Show WITTY WITCH'S TALK I Witty Witch was nt at home In her cave e when she heard the pounding qt n a big stone on another stone outside the main entrance of her her home hello nello I site she culled out Who Vho la Is lathere there A few visitors said 01 old 1 Mr Giant How flow pleasant said Witty Witch Shall we the sit on the big stones outside the c cave ce e or shall we come Inside Of Ot course course I nm am already Inside so that last sentence Isn't quite correct but you know how I mean meon it ItI It I am wondering If It we should nil all sit outside or Inside We understand we understand sad said old Mr lUre Giant Perhaps the Fairy Queen will wUl decide de de- dedde cide chIe this question he added Well Wen said the Fairy Queen I 1 really like both the outside and Inside of ot Witty Witch's home cave Immensely Immense immense- ly but as os long as os Ive I've been asked to decide I will not say Oh anything at atall all nil I remember once onre there was a party given by one child for tor a n number of ot other children One little girl went to the party and whenever she was asked What Whal would you like hike to play she would t t l 1 1 Let Us U. All Stay Out wriggle her sho shoulders and put bor lw r head on one side and ond would say Oh I dont don't mind They wanted wonted her at nt different times time to make suggestions tit she wouldn't t yet yet when they came to play pIny any game she would go off In n n a corner one and would say I dont don't want to play So when some one Is asked to rug BUg gest Best something or decide s something I Y think It Is a 0 good plan to do so You asked me to decide whether we the should go In or out As far tar as the weather Is concerned well concerned well It t Is nice ales out out so so why wily not let us all stay out and enjoy the beautiful air Good I 1 sold said Witty Witch I Z shall get my toadstool seats for those who do not wish to sit on the pine-needle pine pineneedles rug And speaking of ot pine needles she continued as they all settled settled- themI themselves them them- I selves comfortably I was talking to Sir White Pine the other daylIe day lIe He told me that there weren't nearly ns as many mony of or his family about now tow as ns there used to be lie He said In some parts of or the forests for tor- forests ests there were oW ole old stumps which hail had once been white pine trees I asked him how I 1 was to know a white pine tree when I saw one for tor he had told me he was n a white pine pille pinetree tree so I knew that much I But I was afraid I t might not know another unless he told me a little more about the points which were particularly those of the White Pine family I I 1 have Oe five needles where others only have tw two or three e. e My cones are very ery very long and very thin and there ore are no prickles upon my cones such ns as there are ore on the cones of the Pitch Pine family the White Pine told me 14 It Then too our branches are arranged In ti tiers rs or layers like layers like a ala la layer cr cake only very different But you ou know Imo what I mean Witty Witch the White Pine said when I t speak of or our branches being In tiers Sometimes you ou will see us with some of ot our branches missing They have been broken off ocr by winds but then I with some of our outspreading branches still with us and some gone were we're very Interesting and attractive looking II Next time you see some of us Ilk Ilk Uk that you will see that there ther Is something something something some some- thing rather wild and fascinating about s such stich ch looks I met a n Queen Bee Dee the other day too Witty Witch continued hut but she said Fold she was too bus busy being a queen to talk taUe There were many worker bees all aU about gathering honey But nut speaking of honey reminds me that they gave n e me some so lets let's have havea haven a n bread brend and honey feast ns as we talk 1 I ISo So Witty Wit Witch h her visitors had 1101 a n bread and honey feast as they chatted outside of Witty Witch's homo home cave |