The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09
Princess wingcarribee.

on wild strawberries and cream. dinef
on crrds and whey, took dew insteaf
of tea, and generally made a baart1
supper of honey. She was dressed II
silver gauze, which the gossamer spiders
had woven for her; she lived in a hollow
oak, slept on green moss, and vet she
was not happy.
So one day she set out to seek her
fortune.
She met little striped, yellow snail
and said to him, So Little snail. want
to be happy" Then the little snail nut
out its little horns, and ran at her like
little bull. The Princess ran awav
looking over her shoulder, and blundered
up against robin.
=" How very stupid of you, you clumsy
little girl, to tread on my toes like that. -
said the robin, standing on one leg and
tucking up the other
Oh, don't be angry, dear robin. -
said the. Princess Wingcarribee, but
teach me how to be happy
Haven't you made me happy, dear
goose !'' answered the robin, and the
Princess went on her way disconsolate.
What are you CRYING for?" asked a
little blue butterfly.
81 want to be happy Princess
Wingcarribee replied
oh, is that all z" said the little but
terhy. Come with me and will soon
show You how
Away flew the butterfly, right and
left, backward anl forward, and Prin-
cess Wingcarribee ran after it but when
she had run for about a mile, it flew
right away, and she saw it no more
You tlresome, deceitful little thing -
cried Princess Wingcarribee, and she
burst out crying and shook her fist.
10 hn af Al ,
said sleepy voice.
The Princess turned, and saw a dor
mouse that had crawled out of its bed
| and was stretching itself
It's too cold to get up yeti shall
go to bed again." said the dormouse !;
and he crawled back into his hole.
= You lazy little wretch, I'll give YOU
cold pig, cried Princess Wingcarribee.
and she took some water up in the hol-
low OF her hand, and poured it into the
dormouse's hole. Then she went to an
old woman's cottage, and asked her to
lend her pair of bellows.
What do you want them for, nv
dear2' asked to old woman
f'I want to blow in upon a rude. law
dormouse that crawled away and went to
bed before | had time to tell it that I
wanted to be happy" answered Princess
Wingcarribee.
Oh, very well, then, my DEAR said
the old woman, pretending to be deaf,
you shall have my tongs as soon as thev
are hot enough, . and she took up her
pair of tongs, and put them into the
fire.
Your 6etLo,cs, I said,'' screamed
Princess Wingcarribee.
Yes, hear, my dear" answered the
old woman with nod. 's You shall have
them when they are hot enough -
And so they went on until the tongs
were red hot. Then the old woman took
them out, and made a snap at Princess
Wingcarribee's nose.
''Oh dear, oh dear p cried the Prin
cess, as she ran away, what world
thus is L want pair of bellows, and an
old witch promises me a pair of tongs;
and L want to be happy, and she tries to
snap my nose off !"
'Bow-wow !'' said little dog.
All, it's all very well for you to saw
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snarled the Princess.
"Bow-wow, said the little dog again.
and wagged his tail, and trotted off.
:" You're a puppy the Princess called
after him; but the little dog didn't mind.
oh, do SO want to be happy" said
the Princess to bee that came buzziup
by.
$ bee, you bee,'' answered the bee,
and Away he doomed.
suppose you think that Joke. but
it isn't grammar" cried the Princess.
Then wasp came and stung her.
'FAren't you happy now?' it buzzed.
" You spiteful, wicked creature. how
dare you ask such a question:" she an
swered.
H Well, you ought to be-I've done
my best-that's all I've got to say re-
piled the wasp, and off it went like the
bee.
Then lark began to sing, and the
Princess called up to it:
Oh, You dear, sweet lark, you must
know how to make people happy-what
ought I to do %
tsCome up to me, said the lark.
But l can't, !" the Princess answered.
Try, said the lark.
So the Princess jumped and i1moed
but she could not ge5 up into the sky.
Make haste, said the lark,
. Its no good, said the Princess.
So the lark got tired of waiting for her,
and went up quite out of sight.
She sat down and began to cry again.
A duck took pity on her and waddled r1p.
and said, "Quack, quack," !" quite kindly.
Get away, You nasty thing said the
peevish Princess.
M not a nasty thing, I'm duck
the duck answered !; and the Princess
could not deny it.
But she would not talk to the duck.
She crawled into rabbit-hole. and there
she found Mrs. Rabbit nursing ever 80
many baby bunnies.
Oh, you must be happy, ma am. -
cried the Princess, taking up one of the
warm little babies and cuddling il.
" Yes, if their father doesn't eat them
he has a weakness that way" Mrs. Rab-
bit answered.
Eat them-eat his babies-oh, the
brute +, sh1ieked the Princess.
- I've known him to do it-and, after
ALL TO be honest, must own that chill
dren are often plaguesome little things ;,
Mrs. Rabbit dri1y.
Then the Princess put down the baby
and ran away She thought, if Mr.. Rab-
bit sometimes ate his children. and Mrs.
Rabbit talked in that way about it, that
Mrs. Rabbit might, perhaps, eat her.
She met D cat, and the cat said, ss New.
NEW.
g Thank you, pussy, said the little
Princess, who could not pronounce quite
all her words properly, g for trying to
muse me but want to be happy.
I'm nappy one, said pussy, and
she purred herself off to sleep.
She doesn't know how to pronounce