The Sunday Oregonian., September 06, 1908, Children's Section, Page 2, Image 60

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r T HAD been quiet enough by the bank
of the river before me nig o
came. I must explain mat n a -
wiver and that the children In
little black gowns, white caps and colored
m-nn. who sat ouletly knitting on tne
rrass were Breton children who some
times talked French, which you might
have understood, and sometimes Breton.
which you certainly would not have un
rixrstnorf. and which you would hav
hmiB-ht verv funny sounding language.
The children were grouped under a tree
nnt fr from the bank of the river. Near
them a white goat belonging to the
r.t tm of them waa tied to
, stake quietly grazing. Some UUle boys
not nice little boye. as j ou wUl presently
discover were playing close to the water
and a little American girl ana ntr rau.,
. fmm & nearby city to
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epend the day. were sitting on a bench
nearer the water. And-on. yee a little
further off there was a wicked looking old
. man with one eye who ueed a stick when
he walked. He eat on another bench by
himself, not looking quite so wicked at
: first glance as he arterwaro "i
to be.
And as I have said, up to the moment
that the big black dog appeared upon the
.thin much had happened. But
when he did come with a bounce and a
bark and with the puppy who thought
him quite a wonderful aog running
him and Imitating, his manner best he
could, he created all the excitement he
could have wished for In his vainest mo
menta. The puppy had left his home that day
a very much overcrowded home where he
was not especially well cared for and had
ca?t in his fortunes with those of the big
black doK. Now. the black dog was a
well meaning, amiable person, but per
haps a trifle too proud of his bigness and
b'ftcknees and of the commotion he could
st!r up if he chose. So he started in at
once to make his presence felt and rushed
about In a circle in the neighborhood of
the goat, barking violently. He would not
really have hurt any one for anything m
the world, but tne wnne 8"".
from day dreanw over his grass, did not
realize that, and he fell into a regular
panic. I can't undertake to say what he
thought the black dog was or what he
imagined ha was going to do to him. but
he just completely lost his self-control and
started off at a run pell-mell. He forsot
that he had horns and that the black dog
had none. Ho forgot everything. He Just
wanted to get away from that great
careering black monster at any cost, and
a'ter running blindly in any and every,
direction he Anally remembered his
friends, the chilken. and ran behind
them for protection.
Tou might have thought that the chil
dren would have run away from the goat,
but they were on Intimate terms with
him; he was In the habit of going In the
house with them. If he felt like it. so they
were not at all afraid of him. But when
they saw that great black creature leap
ing about they too were seised with panic
and ran shrieking and falling over each
other into the next field, over the stone
wall.
The black dog's thirst for excitement
gratified, he ran lightly off in search of
other adventures. But the puppy, the
pocr. foolish P'irpy, lingered behind in
stead of staying with the black dog, who
was big enough to have protected hlrn
He had. Indeed Intended to remain with
him. but being a puppy ne couia not
k-i mm in bis head very long, and
ha was quite likely to start violently off
for somewhere, then atop before, he got
there, and forget where he was going
what he was going for. Upon this oc-
ulri he had an idea of playing with
the children and tha strange white beast
that waa so ready to run about. But,
unfortunately, he was misunderstood both
thu rnt unit the -little girls, who drove
him away very harshly. I am afraid that
they even threw sticks and stones at him.
And after dodging them nimbly and look
ing a little troubled and puxxled, the
buddt finally wandered off in the airec
tlon of the boys by the river, for, being
a puppy, his hart naturally went out to
children. And I have often thought that
if children realized the utter trust and
belief that pupplea have in them they
would not Play any of the cruel incus
on them that they sometimes do.
Well, the little boys who, as I said at
the beginning, were not nice little boys
pretended to play with tha puppy and
coaxed him up to them. Then, when he
went so gladly and confidently, they
nirirvi him un and threw him into the
river. The puppy had never been in the
watnr before. Of course he knew how
tn sslm hr instinct, but the water was
vrv cold for it was early in the Sum
mer, and the quick, terrible fall through
the air took his breath and set his little
heart fr. heatlnc. Worse than that, the
sides of the river .were walled up with
smooth stone for several feet above tne
I'ulor nnH there waa no place where he
could get a foothold. So he swam very
fast up and down the edge lOOKing ior a
nin. tn climb un and not finding any.
