Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1916 — What Grandpa Knows [ARTICLE]

What Grandpa Knows

SOME folks say ’at Red Riding Hood She didn’t live at all nor go Down where th’ wolf was in ’at •! wood, But grampa says ’at it is so. An’ some folks say ’at Goldilocks Don’t meet th’ bears an’ run away, A-bumpin’ into trees an’ rocks, But grampa’s seen her many a day. My grampa takes me on his knee An’ tells me all ’bout Puss in Boots An’ ’bout th’ fairies you can’t see For their in-vis—their funny suits. An’ he knows where the beanstalk is ’At Jack th’ Giant Killer climb* To get ’at gold an’ things o’ his, ’Cause grampa’s seen it many • time.

An’ Cinderella, too, my pa Ist laugh an’ say ’at he don’t know, But grampa—w’y, my grampa saw Her slip ’at slipper on her toe! An’ Simple Simon—would you think He never was like some folks say? But grampa only laugh an’ wink, ’Cause he has seen him many a dky. My grampa knew Boy Blue an’ all Th’ children ’at live in th’ shoe. When Humpty Dumpty had ’at fall He’s standin* close as me an’ you, An’ he say ist to don’t buhlieve Th’ folks ’at say there ain’t no chime 0’ reindeer bells on Christmas eve, ’Cause he has hjard ’em many a time. —Chicago Tribune.