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Show i THE SPRITE'S TRICK j iii i.l n s,m i..n,linL- In a. row in the ' k;n cidlar. wth 'J'oii a li.tiue In biK i I'M tern on the nutJiide. I Wtien the lad heard that his keg had ; really Kine he waa mn b friKhlened. ! Suppt's tho burned wKd ha pinned to make th wine ha1 and the kiriq vlrk-J vlrk-J He would he thrown into prinmi. I The Imiv lived in inteery for niontlm. j Ho ehivered l evrv kiuM k. at tht j dtMir. He grew p and thin. I i Mie cold inorninir In November n he j wa at hts carpenter'n heiich there I c;un to the wimh-w a man in a coUImii I liveiy it waa a S'oier frm the kmir I "You have won me prixe." be told him; "your wine waa the "bent. The ! coui-t officiate exammed the keic and : fin,) thai the burnt inmde rnakca the , wine better. Ho In future we will all I :burn the keics a hit. The king wants; ! you to make keen for bin court, and ap- , points you to the post with a, flue I ary " 1 There l no "e In telling; you how ' j happy Tony wae. and you will now I I know thr re'tNon why it waa that kens' , are burned tnaideit improvea their I contents. Hut no one knows how the I Tr'fe trinV th rew t j tncf upon tirnr there te(t n mall Hahan !, Ton;, nno woik'-d-for hie father. wl.i tva a r. . jmt '!''! iit-iH tnoi.i of tirr.c worMm ) at t" Im i:i h U.it hi u!mi f-Kid ' f pl.iLii.. t:i k Mt(-rn v h tii r,di ne.tl th h d. (V.' .i . he ar'..-itra1U kii.Mk.-i dioAii a pfttv r v, tilth tunned th-cave nt w hu h livi d a waU l . p i " . "What dn yon mean, yon willy, dum-1 dum-1 sv lad" .lHtulrd the tittle sprite, shaking shak-ing h.s loi; f im m Toti ' face. "1 have n K'cat mind to whp you .mh1 ' Ton v loohe.i tf,,. pnt h nd then at 1t1i n ftron:. tall f-me The lde;i of t!i.e little tieatnie whippii.c him was l" luimj. mm J h laughed aloud. "I ant worry I pushed your roof into the. stream." he t;inl at Uti-l. "And 1 will put it hack at I'lice." Butilv h t to work and In a few monifnt the r-k wa back- firmer than ever. )iu th i-r:ic' aner had tl"t CIHtlcd "1 will fci e n witli tbt imp -ni- J il : " mp i ' ' i'Miimc si .a i i j Tonv went raeinc li';i;ii. "lie laughed I at m k r.e. will show biin' that we j sprues li;tve big brains, anyway." Now Tonv w as workliuf hard nn a fine -nsk fr the wtne wliicli mttm to ; he sent to the kind's cellar. A prlr.e ! 'of iii Kld com was to he tciven to ' (lit one makmc tlie best cak. Ton w;i.h heart and soul in his work and 1 did not atop till lute at tnjeht. At Ust. the day before the contest I dawned, and Tony roue with the etm. "I har. son." said the cooper, "that . the pi.ci cs.wf til one w.ll te made cooper ' to the kini;. I wonder how your keg . will look " "I do hope It wttl win"' be said aloud aa he clord the shop door in the even- i lira. "I-'ather is old anl mother far; tiotn well. How I would tike-to help them." j W hen the moon peeped out It saw a email form ripping shout the shop. It ' was the sprite. "Jo th it is Tony's keg. with which I he hopes to t,ke the prise, lauuhed itie sprite Tiut I wilt fix that. A fire ! k U ntil in the for:e " j Koiiim; the kru to the fcrge, he i-utitd k ner the hot cotifs tha.t lu;rretl the inside of the keg a deep K! i k "Well. I ituess that will do enough dantace," Jauhed the sprite aa he rolled trie keg to the fioot Then he fle,i t lu rock home In t ie stream. At d.iw-n Tony came in. With horror ; muv his tvaut:tul ke b.aik insjde. the w o. d i ji arret I for at-out a quarter of .un inch th. I have lost my chance for the pr.se'" he wa led. " W ho could have pl.iyed me this trick?" There was ni use now In weeplnsr. So Tony placed the keg the tabic, tlie burnt side down. Then ha ran homr and hid In his mom In a shoal tune the fair man came by. gathered in lite kt-K and put it in a row In the ptaee In which the w ne waa poured mie tho--e wineh were to le tested fort Hie ptir.e.. No one noticed that inside it ' h,r r-i. but tn the wine went. 4 and iu t ilt un .M.r (he head was w j |