After a time one of the boys ran down a
little ladder set close against me wan
Ikm irn lined fnr rettin? UD 8Jld ClOWn
from the boats and pulled the puppy out,
none too gently, and threw him on the
o.-rt,.Tni Ha nn ntr theiL looking sud
denly very small with his fuzzy hair all
wet and clinging to. his little body. Then,
when he was at a safe distance he shook
himself and sat down, ahlvering and
kjipninv a -arv eve unon the little boys.
whi t.hv ramo ha dodced them and ran
off. He was not so happy as he had been,
what with the shock of finding out that
the little boys were not his friends, and
he sat oft by himself, looking a little
lazed and lonely. But, being a puppy, ms
memory for grievances was not very
strong, and after a time he moved off
very gayly again. The little American
girl who had been indignantly watching
all this had Just been on the point of
tartln out with her mother to tell the
little boys what she thought of. them when
they rescued the puppy.
She called him to ner now. une puppy
listened with interest, turning his head
to one side ns he listened, but he was
still a little skeptical. After a moment,
lowever. unable to witnsiana ner rnij
longer, he ran up to her with his funny
little sideways run. Then the little
girl made a great fuss over him, and
his excited him so that he jumped up
her lap and got her gown an
muddy, which she did not seem to
ulnd, although her mother .objected
ome. So reluctantly the little girl put
he puppy down, and after several un
uccessful attempts to get upon her lap
gain he ran off to make other friends.
rnlucklly he was not as yet a good
udge of character. And so, although
had learned In this, his first day
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he
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out in the world, that It was not al
ways wise to iollow the example of
large dops and that little boys were
to be distrusted, he had no idea as yet
that there were old men who were not
quite so nice as they should be. So
when the old man with one eye deceit
fully called the puppy up to him, the
puppy ran up gladly and wagged his
tall, an operation which made his
whole body wiggle sympathetically.
Then the wicked old man took him up
In his arras and walked over to the
extremely naughty boys and handed
him over to them. And the little boys
promptly threw the puppy into the
water again, and the bad old man
stood there and chuckled as If there
were- something funny in the sight of
a frightened puppy struggling to keep
his poor little nose above water.
Fortunately for tho puppy the little
girl and her mother saw it all and they
did not wait this time, but hurried
right over to the bank of the river
nd told the little boys what they
though of them. But the little boys
only grinned aj If it were a Joke, al-
hough the old man seemed to think it
ust as well to walk off as if he had
nothing to do with the affair.
You wicked, cruel little boy; pull
that little dog out of the water this
minute!" cried the little girl in Eng
lish, which, of course, had no effect
upon the lltie boys except to make
them laugh, it was such a very funny
ound. But the little girl s mother said
something 1n French about a gendarme.
Then the little boys exchanged glances of
consultation and after a moment one of
them went down the ladder, to which thl
puppy was now clinging with trembling
paws. But the puppy had had his trust
little boys too cruelly shaken by this
time and he only suspected more mis
chief, so when. the little boy put out his
hand to take him he growled as fiercely
s ho knew how. And since the little
boy was not very brave for little boys
who tormont cats' and dogs are never
brave he was quite alarmed when the
puppy displayed his milk teeth, and ran
up the ladder again.
Meanwhile a flat-bottomed boat came
slowly down the stream toward them.
In it sat a farmers' wife who had rowed
over to the village on some errands, ac
companied by a maid servant and a large,
absent-minded brown dog, who looked as
if he had never had a trouble In his life.
As the boat came up close to the ladder
to which the shivering puppy was cling
ing, the little girl's mother told the whole
story to the farmers' wife, who listened
sympathetically.
