Show fi 2 THE lIZ SNOW HOUSE Some children said Daddy had bad built bunt a fine tine snow fort It was was made out of bricks of F snow which In J. J L turn UlD had been made maae by filling boxes wi with th snow 5 and letting Jetting them S freeze very hardI hard bala I Then on top of these bricks of or snow had been built the he rest o of the fort and back backof backof backof of the fort was a 4 snow house so 0 that there was al almost almost iii- iii e most everything In the way of a 4 S snow-made snow object around Including Prince Icicle a handsome snow Appeared manT manT man T The h he e children had left their snow fort and house and sno snow man after they had been finished for they lII liked ed to do so 80 many things and there was fine sl sliding to do ao too At At night after the children had gone to led bed and it had grown colder and colder Old ola Man Snow came around to see what the children had haa been doing I Well well well he said as he saw the snow house and the snow fort nn and the snow man this Is fine They appreciate appreciate appreciate ap ap- ap- ap me They know what handsome handsome handsome hand hand- some things I can make This is really gorgeous Look Prince Icicle isn't this fine Prince Icicle appeared with a number number number num num- ber of the other princes and princesses es and hung down from rom the roo roof of t the e I Isnow snow sno house and nna the top of the snow fort and from rom the shoulders of the snow man tuna Prince Icicle himself took tooka a very fine place over the doorway of the snow house this handsome asked Old Oki Man Snow Snow- Our fine king will be de delighted delighted de' de delighted lighted and his royal majesty will be he honor honored d. d As Old Man Ion Snow said the these e words word along came King Snow He wore a most beautiful C crown wn of snow and he showed the Icicle family the compliment ment meat of wearing icicles from his beard hearl hearland rd and his crown and his locks 0 of snow and ana from his hanging snowy sleeves I the They stopped me as went by brook said King Snow and begged me meto meto meto to have some of their jeweled Icicles Icicle Dont Don't they sparkle beautifully Yes th they y asked me to have haveth them ma and ami d the brook which was beginning to freeze around the edges begged me to listen histen to Its story It had so much to tell of Its Us travels travels trav tray els how It ran run down a n long ano ann windIng windIng wind- wind Ing lag hill hilI and how it couldn't help trickling trick trick- ling hag and laughing all the time with the jokes and merry tales it kept hearing And then I stopped and find had a chat with some red berries which were on ona ona ona a bush without any leaves I And I watched some children as they carried kindling wood from some underbrush h. h They were In high rubber boots and looked quite delightful I 1 can cantell cantell cantell tell you U Children made these snow Bouses omes and the snow nina man said Old Man Snow Arent the they fine your majesty Marvelous l' l said King Snow Ill tell you what we will do We Ve will talk all through the long night and we will tell stories of other winters and o at other children and of ot the things they were able uble to do with us u W Well ll have such wonderful stor storto o oto to tell And nd If the children made this I nice house and showed how much we I could help them we will show how I much we appreciate It by using their house for our sociable friendly m meet meet- et- et lagI ing lag I I r j have a 1 story to tell of what the white birch tree told me this afternoon afternoon after after- afternoon noon a n beautiful story of white birches and find snow a and a I winter tune and of how the white birches love us us and our cos con turnes I Im sure we P will all have stories sto sto- sto- sto 1 ries les to tell teU said Old Man Snow Im sure ure of It It too t said ald Prince Icicle I And we Q will ill have storI stories s to to- J tell also said sala I other prince and princesses of the Carried Kin Kin- Icicle family dUng We can cnn tell tellof tellof tellof of wonderful places es where the family fainTly have been and wonderful po positions lions they have taken said Prince Icicle clell a And of the curious shapes they have has made for themselves said suld on one of ot ottile the tile princes So Old Man Snow King Snow Prince Icicle and nail the other princes and nna princesses talked all through the night and told wonderful stories as they sat satIn satin satin in the childrens children's rens ren's snow house |