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Had a most remar
Old rikiodle-de-Wink 11
Away in its topmos
And solemnly there, wi
He sat from morn
And then?what a surr
That funny old owl <
And, I rather think, M
Was as happy, as ha;
When T was a boy, a
I went in the woo.
When the sun was lov
What Skiddle-doW
He spread out his win;
Till he lit on an o
And what do you think
He talked in this
" 'Tis time little childrei
Now run along hoi
I ventured to ask him,
He answered nie,
And if you went into tl
A6 I when a boy
Old Skiddle-de-Wink, w
Would talk the sa
THE STORY OF THE
RED FIRE IN
A. L. Sykes in
One day in the cold tim
by his mamma, Tiny Hai
who went step, step, stef
the red fire."
So his mamma gave hin
"Once upon a time wa
how to run fast when Ma
hide when the Dog was n<
spot in the sky that Hawl
to his mamma! But Wee
and run and jump and pi;
"I do not want to run a
I want to run far, far in th
I have seen it away off in
to eat, I know."
"It is fire," said his ma
it, and it is not good for
You may eat the good fo<
home," and she bit his cai
"I do not want to eat
llprP T v?ro n f f/N *"ni *
. x want IU UU J LIS L <
red food from the red bu:
the warm time."
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THE PRESBYTER
; Children
DLE-DE-WINK.
Jert Randall.
ent. blinkety-blink,
>e a mite;
k! Old Skiddle-de-Wink
kable sight.
ived up in a tree.
>t height;
th a wild, wild stare,
ing till night.
trise!?'With his magical eyes
xmld see;
r. Skiddle-de-Wink
ppy as could be.
wee little boy,
ds one day,
r. just so 1 conM k r?nw
ink would say.
and went flopping about,
Id dead tree;
! with his comical wink
way to me;
1 were snug in their beds;
ne?Booh! Booh!"
"Who is it you mean?"
"Whoo! Yoo, Yooo!"
he woods tonight,
used to do,
ith his blinkety-blink,
me way to you.
?The Owl.
: WEE HARE AND TH
SHORT WORDS.
April St. Nicholas.
e when he lay snug and war
e said: "Tell me of the hai
? in the snow till he came 1
n a hug and said:
5 a wise wee hare who kne
in came by. He knew how 1
:ar, and when he saw the dai
< made, how fast he did jurr
Hare did not like to go oi
ay in the sun.
nd jump and play in the su
e wood, and find the red bus
i the dark. It is good for it
imma. "Only man can mal
you. It can burn and hur
}d that you can find near 01
for a kiss.
the pood food that I can s<
as I like. I want to pick tl
sh. I know it is like buds
IAN OF THE SOUTH.
"Hush," said Papa I
are not good. When
? high in the sky, and it
tar out in the wood, a
eat the food that is hcs
"I do not want to
jump and play when t'
want to do just as I li!
from the red bush," sai
"Shut your eyes and
your nap," said his m;
away from me. Now, 1
The red bush is the R
Man has it, and Dog is
and if you run far in
hard for a wee hare, ;
you. Shut your eyes a
your nap."
It was noon ; the sun
Good Papa Hare tool
her nap. The Wee Hai
clown but he took no n
the door, and ran and
Then he ran and ran in
to the Red Fire, and 1
feet were sore, but he d
he ran and ran and ran
run any more, and no
down to rest in a busl
shut, and he did not s<
the hour for his nap. 1
the open ways of the
leap from his bush, foi
deep and deep, and a w<
he did wish he was at i
The sun was far rlnu
lay red on the snow,
wee hare in the cold i
wood to try to find his
in grew dark, and snow g
re had hard work to walk
to cold, and blew him ou
wish he was at home!
went. The wind blew
w "I cannot walk; my f
to Hare, and just then he i
-k path in the wood, and t
ip the Wee Hare felt! K
Lit grew cold, and he was
said: '"Wow!" and he pu
n. down," and Dog lay do
h. Hare went into a tiny, 1
ie feet to warm them. H(
i:i-~ * ?
iikc to see 11. man ana
ce them, and he saw them
t. "They fear it, too," <
it good for me. I must ta
me." He sat on his col
;e a nap.
ic By and by Man put J
in and Dog went away,
step, step in the snow,
June 2, 1909.
Iarc, very low and deep. "You
you arc good, and the moon is
is just like day, I .will take you
nd you may run and jump and
t for you."
0 out in the wood and run and
he moon is high in the sky. I
ke. I want to eat the red buds
d the Wee Hare.
1 put your ears down and take
ama. "You are too tiny to go
iush, do not say one more word,
ed Fire. It can *hurt and burn.
wun .vian. i ney can hurt you,
the wood, Wind may blow too
and Snow may come and bury
nd put your ears down and take
.
was high in the sky.
k his nap. and Mama Hare took
re shut his eyes and put his ears
lap. By and by lie went out of
ran till he came to the wood,
the wood, but he did not come
le ran and ran and ran till his
id not come to the Red Fire, and
and ran till he was not able to
Red Fire did he see. He lay ^ I
l, and very soon his eyes were
ie or hear, for it was long past
When he woke Snow lay on all
wood. The Wee Hare gave a
he knew that Snow can grow
^e hare can not walk in it. How
home!
rn in the west, and its last rays
Step, step, step went the lame
snow. He went back into the
way home. It grew gray, and it
jrew so deep that the wee hare
. Then wind came. It was so
t of the path, and how he did
Step, step, step in the snow he
more and more.
eet are too lame." said the Wee
;aw the Red Fire! It grew in the
>y it sat Man and Dog. Oh, how
lis nose grew hot, and his ears
> not able to move. The Doer
it his cars up, but Man saidLie
wn by the Red Fire. The Wee
:iny hole in a tree and sat on his
: saw the Red Fire. He did not
Dog did not let it come too near
i keep away from the Red Fire,
said the Wee Hare. "It is not
!,? li. ...Ml __J I
ixv. caic ui it win tome ana nurt
Id feet, and did not dare to take
5now over the Red Fire, and he
and the Wee Hare went step,
soft, soft, soft, for fear.
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