"Cannot you take him home with you?"
asked the little girl's mother, "for in a
few hours we must go away on the train
and I am afraid these wicked little boys
will torment him to death."
The Breton woman looked at the puppy
and said he was a nice little dog and that
she would take him home with her. and
she told her maid to pull him Into the
boat. But by that time the plippy had
begun to feel that tha hand of every
man was against him, so he growled
again threateningly and the maid was
afraid to touch him.
Then the farmers' wife, who thought
rather slowly, although she was a kind
hearted woman, couldn't think of any
way to get the puppy into the boat, and
said that she was afraid they would
have to leave him after all.
"But, madam, it is not possible to
leave him like that!" exclaimed the little
girl, who had remembered her French
by this time. "He will die."
The woman shook her head than and
seemed very much affected at the thought
of the puppy's death, but did not seem
to know how It was1 to be avoided. Then
the little glrl-who had been brought up
to play very much like a little boy ran
down the ladder herself, put out her
hands without any fear and picked up
the puppy, which did not utter a single
growl, but even, she insisted afterward,
looked up at her and tried to smile, i
Then she put him In the boat, and, of
course, the first thing he did was to
shake himself, which the farmer's wife
thought was very funny. Then she pat
ted the seat beside her, and the puppy
Jumped up on it and began to wag his
tail again. Then the woman said again
that he was a nice little dog, and after
repeated goodbys in the pretty Breton
fashion, they rowed away.
The little girl remembered for a long
time how the puppy looked as he stood in
the stern of the boat with a wistful
face turned toward the shore. Once he
made as If he would Jump into the water,
but evidently the recollection of his re
cent painful experience restrained him.
He was a little doubtful about the last
sudden change of scene. He was glad to
get out of the water and he was more
than glad . to get away from the little
boys. He was favorably Impressed with
the farmer's wife. But he distrusted
leaving the place he had known.
And the little girl and her mother stood
on the shore until the funny, flat-bottomed
boat, with the white capped Breton
women, the brown dog (which had paid
very little attention to the whole affair)
and the anxious puppy had drifted far
from sight.
"Do yoU think when he grows up he
will have to draw a cart?" asked the lit
tle glrL She felt a little bit like crying.
"No, I think he will learn to drive the
sheep," her mother consoled her. "and the
farmer and his wife will be very gooa to
him and proud of him. But for some
time I think he will line lltue girls oetter
than little boys, until he learns that all
little boys are not cruel."
But I am inclined to think that the
puppy' will forget all about that cruel
treatment In a day or two. ror, as i
said before, puppies have short memories
and go around the world believing that
every one Is kind and cnarming ana reaay
to play with them. And I am sure that
the little boys ana gins wno reaa rms
will not want to do anything to spoil
this beautiful trust that puppies have in
them.
l.,Tne Lucky Fairy II 3. The Wish Fairy
l.The Treasure Fairy
yfbt Good Time Gnome)
K.The Learned Gnome President Card
S. The Sectef Fttry
g. The Gfft Fairy
fl.The Helping Gnome'
Tne Travel Gnowie
The Play Gnome-
g. Policeman Card .
Fairy Fortune With the Cards
OF course the Fairy Fortune is "just
pretend" play. It Is all "Just sup
posing" things that might happen, and
that is Just the fun of it, because no
body ever knows what will happen. So
you can pretend all kinds of good and
funny things. The Fairy fortune Cards
will tell you some of them and this is
how you tell fortunes that are Just pre
tend: There are 18 cards In the fortune
pack. The first ten are about things
that are going to happen while you
are a little girl or boy. The last eight
(from number 11 to number lS) refer
to when you are "grown up."
So. first, take out the numbers 11,
12. 13. 14. 15. 16, 17, 18 and put them
aside by themselves so that the pictures
do not show. If a little girl s fortune
is to be told take out the three cards
numbered 11, 12. 14- If a little boy s
fortune is to be told these may all be
left as they are. Number 15, If it re
fers to a little girl, means that she will
be a rich woman, and number 18, if a
little boy's fortune card, means that he
will take care of a pet animal at home.
