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GRETCHEN AND HANS Once upon a time there were.. o lilllo children named Gretchen j mhI I lans. They had to pick ber- J i ies in the wood and their father j had to out wood for their living, j They had a stepmother who did j not like them and a father who did. ! One night tho little boy heard his ! parents talking of getting rid of j -them, because they did not have enough money to keep them. So I Hans went outside and filled his j pockets with pebbles. I

When Gretchen and Hans went. 1 1 berry hunting the next morning!! . . .... .....- 1 ..l,klAI. - r-'" It. 1 .. 111'.' tj'.auvuu i uuicn eiulig Ultj vay." When the!?, stepmother saw that they liftd Come home, she was vev.v ariAfy and paid she was going To watch, and see how they got hon;e. She watched them so ios?lythat Hans did not get to gather pebblos. So they took bread crumbs the next lime, but thrniffir the day the little birda ale them. The little children1 could not find the way home. They walked until they came to a house of candy. They began to eat the candy. An old witch came out. and asked them why they were eating her candy. They said, "We are hungry." She said "Then come in and 1 will give you a good supper. The old witch put the little boy in the barn and told the Bister they would eat him when he got fat. One day she told the little girl (6 put' en some waier whiie she went after Hans. She brought him up and told C-etchen to see if the water was hot. Gretchen looked in and said she didn't think so, but she could look and see. The old witch looked. The boy and girl pushed her in. They found plenty of gold which they took home to their father. They lived happily ever after. Contributed by Esther Commons, Elliott Mills School. THE GOLDEN SWAN A poor woman was in the wood gathering firewood. She carried it in a bundle on her back and in her arms she carried her child. She saw the" golden swan, the bird of fortune rise from the reeds on the shore. A golden egg glittered in the reeds. The woman picked it up and took it home, At home the egg was opened and out came a little yellow duckling. It had four rings In its mouth. A ring for each of the widows sons. One of the boys was playing in a ditch and took a lump of clay in his hands and twisted and molded it into shape. In the future years he became a great sculptor. Another son was playing in the fields and as he played he pluoked flowers and the Juice ran down between his fingers. In future years he became a great Artist The third child had the ring so tightly in his teeth that n gave out a sort of music and in the future he was a great musician. The fourth little one was the ugly duck of the family, they said that he had pip and must have pepper and butter like the chickens. He got the pepper and butter but he also got kisses, he was a poet and was knocked and kissed all his life alternately. Contributed by Thos. A 4A Qrade. Countries of Europe Ai r u ast-Ita y gh n u . Miaaronu. Lubiaarg, 1. 2. 3. 4. Asrevi. 5. Enhtanelsdr. . Tsiwrezdlan. 7. Umiglbe. 8. 9. 10. Mnreakd. Cneafr. Weedsn. (Answers next week.) Myrtle Petty, 6A Grade, Age 11 ,Yrs., Starr School. JUNE Once there was a king who had a little girl whose name was June. All of June's friends loved her. There was a king in another land who had a boy. June and the boy fell in love. The boy's name was Ren. Hen and June were married I and lived happy ever afterward. Marjo-i' Kinley, Starr-School.

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James, the Orphan Boy A long time ago there was a poor boy whose name was Jaines. He was only three years old when his parents died. Since his only relatives were an uncle Peabody and an aunt Deel, he had to live with them. His aunt was cross. One day he broke one of the pretty dishes she had placed on a shelf and for this his uncle was supposed to whip JamtB. However, his uncle Peabody did not like to whip James so he took him upstairs and only pounded the leed but the Aunt Deel thought James was getting his whipping for he cried as loudly as he could. One snowy winter day James had to go to the mill. As he was coming home he met a stranger who asked him to ride. They had not gone far when a robber tried to kill the kind man who had asked James to ride. James was not afraid and Jumped out and three stones at the robber. The robber was only one of the neighbor's sons and when a stone hit him he Was frightened and ran away. The stranger gave James money for his bravery and he has lived happily ever after that. Freda Hartman, Elliott's Mills School. THE SELFISH CHILD. Oace upon a time there was a little girl whose name Was Ruth. She was walking down a country road when she met a woman who was very hungry and tired. The woman asked the girl for cake and the girl refused to give her one because she was very selfish. The woman went home and cried. That night Ruth repented of her selfish deed and could not sleep. She sat up until midnight thinking about it. The next day she resolved never to be selfish again. LouUse Dungen, 41B Grade. Starr School.

