Show cheerio chapters fun for an all the children en edited aej b fay y DOROTHY POOR SUSIE poor susie I 1 at least that Is what people who know tie the whole story always called her what aunt mary said too one day when she was going to call on her that Is before she went and discovered things you see susie was considered to be very poor one of a large family faintly with hardly enough money to buy food and clothes and certainly not enough to buy toys and things just tor for pleasure it looked that way on the outside th the house was small scarcely big enough to hold bold nine of them and it was shabby and needed many repairs which susies father was too poor to make but inside it a seemed that a magician had been at work the windows were shiny and clean letting in all the sunshine there was pretty crispy curtains fluttered at them too adding color and daina daintiness ness to each room all the furn furniture it are was painted a fresh clean color and all nine children were happy and sm smiling 11 ing as if they were the richest children IL IE the town the day that aunt mary went to see them she took her little niece myrtle and her little nephew paul they had brought some of their toys thinking that since they had so many they could give some to these poor little children their surprise was great as they stepped inside the room where the children played there were toys galore only the toys were different from rom theirs their ashful there were not only toys but useful things as well mude made out of cast off boxes scraps of colored cloth and paper string wire and odds and ends of all kinds that are usually thrown carelessly away there were carts out of pasteboard boxes with wheels made of clean milk bottle tops or of cardboard disks and colored bright colors there were dolls of all shapes and sizes made from cloth tied together at neck and waist with ribbon or string and the arms and legs made from other pieces of cloth sewn on in the right places just strips of cloth fastened together and myrtle and paul were fascinated to see what lovely dolls they made soft cuddly ones why myrtles myrties mother had bad lots of pieces of cloth in her attic she could make all kinds of dolls there were animals whole circuses of them made from things like burdock burrs burro stuck together in animal shapes and then painted to resemble the particular kind of animal they were the prickly surface bellog being trimmed off neatly before painting them there were dishes from hollowed horse chestnuts hest nuts shells acorn cups caps there were quilts and covers made from scraps of cloth sewn together there were lamp shades and curtains made of pretty colored crepe paper the curtains tied back with crisp paper bows susie herself was smiling happily as she showed all the fascinating things you should save everything she told paul and myrtle and see what you can think to make from it its much more fun then buying things and paul and myrtle saw raw readily that indeed it was for these children were happier making their own toys than they ever were with more expensive ones after that visit it was no longer poor susie instead it was lucky and clever susie 0 1932 western New caper union |