When you have placed these cards
aside shuffle the other ten cards and
then put them down on the table.
Suppose you wanted to tell a fortune
for a little boy eight years old this is
how you do it:
You would first ask him how old he
was (if you are more than ten years
old you can't have your fortune told
with these cards). . Well, suppose h.e
says he is eight years old. you take
the patk of cards and hold them so
that nobody will be able to see the pic
tures, and you count out eight cards
one for every year of his age and you
turn up the eighth card: if that is a
number eight it means that he will go
on a pretend Journey. If it Is number
three It means that he will have a
present some time. If the card Is num
ber two then the little boy must turn
around three times for luck and wish
a wish, and you must take out three
tarda from the pack you have been
counting from and put the wish card
Into the pack with the three and shuf
fle them. Then you count out three
cards again, and if the little boy gets
the wish card again perhaps he will
get his wish if the wish fairy doesn't
plav pretend.
Now you take all the pack of ten
cards again, and you ask the little boy
when his birthday comes. If he says
It comes In March, March is the third
month, and you count out three cards
and turn up the third and it will be
his fortune, unless you turn up the
w ish card again, and If you do you will
follow out the directions already given.
Those born in November or December,
the eleventh and twelfth months, count
as one and two.
Next you ask the little boy the date
of his birthday. If he says it is March
I you take your pack of ten cards
again, and after you have shuffled
them, you count out two and that Is
more of his fortune.
If the date of t,he little boy's birth
day is any number larger than ten, like
seventeenth or twenty-fourth. count
seven or four as the case may be. The
card turned down will continue the for
tune. Next, ask him what day he was born
on. If he says Thursday, Thursday is
the fifth day of the week, so you
shuffle tho ten cards up again and
count out Ave and turn up the fifth
card, and that is more of his fortune
and ends the time when he was Just a
little boy. If he doesn't know what
day he was born on, ask him to write
the day he likes best, and take that
day. and If he doesn't care, take the
number nine, which stands for a holi
day. '
Next is what happens when he is
"grown up," and you put aside the
pack of ten cards and take the small
pack you put aside at the beginning.
You shuffle them up so that no one
can see the pictures, and then you
count three cards out twice for luck,
and turn down the sixth card, and that
will be the pretend thing that tha
little boy Is going to be when he grows
up, and the Fairy Fortune Is ended.
Of course it is all "pretend" anyway,
so you must take it all as fun. If the
same cards come into the Fairy For
tune more than once It Just means that
the Fairy or her brother, the Good
Gnome, has decided that the pretend
Fortune has got to be what they have
selected, and that that is surely the
pretend thing they want to have hap
pen. Meaning of the fortune cards:
No. 1 The Lucky Fairy; means good
luck.
No. 2 The Wish Fairy; grants the
wish made.
No. 3 The Gift Fairy; means a pres
ent is coming to you.
No. 4 The Treasure Fairy; means
that you are going to find something.
No. 6 The Secret Fairy; means you
are going to hear some very good
news.
No. 6 The Travel Gnome; means you
are going on a Journey.
No. 7 The Good Time Gnome; means
you are going to a party or the circus
or something nice.
No. 8 The Helping Gnome: means
you are going to do something nice for
somebody.
No. 9 The Play Gnome; means
somebody you like is coming to play
with you.
No. 10 The Learned Gnome; means
you are going to become very wise and
always know your lessons at school.
No. 11 The President Card; means
you are going to be President when
you grow up.
No. 12 The Policeman Card; means
you are going to be a policeman..
No. 13 The Candystore Card: means
that you will keep a candystore when
you grow up.
No. 14 The Soldier Card; means that
you will be a soldier.
No. IS The Rich Man Card: means
that you will be a rich man when you
grow up.
No. 18 The Artist Card; means you
will be an artist when you grow up.
No. 17 The Writer Card: means that
you wll write books when you grow
up.
