Show fell the Howling with pain son as young man dropped his ax and made for home that his wound might be cared x for and dressed The second son seeing that his brother was disabled offered to go and finish the job The mother hardly less been when the than she had set eldest out treated him with son generosity and he started gayly equal VERY it many begin stories “Once a upon time there was king who had three sons” that a it is about wkp this although had he three sons orthodox was at king in m fOlth n-ncr a not all wine flask the second son was every bit as Now selfish and thoughtlessas the eldest son his haughtily as refused as and he little old chuckled In fact he was from far a king he was just a wood cutter but a so very being brother dwarf resolved and to at words punish him the Again the ax hit not the treeas but had just young man’s leg second wounded the eldest brother he The off set m so badly cut that son was for a panic home making the woods his loudly exceedingly ber industrious person three sons all of them proud of his with the exception of Dummling that is youngest But then the the down whole family looked upon considered him a Dummling and it selfish his pain of shrieks and family needed wood his that both Dummling saw not brothers were disabled and to could set offered fortn cut it he modestly and although and try what he could do the family laughed loudly at the very his accomplish of being able to idea nevertheless anything useful his they courage and of he set could not damp stale off with a chunk quite happily bottle of sour beer foi dry bread and Ids fare the little oia Dummling also met dwarf who asked the youngest son ten he boy something to eat and drink answeredjsimply: nave welcome to “You are perhaps It not care for But you will is but stale bread and sour beer dwarf assured Dummling that the The suited him exactly and they sat food Now when windy day the eldest who was usually lazy surprised mother by developing a streak of willingness to work “I am going into the forest to cut down trees like my father” hebottle “and want large of wine and a meat pie to keep me with fatigue from being overcome and hunger” his mother bustled about Overjoyed son his announced a the a fl T I -what it issued foot of the tree to eat and drink Dummllng’s amazement was he pulled out what had been stale pouch and found that it from his transformed into a most had been meat pie and that the contents were of when poured out the bottle SPThe1dwar£nspoke gently to Dummling his kindness and him for thanked tree cut down a certain him to find will something well worth “You while at the root” said he mysteriously disappeared then down the tree and in cut Dummling he under the roots hollow place the feathers of purest found a goose with it under his arm with placed cold He off for of and started joy a great shout home and for he was far from annn shelter wished me wsuu the landlord had three daughters Now about the who were extremely curious the bird which he carried young man and when they had Each of them all a things it desired above seen feather from its tail than had The eldest more courage mind made up her Imr sisters and she When to any cost get her feather at that Dummling was she was quite sure stole notit apartment into his hand sue wing ot the and seized hold of a To her horror she stuck goose bv no amount of wrenching fast and could she get her hand free of the bird came the of second sister Bv and by in fearful being discovered and tiptoeing She put out her in her theft and wrest hand to seize her sister’s arm lo when she her but from the goose had touched the eldest she also stuck budge inch! an fast and could notcrying and lamenting two were The tliircl tne when into th6 room cime soul and kind little sister She was a in trouble hastened others seeing- the of neck the to put her arms about ofthe horrors! She second sister Horror All night long the also stuck fast wretched three pulled and twisted and struggled to get free to no purpose desired next morning Dummling Now to set forth and see the world and so to three hood the forlorn paying no at a aswell little I a 1 I ’ HE Where almond Of the boisterous presence Like l a geisha in Vinr ortVVi but will these Cs? fT for the with a I his of Never was seen a wedding bride more and a happier magnificence nor old king died shortly bridegroom The so that Dummling the ceremony after of to what he had a chance show soon and under his reign we was capable good authority the realm have it on prospered and he and his bride enjoyed inmr life their and and the love Djecis su will good ( H I j or L " i - OhmKorezn Some wings fly 1 -have At dance dlance kv j ' a f a er J(7 AttJ i t jtf y n o a WnOSHWk il v We this all know and there I I “ I family who Others are thosanie procedure We fitted with tiny hooks or bristles brought-them home on our often a walk and unconsciously' clothes from iNaturc’s work by brushing performed them off far ficJrn of their parent plant Go into the field brown weed stalks hit and the first Goldenrod stem you in cloud of passing will send