The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-03-08

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The following will amuse almost an,
one who takes the trouble and spare
the time to read it through: -
There was once certain King, who
like many Eastern Kings, was very font
of hearing stosies told. To the amuse
ment he gave up all his time. but yei
be was never satisfied. The exertion.
of his coutiers were all in vain He al
last made a proclamation that if any
man should tell him story that shoulc
last forever, he would certainly make
him his heir and give him the princess,
his daughter, in marriage, but if any
one should pretend he had such story
and should fail, that is if the story
should come to an end-he was to have
his head cut off.
For such price as a beautiful prin,
cess and a kingdom, many candidates
appeared, and dreadful long storie:
some of them told. Some of them
lasted week, some a month
land some Six mouths Poor fell
ows, they all spun them out as long as
they possibly could, but all in van.
Sooner or later they all came to an end,
and one after another the unlucky sto-
ry-tellers had their heads chopped off.
AT last came man who said that he
had a story that would last forever, if
his majesty would be pleased to give
him trial He warned him of bis dan
ger; they told him how many others
had tried and lost their heads, but he
said he was not afraid; and SO he was
brought before the king. He was a
man of very composed and deliberate
way of speaking, and, after making all
necessary stipulations for his eating and
sleeping, he thus began:
Oh, King, there was once q king
who was great tyrant; and desiring
to increase his riches, he seized upon
the corn in his kingdom, and put it in
an immense granary, which was built
on purpose, as high as a mountain.
This he did for several years until the
granary was quite full to the top. He
then stopped the doors and windows on
all sides. But the bricklayers had, by
accident, left a very small hole near the
top of the granary, and there came a
flight Of locstus and tried to get at the
corn, but the hole was so small that
only one locust could pass through at a
time. So one locust went in and car
ried off one grain OF corn, and then
another locust went in and carried off
another grain Of corn, and then another
locust went in and carried off another
grain Of corn.
He had gone on thus from morning
till night Except when he was engaged
at his meals) for about month, when
the King began TO be rather tired with
his locusts, and interrupted his story
with:
"Well, well, we have heard enough
Of the locusts, we will suppose they
helped themselves to all the corn they
wanted. Tell us what happened after
wards.
To which the story teller answered
deliberately: "Lfit pleases your Nj .jesty,
d i, impossible unless / tell what
first"
And then he went on: Sand then
another locust went in aud carried off
another grain of c'rn, and then another
ocust went in and carried OF another
grain of corn, and then another locust
weut in and carried off another grain Of
,orn, and then another locust went in
md carried off another grain of corn,
md then another locust went in and
,arried off another grain of corn
The King listened with unconquer-
.ble patience for six months more, when