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THE THREE SONS AND THE THREE DAUGHTERS Once there was a king who had three sons and three daughters. One daughter was very pretty. They . wanted to seek their fortunes but the old king Would not give his consent because he wanted them to rule after his death, tlis children would not listen to him, however. One day a beautiful prince rode by and asked for the hand of the Wonderful princess. The old king would not give his consent but the prince and princess were married anyway. Not long after the beautiful prince wanted to seek his fortune fls bis sister had done. After travelling a long way he became discouraged and was about to go home. As he turned to go home, he : heard music. He stopped and in a short time a beautiful girl appeared singing. He asked her if she would marry him and she consented. They were married and Jived happily ever after. Leota Hosbrook, Age 11 years, 6-A Grade, Finley School. A VISIT TO THE COUNTRY. Dear Aunt Molly: Last summer when I went to my grandmother's, my little brother and I went down to the creek to play. He fell into the water and we had to take him to Hie house and put dry clothes on him. Virginia Rhodes. THE GOOD BOY. Once npon a time there was a good boy whose name was Louis. One day he met a poor woman and her child who looked very tired and hungry, so he . told them to come to bki house and get somethinng to eat. He gave them some cookies to take home. The woman was his friend ever afterward. TiOuise Dungan, 4 B Grade, Starr School.

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A FAIRY STORY Once upon time there lived a little fairy. The little fairies always carry a magic wand with them to grant all their wishes. As this little fairy was out in the wood taking a walk she lost her magic wand. The fairy saw a lovely butterfly that Khe wanted. - She started after it but it flew away. She ran after it but soon became tired. She wished that she was back in fairy land but as she had lost her magic wand and the wish did not come true. One day a little boy came thru the wood and found the wand. He said, "Oh! What a pretty little slick." This little boy was a cripple and Was very poor. As he went along the path he met an old man who was sitting on a rock. The little old. man was crying. The boy said, "What is the matter?" The man said, "I am hungry and there is nothing in the house to eat." The boy said, "I wish you had something to eat." Just then a large basket of food fell in the old man's arms. He got up and walked away. The little fairy came up to the boy and said, ' I think that you have my magic wand. Will you please give it to me?" The little boy gave it to her and she said that The would give him three wishes. He wished that he was strong and well v like other boys, that he had a beautiful home and that he was rich. All of his wishes were granted and he lived happy ever Afterwards. Raymond Trench, Finley school. Friends are the thermometers W which we tnsy Judge the temperatine of our fortunes.

r,A loiTfia age in the time of ivrlhan, a mortal maiden fell in love Wltb a merman and they Were married. They lived in a cave at the bottom of the sea and were very happy with . their family ot children. But one Raster morning the wife came to the top of the sea. Here she heard the church bells ringing. When the sound of the far off church bells came down into. the sea she became : sad for she thought of her kinsfolk praying iri the little gray church on the hill. She told her husband that she must go too, and pray, with her kinsfolk and she sighed as she thought of her lost soul; for one must lose his soul if he marries a merman or inermaiden. Her husband pitied her and said: "Go up dear heart through the waves. Say thy prayer and come back agaiu to the kind caves." She was gone so long that the children began to cry and moan, so the father said: , "What long prayers they must have on earth! Come children, let us go to the church and call." They went and saw her. They called "Mother!" "Margaret!" but her eyes seemed sealed to the Holy Bock ,and Bho did not heed them. The mother would not listen to1 either her children or her husband so the father told his children to go back to the sea. The mother tried to be happy in the world but could not. . She often thought of her little merchildren down in tho sea home and when the waves beat against the hanks she could hear their voices in the water singing: "There dwells a loved one, But faithless was she, She left forever the king Of the sea." When she married the merman she really did lose her soul for a mortal could never be happy forever in a sea home with a merman, but when she came back she didn't regain her soul for Bhe was still unhappy. She really, truly lost her bouI. Contributed by EHen . Remmert, Siith Grade, Elliott's Mills School, Age 12.

LADY MAUD Once there was a little girl nam-1 ed Kitty. Her father said he would take her to the creek to fish. She Bald she must take Lady Maud with her. Now Lady Maud was a beautiful wax doll with lovely yel- : low curls and dressed in pink silk. Her father said not to take her bul - Kitty would not listen, she must take her When she reached the creek she put the doll down on a stone under : a tree and thought Lady Mand was safe. But a little later she heard a loud grunt, and looking aroundv saw a wild hog rooting close to dolly. Kitty Jumped up with a loud ' cry and the rog rushed away, but in passing the stone it knocked the doll down the bank and Kitty saw her darling fall in the water. The creek was deep and her father had to fish a long time for Lady Maud. When he drew her from the water her wig was soaked off, the paint was all washed from her face and the pink silk dress was all ruined. Kitty cried for a lorrg time, but it was a lesson to her. She learned through the loss or her doll that her father was wiser than she, after all Juanita Boyd, Greensfork, Indiana. THE TWO RABBITS. Once upon a Ume there were two rabbits, a mother rabbit and a. baby rabbit. One day the moth er rabbit went over in, the field - to get something to t- While she was gone the baby rabbit ran off and went to the wood. There he saw a trap and wanted to play with it so he jumped over it until he was caught in the trap. He tried very loud and his . mother heard him and came tot ''. belp him. His tail was fast in the trap and he pulled so bard f that he pulled it off and tbat ii V why the rabbits bare short tails. Thelroa Mackey, 3-B Grade, Sevastarol School.