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D STORY TELLER n a t O P LADIES j GUARDS ARDS me A l long time ago The Kings King palace t A The ie Kin King fling sits aria on a I cud cushion ion in fn the ite great prat r ai b 1 The Princess Prince sits it on a I cushion T by y l r Jp iii In front of o them sits the fhe First Fird Story C r Belter The h. h Lo Lords d a and d Ladies Ladie sit near by STORY STORY TELLER Then TELLER Then the prince mar mar- i 1 II f j I lir i nod d t the h e princess princess' and they were i 1 happy forever and nd ever l I v j f There is a pause l KING Goon Go G-Go Go on fi l The Story Te Teller ler hangs his head I 1 Go on I say ar I STORY OR TELLER TELLE TELLER t is s all nil Your Tour our 1 Majesty KING ING l f STORY STOny TE TELLER The TELLER The prince married Ji the the princess There is nothing more ic to o tell w iz 7 KING KING-I KING I I G-I I cannot bear so short a story r 4 PRINCESS 1 CESS I Why bp father for three thee f J months ont s. s we have bave listened to it Kl I G- G s short ort I say I bid you rou make it longer sir sIr y STORY Y TELLER TELLER-I I cannot sire Th The e prince married marred the prin princess ess There e If 1 h Th The e King Your King King Your story is to te short I fo is IS nothing nothing nothing- 1 17 7 Away with him guards I Away KING Throw KING Throw him out of the thA palace guards Cut oft off his Ms head h Guards seize the Story Teller IR PRINCESS PRINCESS Father I Ia Father ther LORDS Your Tour Your Majesty rU Sire LADIES Sire mS-Sire IRI CI Spare PRINCESS SS re his life liCe STORY TELLER Let TELLER Let me keep kelp my head sire KING KING why Why should you keep it You Iou do not lisp us' it t STORY STOHl T TELLER For TELLER Kor three months I have haTe user used it sire KING KING Tour Your story is is too short I say sarI Away way with 1 him guards A Away Guards take out First Story Teller Bid another Story Teller reller come A guard admits the Second Story Teller who bows before the King and Princess Sir hear me mt You 1011 must tell a story that tha t will wm last lut forever fore SECOND STORY TELLER-I TELLER hear har 0 O King KING If KING If you yon can do do this you shall marry my daughter and be king after me mt SECOND STORY I STORYTELLER TELi I ER-I hear hoar O C King KING KING KING-If If you rOil fail Cail you shall lose your jour head hend nc Begin in And cd remember the story atory must mUt go o on ou er forever Now again I nay say brain begin SECOND SECO STORY STOHl TELLER Once upon a time a n certain king seized upon all the corn in his bis country He had bad it stored in a strong granary Then came a STY swarm arm of locusts over OTer the tho I land Soon they found a a crack in inthe inthe I Ithe the south side of the granary Now the crack was just large enough for forone forone forone one locust to pass through at tit n a time So one locust went in ii and carried away awny a grain agrain of corn Then Theu another locust went in and carried away awny agrain a n agrain grain pf corn Then Ihen another locust went in and carried awa away a grain of corn Then Then Then- KING KII interrupting Yes interrupting Yes yes Now go goon goon goon on with the story SECOND STORY STOHl TELLER The The story I Ishall shall go on 0 O King Then another r locust went Trent in and carried away an on- other nU grain h of nf corn n The locust locust- locust I KING KI interrupting I I tell you to with the story M SECOND STORY STOny I TELLER Lr n I great s-reat king Then another f Iq in lu and carried away another Y corn Th Then another M KING stor story The story I el SECOND STORY STOAT TELLEf Ti th the tho story tory 0 O Km Kin Kin r I locust went in and other ether grain of corn cor Then Then- I KING I cannot stand It if IIo lon HOf it ta take ke the locusts to carry the grain M SECOND STORY TELLER TELLEn sand Kind jears years 0 O King The t locust went m in and Stop KING Stop Take my dt daar Be lie e king after me Be kl kIn Anything to s stop the the locusts There will be hI another Stevenson in ne next nett t w wee eek a Children s I. 1 AS TRUE AS TRUE CAN CANBy CANBy By Gertrude Clown As I sailed along on a bright blue bS f With sunshine everywhere A fish fl flew ew by on joy joyful Cui wing t tAnd And waved his tin hn at meNow me Now this is as true as true can be For a flying fish was he be was heAs he be As I liar lay on the moss so cheerfully In the branches overhead o A bird bini stitched away at her herAnd little D a And blinked her eye ere at me This Illis story is true as it can be si I For a tailor bird was she was she t TJ I As I was hurrying home to tea H On a wild wet afternoon fl flA A plant held its pitcher out for a a d dOC i Of OC the rain ruin that was chasing me mend inert And nd that is as true as it well uell forg can bt For a pitcher plant it was you see lee S |