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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1907)
THE "SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 1, 1907 A. J 4 jU m 4 re -'-v: .VI 4 55 1 r 1 1 v 3 ir HI 2 "5- .2 4 si "ft 5 ?e v -4 44 Speak- louder, please I this ts he." Yes, Verses by r Seymour Eaton. Copyright, 190", by Seymour Eaton. . uncap-i' -J One evening laic before they went to sleep The Bears were chatting of Little Bo-Peep And the fun they had and the weaver old And how wool from tails keeps out the cold.. . "When their telephone rang so loud and long They knew at, once there was something wrong. "Hello! Hello!" said TEDDY-G, "Speak louder, please! Yes, this is he! The. name again? Little Red what? Red Riding! Yes! That part I've got. Oh! Little Red Riding Hood! That's the name. How are you, child? Yes, I'm the same." And then he listened and his face was sad . And now and then he said, "Too bad!" And at last he answered, "We'll take the-fase And give that wolf a lively chase.'' "I know her. story," said TEDDYjB, "I can, tell you every word, you'll, see: She's an only: child,-and sweet and good, ' And her grandmother made her a pretty hood; . . 'Twas brilliant red, 'and a cloak the same, . And that is how she got her' name. .One day she crossed a wood, 'tis said, To visit her grandmother ill in bed,; ' ' " ' ( And to carry a basket of things to eat Which her mother sent as a special treat. In the lonely wood a wolf came by ' . . ' Who was very polite in asking why . v She crossed the. wood, and her age "and name. ; She answered kindly, he seemed so tame, ', And told him about her Grannie , ill' In her pretty house on a little hill. He looked in her basket, then said good-day, And went off through the wood along the way. But the thing that happened is sad to relate: m 'i 7 in 'f f'v 7 . n r c;- m A 22 C5 5 Then palled htm tip to the greatest height and jerked him hard on the hemlock tree." The wolf that dear old Grannie ate - . ' And then to fool Red Riding Hood, Who was tramping along through the lonely wood, He dressed in Grannie's gown and cap And got into bed to have a nap .With one car open so he could hear n Mis When Red Riding Hood came tripping near. And when she came he said, 'Come in; I'm Grannie, dear,' and he began to grin And to pretend that he was kind and good So that he could eat Red Riding Hood. But the child got scared and away she ran Till she found in the wood a workmgman Who saved her from the wolf that day; He didn't kill him, as some folks say, But simply chased the wolf away." "You know the story," said TEDDY-G: ' "But how you heard it, I don't see." ' "Oh, I'm a detective, brave and bold, And detectives know things without being told; But what does she want, that little mite," Said TEDDY-B, "so late at night?" "She wants that wolf," said TEDDY-G, "Hung by the ears on a hemlock tree, And I, for one, won't eat or drink, Or waste a minute, or sleep a wink, Till I get him there both high and tight And pull that rope with all my might." They tramped all night through the darkest wood To the home of Little Red Riding Hood, Where they met the child next day at eight; She was waiting for. them at the garden gate And took them in and gave them chairs And told her mother of these Teddy Bears, And answered questions till they understood And said she'd help them all she could. . "I have a plan," said TEDDY-G, ' "A Little Red Riding Hood I shall be; And I'll look the pari, both young and sweet; I'll take a basket of things to eat; . The wood I'll cross and flowers I'll pick And I'll meet the wolf and make him sick, For I'll, wring his neck and break his head And bring him back here good and dead." "Not just that way," said TEDDY-B, "You send him through the wood to me, And I in Grannie's house shall hide And catch him when he gets inside." "I like the plan," said Rd Riding Hood, And her mother, too, said she thought it good. In half an hour TEDDY-G was dressed In Little Red Riding Hood's very best, And with basket filled with things to eat He started out the wolf to meet ; While TEDDY-B with ax and gun Went on ahead on a lively run To reach the cottage and get inside, And there for the hungry wolf to hide. "Good day," said the wolf, "Miss Riding Hood," When he met TEDDY-G in the lonely wood. "And Where are you going today?" said he. "I'm going to Grannie's," said TEDDY-G. "May I go with you," the wolf replied, "And carry the basket by your side?" ' "Thank you so much," said TEDDY-G, "The basket is heavy, as you shall see, " While TEDD Y- ft with ax and oun went on ahead on a lively run. Drawing by C H. Twelve trees. But you come along and show the way; For it's hard to Snd the path toda'.f." i So on they walked, the wolf and be:fr, Resting the basket here and there, And chatting about the things folks wear And the birds they heard and their niusic shrill. V Till they reached the cottage on the &ill. The wolf stepped up, he didn 't ring, 1 " x But rapped on the door aid pulled the string And opened the door, when TEDDY-B . Grabbed him so quick he couldn't see,j And tied a string on his mouth so tipjht He couldn't speak and he couldn't bit B ; And TEDDY-G tied fast his feet And sat him down on a rocking seat i And showed him quickly, then and there, That Red Riding Hood was a Teddy Iear; T ' ' "'J In half an hour TEDDY-G was dressed in Little Red Riding Hood's very best " While TEDDY-B laid down the law And boxed his cars with his hairy paw; And then they took him through the wood To the home of Little Red Riding Hood. They did as Red Riding Hood had said And tied a rope around his head; And to both his ears they made it tight; They pulled him up to the greatest height And jerked him hard on the hemlock tree Till he cried "Enough," and said that -he Would ever after try to be A decent wolf and never bite ; And girls and grannies, treat them right ; And do his best in that lonely wood To teach all wolves to be square and good And always kind to Red Riding Hood. TEDDY-G let him down and set him free And told him to run like sixty-three. And never since in field or wood Has a wolf been seen by Red Riding Hood. 9