Show JACK FROSTS FROST'S TRICKS ALL the flowers were sound asleep un under er the thc fleecy white covering Mother Nature had thrown over the There now they are safe she said Ill put on my nightcap and tal take e a nap nap for I am tired out looking after ater so many children Jock Jack Frost clicked his heels and cackled with laughter when he saw the garden all covered w with h sn snow w. w Mother Iother Nature Is asleep Ill I'll wager an ICIcle he saId Now I will have some fun tun with her flower children Jack Frost dearl dearly loved to play tricks and anel often like all jokers lie he pla played oed tricks that were harmful But that he never thought about All he cared about was havIng fun II E S So the naughty Jade Jack sat right d down downin wn in In the garden one nIght and began t fAl i Jack Jumped Up and Ran Away to talk just as If some one was there beside him when he really was nil all alone lone It Is a beautiful sight nIl all this white snow said sly Jack Frost It Is ChrIstmas too and all the ever ever- p b gen trees are trimmed nith fleecy snow And today I saw a bird In one of the trees It Is just a shame that the buttercups buttercups butter butter- cups and daisies cant can't be here to make Christmas more beautiful But they are not as brave os as Crocus or pretty Hyacinth and there Is Narcissus too What a sIght It would be If they were here In the morning I Jack Frost stopped talking and listened He wanted to find out If he had spoken loud enough to be heard Yes lie he did hear heal n a soft voice under the snowy covering It was saying Sisters it Is so warm I am sure It ItIs Itis Is time to get up I heard n a voice outside and I am afraid now we may maybe maybe be late and someone has gone out ahead of us Jack began to cackle softly Too To bad too bad lie he saidy If only Mother Nature had not tucked them in n so snugly they might come out and make Christmas day the most beautiful beau beau- ever seen Crocus Is braver than any of them and she I 1 0 know OW would show her ly colored gown It if she knew how v beautiful she would look on the white snow It would not hurt her to take a peep But then Mother Nature wont won't let her Hyacinth too should not hide her beauty when the garden Is white She would look very veri bet out here In the tho morning when the sun Is nice and warm But of course the evergreen trees would le be Jc jealous lous and so I guess Mother Nature wont won't let lether lether her flower children come out out Then Jack stopped talking and waited wafted again ne He could bear them taIl talking in their warm beds It was Crocus who was speaking I wont won't stand It she saId being kept down here Just because I am aln s so beautiful 1 I nm am goIng out You can stay In bed If you choose Jack Frost jumped up and ran awa away He knew that Crocus w would uld be out In the morning and perhaps the others And nd he was wa rIght for when th sun looked down In n the garden he was very m ch sUrprised to see the tip of Crocus Crocus' nose poked through th the snow and before long Hyacinths Hyacinth's and Narcissus Narcissus' noses were showing as well Too bad Too bad said old Mr Sun for he knew what would hap hap- pen lIe sent nil all his warmth to keep them from It was his bedtime he could do no more and then along came that bad bod Jack and nIpped the noses of the foolish little flowers Oh oh oh cried the three as they sank down Into theIr bed while Jade Jack Frost danced In glee over the mischief mischief mis- mis chief he had done When the sprIng days came and f Mother lother uncovered her flower children three of them had black Upped tipped noses and she knew v right away what had happened It was no use to scold them She knew they would be punished enough when their sisters sisters sis sis- appeared In the garden with pretty sweet looking faces while theirs showed the marks Jack Frost had left when he nipped their noses by McClure Newspaper SyndIcate |