Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-08-24
THE MIrTENS,.
BY s. ". LANDER

BY W. LANDER.
DO you want TO know why little children
wear mlttens, and not gloves, like grown v
persons5 Listen, and viii tell yonasr 30.
once upon time, mother went out, -
and said TO the five little fingers, Children, r.
when l am not at home, behave we'll aud e
do what tell you. If you are kind aud
ooedlent, Will bring each OF you a little
| mouse, where you can live when tits cold IN
winter. rI7 g
80, mother p exclaimed the i've fingers,
| we VIII certainly mind; only tell us wha.
| we must dc p
/ Then the mother answered. aff4r-gs.
The fore e-fnger must point abroad
Ihe middle finger can only nod
Inc thlrd nnger s6lict guard must keep, p,s-,
Lest the little one into mischief creep;
And the baby thumb must watch and see -5sr1-
4hat ali the rest opedient be-" dfT 9il gfhE
Now go, mother dear, said the fore 15
1nger "lI certainly be attentive. and a
point pretniy, II You will only bring me 5t g
something. =, EeHftta .1',as ~ .sEa
Ihen the mlddle-fnger cried out, II will s5,a
promise to be polite, and bow nicely if,ugy
you VIII orlhg me little house TOO, for 30.
I'm the biggest one p
81 will certainly keep watch. that my
little brother does not get into mischief"
cried the r1ng-hnger; ''but my house must
be the prettiestr' ..-C- - s.-,..-
'tNo :! miner exclaimed the little finger:
mime must be prettier than all the rest
and then [ won't make bit of noiseY ..-f7,
But the baby-thumb only said, Mother, --s.
dear, will do just what You say!n .+ -
But their mother had only been gone n
very few minutes, when the fore-tnger ex--
ca1med,- ~. - -s' ~ o.
"It is very stupid and tedious to be so
good and to point all the time / want to
rest minute" So he lay down.
- Alh' you lazy thing replied the mid
dle-hnger; SIT Is SO much more fatigtling
to be SO Industrious and bow all the time .
and he was going to lie down too; but the ar
lore-hnger jumped up, and gave him
blow crying, ':HOW dare you find fault with
me You are lazy yourself, you wicked
boyi" F2- 2
then the middle-inger struck him again,
and the tore-fnger returned it; and who
knows how long they might have fought, ii
the nng-tnger had not called out a--,r q.
Aren't you ashamed OF yourselves !
One OF you Is as bad as the other See,
now torture myself, and stand here, keep
ing watch all the time. | mean to stop
and rest, and let you great fellows keep b 8
guard over your little brother r'
What y exclaimed the fore-inger and
you little. rogue, do you
pretend TO dictate and find fault with your
brothers? There, stop p
IEen they both began to beat the ring nn
finger He turned, with all his strength,
ana struck the httle-tinger, which be had
tne care ot Ihe little one gave dread- -.s
tuI scream, and began to kick and scratch,
as well as he couid. But just as they were 4o
IN the hottest Of the fight the door opened, 5#.
and their mother came in.
y, how frightened the four naughty fin--lElt
gers were !! They hung their heads and I'D
were so ashamed they could not speak
Finally, the middle finger said that the
t0re-hngef was lazy, and thai he would not
allow 1t. But vhe foreinger laid the blame
on the middle-fnger, and said he began
the quarrel The ring-fnger blamed them g,
both, and the httle-fnger complained of
all. se 1-~
linen then mother spoke and said, s'You
are four naughty, disobedient children
who deserve to be punished. See here
what have brought tor your And drew
a beautiful glove out OF her pocket. On 1t
were found i've houses, just as large as the
i've fingers. One was tor the thumb one .
for the fore-fnger, one Tor the middle-fn-
ger, and one tor the Httle-hnger. s Z
But you cannot nave these pretty
houses now" said their mother Then
another kind OF glove.
'tLook = she exclaimed, this has only
one separate house, which belongs entire- ua
ly to little thumb, because he is good ana
obedlenC- You others must live together
and as soon as you become kind and obe-r u
dent, then you shall have house OF your
oWn" ega . ea b
And there 1t Was; tne four fingers might
entreat as much as They could, it would
noJ help them. Ever since this time so
many little children wear mittens; but usg
when they grow tall, and become good,
then they can wear gloves. Fury Bells.