forth seeds Book at your fuzz laden with of (Marigold clothes and see scores our follow H - t' I i silver ' kI ' - w e tired out round a I 1 b of have left behind them work to be done against woodlands awakening and the fields and brown and lifeless that look so with a myriad tiny are really teeming sending work forms each busily at each in the forth the ripened seeds by Ins own manner favored a social triumphs great their of deal particular 1 fam-’ature strict very one her rules the seeds that hair mq liKe cne theq nd jvitma and when if wonder pearls awake Im pleasure mq take Japs little the -That when 1 there off the on thought ever theifd III Some daq Their island to like look the sail and uellow maps dress find see if lheq yere me find 'and sea relieve I I psr 4 J MA A W W -I i i I I I ? 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-olden rheDRESSING' h-rm’ I - the ' God's Otner delicious directed a WWJw the What when bread and got him exactly what he desired as Tears of gratitude filled her eyes depart watched the eldest son she for fields toward the wood the over feared that all along she had secretly he would turn out a worthless fellow and would never work the son came to little Now as the eldest funny bent edge of the wood the bushes and old man rosebit from of the pastry and a asked for drink of wine from the big bottle the eldest son was selfish But and he refused the as lazy dwarf’s request harshly old do deal but err eat rnaj “T hive eat it all myseif” he to thought able to him “and if gave something millit So he myself be hungry and noticed not brushed rudely past nil that the dwarf followed him ni closely darting behind the bushes by tl?Prently he found himself before straight tree and he put down thlun wine and the pastry and got out dwarf stood just behind him Theittle ai swung high m the and as thelittle ax bent creature made a magic lhe tool nn motion with his ton? a inflictea severe ripsoending crooked eldest wound on the leg of the haughty J a resound to sim-Onegolden I The clinging so desperately to the golden his goose he tucked the fowl under arm and started away up the road on his Behind journey stumbled the maids Dununllng and his strange following had some distance and were in gone flowery meadow when the center of a of they came suddenly upon the pastor the village church The good man at of clinging as sight the girls shocked stretched out he thought to Dummling his hand to halt and draw tnem apart but alas! he also stuck fast and could followed protesting not free himself but after Dummling of or so the a mile the In course procession happened upon the pardon’s clerk who thinking his worthy pastor to his in effort mad grasped arm an bring him to his senses lie also poor fellow was caught and compelled to at after Dummllng’s pleasure follow two laborers joined the After time procession and stumbled along in the wake of Dummllng’s golden goose And so they journeyed until they had come to the gates of a mighty city held sway All where a powerful king his power gave him little joy however worried about the because he was so princess who was the light of his eyes his the darling of heart and his only This princess was of so sad a child smiled mind that she had heveronce in and the king the course of her life at last in desperation issued a proclamation hand in promising her royal make marriage to the man who could her laugh Nowr the proclamation was newly Dummling heard great talk and of it in marketplace All at once the and idea occurred to him he proan his to ceeded directly the palace with and after was train some ceremony admitted to tne presence cuuiuvw I i' willy-nilly When he had come to the edge of the wood he also met the little bent dwarr who asked him courteously for something to eat draught from hjs and a the a fSWW —w—1 Bb I 1 i surprised to relief a write man I 3 PAPIill Goose GoHem TJhe O GIRLS’ AND BOY'S mq mind tot I 1444-1 sai seeds clinging wiin ineir iwu iillio of barbed claws and odd little balls prickles and a dozen other tiny forms Uxseed pods are stealing a free have been the distant fields they to seek and at commanded every footstep you press into the earth some all seed that at once snuggles down ready to sprout at the first hint oi spring sunshine warm fall that with a bounce nuts The sends them rolling and the long brown pods of the (Locust fly merrily they have played away with the The noisy little tree with so long voice but the toad still raises its bees beetles wasps hornets insect forms are seeking their of and like a memory winter homes midday the the summer flowers warm sunshine brings out the beautiful “Painted Dady” and “Painted too Beauty” butterflies They are looking for winter quarters but suit it they are hard to for to a while to take them good seems find them Every day the sun goes earlier to bed and some of God’s other children finish their work and are to tucked snugly away sleep until Mother Nature calls them in the spring OLIVER EDITH j y ! rideo B i -winds and-myriad B r perhaps ? 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