Show The Sandman Story I IFOR FOR TONIGHT A Trip With the Flying Dragon Part Dragon Part III Oh how beautiful exclaimed Gertrude Gertrude Gertrude Ger Ger- trude as she saw a beautiful garden and a palace beyond and then she stopped for for- foron on the tho grass lay a a. terri terri- terrible terrible ble monster and a very pretty girl bending over him Beauty and the Beast she said I Yes that is who they are but i I dont don't worry you know he is really a afine afine fine tine handsome fellow said the Dragon Drag- Drag on who thought Gertrude was going to cry When hen she looked in the next room G Gertrude began to laugh Simple Simon Si Simon Simon Si- Si mon she sho said as ag she saw a a. boy try- try Continued on following page THE SANDMAN STORY Continued from preceding page ing to take tak a pie from a a. tray carried by a big man jn n cap and apron Did he ever get a pie asked Gertrude Gertrud Couldn t tell you said the DragonI Dragon I never bother with those silly storIes stories stories sto sto- ries you know I only get into the fairy stories here is is' another This is Mistress Mary said Gertrude Gertrude Gertrude Ger Ger- trude looking lookin at a pretty girl with a arake arake arake rake in her hand and in front of her Cockle shells and silver bells and pretty maidens all in a a. row row She does not look at all contrary said Gertrude I think she is very very sweet looking Well Veil look here and find out what you wanted to to know said the Dragon In the next room Gertrude saw a little girl in a red cape and hood and standing beside her was the wolf but the girl was not at all afraid of ot it in fact she had one arm ann around his neck Little Red said Gertrude Gertrude Gertrude Ger Ger- trude but how can she hug that horrId horrid horrid hor hor- rid old wolf who is Is' going to eat her after ater he eats her nice old grandmother grand grand- and and- mother Litt Little e Red laughed and the wolf fell over and rolled as he too laughed laug-hed and laughed What are they laughing at at asked Gertrude At you I J guess said the DragonI Dragon I I told you not to be frightened all the story books come out safe and sound and here her they all live as happy as can be laughing at the way you mortal children get frightened and cry over over what happens in stories Now 10 you you thought I was a terrible creature when you read about me carrying off oft a a Princess in a storybook story storybook storybook book you OU re read d tonight and here you see I am am not a bad sort at all but really a nice kind Dragon That is the h hard rd part the one who takes the p part rt of the Dragon or the bad witch or the bad husband as in Bluebeard we have to suffer all our lives be because ause the children never know how things really are That is the reason I brought you here tonight that you may know when you read a story that it is only a astory astory astory story and that we all live in m the Hie Misty Castle of Stories up here like one family We all go through with our part wh when n you children read about us and then we all ar are safe again every and and every body happy Just a ae Gertrude began to say she was glad to know about abou t all aU this the Dragon s said id Jump on quick I did not kno know it was was' so late and the next thing she knew she felt herself herselt flying down and down and down and when she looked around th there re she was sits sHUng up in bed with the sun sun pourIng pouring pouring pour pour- ing in the window I shall never new r be afraid again of the dragons said MId Gertrude I am glad gladI j I took the trip to the Misty Castle of ies and Jc know ow all a about out th them |