Show 1 i THE OGRESS AND THE GIRL A A Once upon a timo hero thoro lived a wicked O OKI Ogress ess ress in Its the tho middle of oC a dl I forest which was so thickly grown grot that th no ono one had over ever found tho Ogress Ogress' homo home This O Ogress to roam about at nl night ht and if It over ever nho sho found a a. door un unlocked uti- uti locked she sh would enter and nail steal tho the children If It thc they happened to bo be tie little girls She Silo did not like the little boys Loys bo- bo cause causo sIte she was afraid d they would grow grow- to bo he slants giants and the Ogress was afraid arnld of or all giants giant One Ono night a 1 poor peasant nt who ha had only onh one little girl named Netta thinking thinking think think- ing InS that fl no ono would want anything from tho poor cottage e left leCt his door un unlocked un- un locked ocl ell and In camo came tho the wicked tricked Ogress OSTe s and carried carrIell of off little HUlo Now none of DC you Ou little girls who read this need bo ho frightened frighten d because this happened years rs nail years before you were born in a 0 land so o far from tram here no ono One ever reached rached It Netta was sound a asleep leep so she sho did not know she was carried off oct by tho the thoI Ogress until she he awoke in tho morning I and antI found herself in a a. strange o place But Hut tho the Ogress gave her such a breakfast she he did not cry and lUd when wuen s she sho ho had finished h her r breakfast tho the Ogress Oress took her out in the tho yard and gave her a n. tame rabbit and a squirrel rd rel reI and a n black 1 kitten to play with and Netta Ketta forgot all about not being In her own home homo Now ow what tIm the O Ogress rss wanted to do ole was to lo got get alt all the tho girls she could find so that she could teach them to be beO O Ogresses ess's like hike herself so after a while when Netta grew g larger alto sho ho put herin hrIn her hr herin in a n. tower and began to teach her the magic art of or being an Ogress Now It happened one da day that a n. youth rodo through h tho the forest and be beInG being beIng be- be ing ver very brave ho wanted to see seo what was in tho lie middle of ot tho the deep s green greenwoods cen woods so he lie left leCt his servants who were with him and rodo rode off oct The Ogress ress had gone pono away nn and Netta was all alone locked In Ia the he tower Ho lie tried tho the door of or tho the Ogress Ogress' house and tho door of or the this tower but both were locked fast and anti strong Just as he ho was riding away he ho looked back bae and saw Netta's Xetta's face ace at the WIndow window window win win- dow of ot tho the tower Knowing ho he could not get In Netta looked out at him when back and und when ho lie asked her how she sho cameto camo came to bo locked In tho the tower Net Netta Netti 1 told him how the tho Ogress OgreE had stolen her years cars a ago o 1 you ou like hike to escape asked tho the youth Netta tol told him she would but that she had got hot to b become come an Ogress like liko tho ho old woman who had stolen her You are aro far tar too beautiful to become an Ogress laughed laughe the youth and I Iam Iam Iann am ann going oln to CarT carry you OU back to your our home hOlne After Aller lookin looking hooking about a while chile tho the youth found a ladder and climbed up tho the tower macho mado a rope rOJO o of the this blanket from her be bed and slid stid down to the ladder It all seemed vcr very easy nn and they were Just mounting the to ride away when tho time old Ogress appeared waving her arms in a terrible manner and making a a. dreadful noise Suddenly everything very thing grew gre black and anda a nol noise e like thunder rolled through h tho the ton forest Kt When It grew light again and the had hind ceased Netta found herself herselt in iii the tower a again aln and the youths youth was I nowhere to bo be seen I Tho The on only 1 wa way to escape pe from mo me mola la 15 to lo call your Olli lover hover from that tro tree I IsaId said tho the old uld Ogress pointing to a big bl- bigtree bigtree tree which Netta Xetta hind hall not seen sects before standing st. under tho the window o of the tow tower r That night when all was sas still and theO the tho O Ogress ess was asleep Netta began to think about tho ho things she ha had learned from the tho Ogress Tunis ThAn sho she remembered remembered a L Un tiny white bean ean tho ol old Ogress always alwa's took from rota somewhere in the wall all of at the tower before Sh she began to todo todo todo do her tricks When hen you Oll are aro old I will give gho you OU this she eho said ono one day to toNetta Netta Neta So Netta be began an to feel along along- tho time wall aU o of tho the tower and presently her fingers touched a smooth place lilace and a very ery tiny door opened and thero there she saw Raw the ahlI hAT rf Netta lt t turned It L over an and over in her hand but nothing happened sho she went to tho tIme window and looked out at nt the tre tree Poor loor youth she sighed You did It all aU for me How I wish I could restore you ou to your our own shape shapel As sue Bho s1 spoke ole these She bhe rubbed tho the bean hcan her forefinger er and her thumb and before beCore her astonished eyes tho the tree taco slowly changed cl Into the youths youth again Ho lIe looked up at her and said How hIm did you OU find tho the charm that th changed me to my own form again 1 In the wall of ot tho the tower said Netta I wait Ill I'll como down clown Then Thien she j quickly rubbed tho the bean with her forefinger forefinger fore fore- I finger and thumb and sail said Little bean tn take tako o mo me down Out o of the tho window and anti down clown beside I. I tho the youth sho she to fly lIy and then Netta etta looked around for something that might bo ho tho ho horse for she he knew the time O Ogress ress ha had changed that also 4 A big stono Steno not far tar from the tower Netta Netti felt sure wa was wag the tho horse EO so sho she rubbed the tho bean and said Litho Lit tle ho bean ban bring forth Corth the horse and hero it stood ready for them to mount Up Jumped time tho youth to tho ho back o of tho hors and helped Netta etta up beside I him Jut Hut Just as they ther were riding away the thc old O Ogress ru rushed out o of the lie house waving wt her arms as OR she ahe did before f Bo- Bo foro sho iio could speak tho the youth BaJ said The Time bean quick change chango her Into a u. tn tree Netta Net rubbed tho ho bean beams and said sal quickly l Little bean help im us pray Show us h hew to got away Do the rna magic lc trick for me me- me Change Chango tho the Ogress to a J The they had heard when the tho Ogress appeared d before sounded a agaIn rain and It grow row dark lark as before betor hut but when tho the light hight camo came and the noise had hal ceased tho time tow tower r had disappeared an anthe and the tho hous of ot tho the Ogress also and a n huge huso tree with long waving brandies branches stood where they had I last loat t seen thoO tho the O Ogress ress The youths youth and anti Netta rodo rode away arid sho ho found her father and mother after alter a a. Ion long search But Dut not until alter after the tho youth who proved to be a n prince had mado made her his wife |