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March 31, 1909. TH1
fight ami to throw the books at one
another.
Now as for Joujou and his people, they
began to play, anil went 011 playing, and
did nothing else but play. And, would
you believe it? They got tired, too. The
first day and the second day nobody
thought he ever could be tired among
the rocking-horses and whips and mar
bles and kites and dolls and carriages.
But. on the third day everybody wanted
to ride at once, and the carriages were so
full that they broke down; and the rocking-horses
rocked over and wounded
some of the little men, and the little
women snatched their dolls from one
another, and the dolls were broken. On
the fourth day Prince Joujou cut a hole
in the very largest drum and made the
drummer angry; and the drummer threw
a drumstick at Joujou, and Prince Joujou
told the drummer he should go to prison.
Then the drummer got on top. of the
painted wall and shot toy arrows at the
Prince, which did not hurt him much,
but troubled him, for Joujou did not wish
his people to hate him.
"What do you want?" he cried to the .
drummer. yTell me what I can do to
please you. Shall we play at marbles
or bails, or Knock down tne golden ninef
pins? Or shall we have Punch-and-Judy
in the court of the palace?"
"Yes, yes!" cried the people; and the
drummer jumped down from the wall.
"Yes! yes! Punch-and-Judy! We are
tired of marbles and balls and ninepins,
but we sha'u't be tired of Punch-andJudy."
So the people gathered together in the
court of the palace and saw Punch-andJudy
over ancj. over agaiu, all day long
on the fifth day. And they had it so
often that, when the sixth day came, they
pulled down the stage and broke Punch
to pieces, and burned Judy, and
screamed out that they were so hungry
they did not know what to do. And the
a rummer caueu out:
"Let us eat Prince Joujou!"
But the people loved him still, so they
answered:
"No! hut we will go out and invade
the city of Confection and fight them if
they won't give us anything to eat!"
So out they went, with Joujou at their
head; for Joujou, too, was dreadfully
hungry. And they crossed the green
valley to the city of Confection, and
began to try to eat the gingerbread walls.
But the gingerbread was hard, because
the walls had been built in ancient days.
Then the people from Pastime tried to
get on the top of the walls, and when
they had eaten a few holes into the
gingerbread, they' climbed up by them to
the top. And there they saw a dreadful
sight. The people of that city had eaten
so much that they were ill, or else so
fat that they could not move. Even
Prihce Bonbon, who had got Into the
largest Christmas' tree, had j?aten all the
candy upon it, and grown so fat that he
had to stay up there among the branches.
When the people of Pastime got upon the
walls, however, the people of Confection
were very angry; anl one or two of those
who could ent the most, and who still
kept on eating while they wero sick,
threw apples and cakes at the people of
Pastime and shot Joujou with sugar
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his people were eating the apples and
cakes.
In the meantime, what was going on
in Lessouland?
As soon as Gentil heard what a dreadful
noise his people were making, he got
up, though he still felt poorly, and went
into the streets. The tired people were
quarreling, alas! worse than ever, and
they were trying to pull down the strong
book walls, that they might get out of
the city. A good many of them, as well
as Prince Gentil, were wounded in the
head by the heavy books falling upon
them; and Gentil was very sorry for the
people.
"If you want to get out, good people,"
he said, "I will open the gates and go
with you; but do not pull down the book
wails."
And they obeyed Gentil. because they
loved him, and Gentil led them out of
the city. When they had crossed the
first green valley, they found the city of
Pastime empty, not a creature in it and
broken tovs in the streets' At sttrht nf
the toys, the poor book-worn people cried
for joy, and wanted to stop and play.
So Gentil left them there and went on
alone and wandered about in the green
valleys, veyy unhappy, until he came to
his f&ther's old palace. There he found
the fool sitting on the banks of the river.
"O fool!" said Gentil, "I wish I knew
what our father meant us to do!"
And the fool tried to comfort Gentil;
and they walked together by the river
where the fool had made the boat of the
will without knowing what it was. Tbey
had walked a long way when suddenly
the fool saw the boat he had made lying
under some green rushes. And the fool
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to Gentil. And Gentil saw some writing
on the boat, and knew it was his father's
writing. Then Gentil was glad indeed.
He unfolded the paper and thereon read
these words, for a good king's words are
not washed away by water:
".My will and pleasure is that my dear!?
beloved sons. Prince Gentil. Prince
Joujou and Prince Bonbon, shall all reign
together over the three cities that I havebuilt.
But there are only enough childpeople
to fill one city at a time. Therefore,
let the three princes, with Gentil
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the eldest wearing the crown, lead all
the child-people to the city of l^essonland
in the morning, that the bright sun may
shine upon their lessons and make them
pleasant, and Gentil to set the tasks.
And after lessons are over, let the three
princes, with Joujou wearing the crown,
lead all the children to the city of Pastime,
to play until they are tired, and
joujou to lead the games. And at
luncheon time, let the three princes, with
Bonbon wearing the crown, lead all the
child-people to the city of Confection to
pluck fruit off the trees and vines, and
little Bonbon to cut the cake. And at
time for bed, let the child-people go
forth into the green valleys and sleep
upon the beds of flowers, for in childcountry
it is always spring."
This was the king's will, found at last;
and Gentil, whose great long lessons had
made him wise (though they had tired
him, too), thought the will the cleverest
that ever was made. And he hastened
to the city of Confection and knocked
at the gate till they opened it; and he
found all the people sick by this time,
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thought him very wise. And Gentil read
the will in a ioiul voice, and the people
clapped thqir hands and began to get
better directly, and Bonbon- called to
them to lift him down out of the tree,
and Joujou danced for joy.
So the king's will was obeyed. And in
the morning the people learned their
lessons, and afterward they played, and
after that they enjoyed their feasts. And
at night they slept upon beds of flowers
in the green valleys, for in child country
it is always spring.
No word He hath spoken
Was ever yet broken.
?Anon.
Pat, on duty in the Philippines, was
sent to the front for active se'rvice.
Take* ill, he became extremely emaciated,
and was finally ordered home. As
he landed in Xew York, he met an afrpiaintance.
who said: "Well, Pat, I
see you're back from the front." "Begorra,"
said Pat, "is that so? I knew
1 was thin, but I didn't know I was as
thin as that."