Show D Iv v JI ping in fairy Tal 0 ry Grahan Bonner q aror 7 f ff a i UNDER BED DUST The children had been left to keep the house tidy and to look after everything everything everything ev ev- w while h 11 e their family went away for tor a few tew r days w Everything was was wad all in readiness for tor them to trUce hold of ot so that It would not seem as though there were any changes The children the older ones were able to look after themselves for tor a few tew days Extra food tood had been cooked and extra chores had bad ad Not a Dish Had been done Been Washed Well it was was great fun at first It was so wonderful wonderful wonder wonder- ful to feel that the whole house was just for tor play They pl played all afternoon and evening evening eve eve- ning and when they went to bed they were tired out I The next morning they got b breakfast break eak I fast rust but after It was over o they found so much to do In the way of ot playIng playing play- play Ing Ipg that they put off oft doing the mornIng morning morning morn morn- ing chores right awa away Then came came lunch time and they had hada a gorgeous picnic Lat Later r In the day It was time for supper and they had a fine supper But when It came bedtime the they remembered remembered remembered re re- that they had not made up the thc beds that dayNo day No matter they said we can sleep all aU allright right as the beds are all aU ready for sleep We Ve Just left them themas as we were last sleeping In them then But the beds did not seem Just right En n their Jumping about and playing of the night before they had pulled the sheets and blankets out of ot the ends of ot the beds and they felt very ery cool around the toes It was hard to tuck them In afterward afterward after after- ward and If It they succeeded In tuckIng tucking tuck tuck- Ing them In then they seemed too far tar tucked in and weren't all right for tor forthe forthe the shoulders But uncomfortably they managed Then morning came and It was time timeto to get breakfast But not a n dish had been washed and there weren't many dishes left They Just managed to get along At lunch time the they knew they would have hav to wash dishes but they went raspberry picking and did not need any dishes Alas when It came time for supper how dreadful it was The dishes had not not- even been rinsed with water and they were al aJ almost almost most Impossible to wash The They were Just dreadful And o oh the beds were In J. J such a a tate And oh they seemed to take so so much longer over them It took tool ever and ever so long to get to bed They were were doing chores until all hours And then In the middle of ot the night what should appe appear r pushing them up In bed but castles of ot dust growing I op up under the bed Were the Undone Chores Chorea rulers of Jf the Castles of ot Dust See how we build under the beds On Oh Ob we make such fine castles of dust if no one comes around to stop us Do not think youre you're the only ones onesi onesto onesto i to permit the Undone Chores to come and take e possession Years fears ago some of ot those thos who are arenow arenow now ups grown-ups did the same and we ruled for quite a along along along long time I Even now we begin to start building and they stop stole us only Just JustIn r In tI time neWer ne Were Were hard rul rul- er era we Undone Chores We make ti things s so hard I Oh Oil so hard I We just pile up r work for tor every every- one 0 e dwell In our Dust Casties Castles Cas Cas- I ties and look out r of ot our turret windows windows win win- dows doves edged with dirt and und we wont won't Didn't Need An help them get out Dishes of ot the tangle When you see under bed dust dut you wilt will know the Undone Chores are goIng goIng go go- Ing lag to come around If It they arc are not stopped In time |