No. 18 The Pet Animal Card; means
you will take care of a pet animal
home when you grow up.
VE-GBTABLEkSV and ITT
(COPW1ICHT. I BY THE
F1SKNY
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M f iff QRACIA' KASSON AHt
-3 A Wy ERNEST TSCHAKTRE jg
"THERE was great fun in Fruitland
When Mistei German Pear
With portly corporation
Walked down the pang plank stair.
Bananas called their comradfs
To come and see the fuit
"We'Ririp up Mister German
tna if we're caught we'll rua
He didn't know Bananas
Were known as dangerous things.
So unsuspecting journeyed
Along the walk. There rijigs
A shout of mirth and laughter
When Mister German Pear.
With pip; in mouth and grip sack,
Gave one rasp of despair.
MORE. FRUITS
VEGETABLES
IN FUKNY LAUD
NEXT VEEIi
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He slid upon the peeling
And fell upon his bade
His pip dropped to th; pavement
His head received a whack ;
He gathered up his grip sack
And brushed off all the dirt;
Hs pipe was all in pieces.
The crowd asked. "Are yoa hurt f"
r3it glared at them in sueac.
And kicked the peel aside.
And brushed his dirty waistcoat
And answered them with pride
In Germany the streets are
As dean as dean can b: ;
Things like Banana peelings
On walks we never see 1
13 CanyStore Card U. Soldier Card 1 115. Rich Man Card
16. Artist Card 17. Writer Card tS. Pet Anifnal Cirj.
HOW TO MAKE FAIRY FORTUNE GAUDS.
Cut out each one of the pictures separately. Put these in a little pile aa
you finish them. Be sure to cut just along the outside lines only.
When you have done this, cut out eighteen cards from a piece of paste
board, making them just a little larger than the pictures. Be sure to have tho
cards of uniform size, as the pack will not look nice unless it is neatly done.
Do not use pasteboard that is too heavy bristol board is best, but if you
want to give the cards away for a present, or if you want to have them
very, very nice indeed, mount the pictures on thin cards such as you can buy
by the package at the stationers'.
After you have made or bought your cards, mount the given pictures upon
them, using good paste without lumps. As you finish each card allow' L to
dry under a heavy book or weight,,but be careful no paste adheres to it.
Make the cards carefully and neatly and you will have a game that will
last a long time and give other people, as well as yourself, a great deal of f un
Elsewhere in the page you will see how the fairy fortune cards ara used.
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See If yon can read the sentence the children have written on their slates
Tale of the Tailors of Tenafly
Three clender tailors went sauntering
by
On the dusty road to Tenafly;
Near a tiny brown cottage they stoped
to cry:
"Dame Margery, oho!
Our Jackets are empty, our throats are
dry:
We're anxious your sweet sangaree to
try.
For the fame of that same has spread
far and nigh;
Dame Margery, hello!"
Dame Margery called from her cottage
door.
As she eearchlngly looked the three
tailors o er:
But how are you going "to settle your
score
If your pockets are empty with
me?"
Oh, we've been a roving for three
vears and more.
And have picked up of wonderful tricks
ten score:
We'll each do you a stunt you're ne'er
seen before
To pay for the sangaree."
So the first tailor threaded a ray et
light
Into the small round eye of his needle
bright.
And sewed up a broken goblet eo tight
That the dame no crack could
find. -
And the next tailor caught a gnat In
Its flight
Which In one of its socks had a little
mite,
Of a rent; and he darned up that hole
all right.
And the gnat was off like the
wind.
And the third tailor took his needle
small
And Jabbed It Into the brown "cottage
wall.
Then took a flying leap, high cap and
all.
Clear through the needle's eye.
Dame Margery clapped her hands In
glee.
Then filled a big thimble with san
garee. "Here, drink your fill, clever tailors,"
said she.
They drank deep and said good
bye. "Farewell, dear, generous Dame Mar
gery! We'll never forget you wherever we
be;
Neither you nor your famous sweet
sangaree.
Qoodbye, good, dame; goodbye!"
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