tree and down cama came cam a shower of golden acorns all around him It did not tal take e him long to fill al all l his pockets and making a sack of his coat Pinto soon filled that and threw it over his back At first he was tempted to go back and not risk lisk getting the apple for h he e had wealth in plenty now When he ho thought of ot the King an and d dd his sick daughter he changed his minand mind min d de and decided to try to get the apple appl e I even if he did not marry the Princess Pinto looked about for the black ca cat t but she was nowhere to be seen so h he continued through the forest an and andI d I reached the mountain just as darkness s I came upon him lum I I Bright and early before the sun I I was up Pinto began to climb the mountain He reached the top at last and there was the silver tree shining in the sun and the pure white apples hanging from its boughs Under the tree sat a queer looking creature very huge he was not much taller than an ordinary man but he was so thick and broad that he looked as If he ho could push over a mountain with one hand When he saw Pinto he gave one mighty roar like the distant thunder I and jumped up swinging his huge arms over his head and looking anything anything any any- I thing but kind at poor little Pinto Tomorrow I will tell you you how Pinto overpowered the giant and picked the pure white apple for the Princess Tona Continued tomorrow Copyright right 1919 by the McClure Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper S Syndicate New York City Cit |
