Show THE WISHING HAT there was once a oung count whose great great grandfather had been it a very grand person indeed with A ith a string of titles to hla name ot rofus as long as our arm but this great great grandfather and the great grandfather and the grandfather 0 of our oung boung count caunt whose name was rufus rufu als also ohad had all been such very great men that they never thought of looking after the little ngi and so by little and little all thili money had slipped away from all these great people and though our young count had all the titles left safe enough he wait wa obliged to go out into the world to seek his fortune its as it be hod been the ion hon of the butch butcher erthe the baker or the candlestick maker when lie he was going hla his old nurse aal said d to him I 1 count rufus if you would find your fortune see that you despise nothing however to ever small or worthless it may seem great walls are made of litte bricks brick and the count remembered the say ing bemuse because nurse deborah 0 was as a w wise ise woman vonian and never said bald anything tor for naught count rufus rut us lived in a desolate old castle on the top of a mountain alithe all the were covered with ice and snow so go that he iad I ad hard work in going do it to a old a tumble into the black deep deen ravine a thousand feet below and at the basc of the mountain was a thick forest through which he must pass be fore he could reach the road that led to court what cant be cured must be endured hoat however ever sald said the count to himself as he walked slowly down donn the mountain on the down he saw ha hanging on ft a bush an old hat that looked as if it ishad had been dropped there by some poor person passing that way a scrubby old hat enough it looked hut but the count rebern bared his nurses saving ing it up tip put it in his pocket had he done so when nhen an bugl little old man started out from froin behind a tree 13 bring ring back that hat exclaimed the little man I 1 whit are ott robbing hon pst et folks for ilone honest man answered the coun count I 1 laughing I 1 if that hat itt 1 yours your how hap bened that it was hanging on a tree intend of bour our head and in a spirit of mischief ali chlof he put the hat on his own liend head it fits nie me eri en well said he 1 I have token talen a fane to tile the hat my friend oh you make ganie of me do 3 ou cried the little man in a rage and began to run after the count that was not much matter for the count wis an excellent runner but pres pre antly he found that the little man in stead of 0 running on two to legs like himself turned turied d anti and round on one leg and that he could go in that way two miles iles to the co counts vints one more than that the count annie presently presen aly to the forest and there it was nearly as da dark rk as midnight lie he stumbled about and as lie he did so he heard wood elves laughing at him A fig for nurse and her ad vicel he said in a digre I 1 whit did I 1 want with his old lint hat I 1 only wish I 1 was out of the forest he fie had not tinie time to finish the sentence for the moment he said aid it he felt him self lifted up in the air and cl clearing eiring the entire forest at one jump there he was on the other side walking along the road that led to the city 1 11 I I 1 at Is 18 ery odd he said to himself and rubbed his ees and nose to fee if he were mere dreaming it would be very comfortable lie he sald said to hIni himself self to get ones wishes as easily as that if I 1 could sty siy now 11 1 I wish my dupper would come walking out of he bush and thereon a fine sirloin with of ahil should prance out t but before lie he could get any further out came i t noble sirloin of bieak with knife ad anderk an dork ork oti on a t helver and a of red wine marching along se datlik and planted themselves before him chis th ih wonda wonderful erful cried the count 1 lul I ill since it costs t 0 to o little I 1 ebli alho albo for sonic home falin falion n of which I 1 am ain ery cry fond a dish ot of partridge and a basket of fruit Instant In instantly inkstand stand lj the boughs of the tree under which he wan wag standing bint down toward him and lie fie baw hanging fron from t them balmon of fruit and par I 1 it ito here Is m wonderful ond erful be bearing tiring of truell said the out auit t lau laughing lhing if the arees to do such stich things in ill the winter what hat would they in the summer but all ible lime ahne etever it never ever came into inlo I 1 pat pate e that the old hit hat on his livid ht id h bid ul anything to do with these wonders olad rs when lie hod eaten and drunk to lilb tit lu ald t to him belf bd I 1 ish I 1 atif knew w abl it of the two roads at the angle there leads to the court out whisked a squirrel from among some gome stones take that road to the right said the squirrel scampering up the tree the count stated stared after him with his mouth so BO wide open that alaster squirrel re nil might I 1 have jumped down if lie he chose why the squirrels talk rather than I 1 should not have my wish I 1 wish I 1 had afine a fine hor horse seand and knew how I 1 looked I 1 have not seen keen myself tince since I 1 left home and one wishes to be decent at court 11 instantly pranced out a horse from among the trees saddled and bridled and ready to mount at the same moment he heard somo some robins tittering did you ever see sec bucl a shocking bad hat behel he hel the count pulled off the hat and threw thren it I 1 the road 1 I 1 can wish for a fine new one said he but no QU ou cant 3 ou blockhead no 3 ou canet cried the little nian man on one leg jumping out rind and dancing round him that was the wishing hat and you have thrown it awaul oh dear dearl why did not my nurse tell tei me lamented the booby of a count but bat I 1 shall know better next aimel and so perhaps he might but the next time never cantle came people da d not pick up wishing hats twice in a lifetime new 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