The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-08
a NONSEN>E STORY.

Nluid , l'dIA AWAY say > III A'il Ntl III
4 cent to tell stories, but she teases him
~ :hu same, till he has to invent some.
if he can do no better. and queer onc~
they are too sometimes.
Last night, after supper, she climbed
up into his lap rs usual, and snusgled
her yellow head down on his shoulder.
'.Did you saw any crocodiles to-day
papa? she asked rs If 1t were ms usual
experience to see such huge monsters.
NO" answered papa, promptly 1T
WASN'T "A very good day for crocOdlles to-
day 1t was too cold.
'Well, what did yoI saw then? Tell
me story about some good hons and
tigers and bears. ~
I'm afraid 1 don't know any to
night.
'But tell me tell met she tenses,
her brown eyes sparkling ina way papa's
heart can never resist. 30 he begins
"Well. once there was q lion and a tiger
and bear all lived III n cave with their
families They used 10 build fire on
the floor when it was cold, and ali SIT
round it, but after a while they thought
they would like stove better, SO they
set up a coal stove. q
THAT night, after they started fire
they all sat round it, and they thought 1t
was pretty nice But by-and-by 1t got
too hot, and they didn't know Just bow
70 shut the damper
""'Oh, I cam said the tiger, and he
jumped up and tried to close 1t with his
paw. But he burned himself, and
Jumped back and whined, 'E-c-c-h'f'
till all the little bears and lions who sat
in a corner laughed almost out loud
" That isn't the way, said the bear;
so he jumped up and tried TO push 1t
too with his nose, but he burned himself
so bad that he growled 'O-o-O-h!' SO
loud all the little lions and tigers gig
gled.
"Let me fix it, said the hon, and hc
wrapped his tail around the damper to
pull it TO. But he burned his tail Just
awfuuy, and he dropped it so quick and
rOared so loud 'OtO-01C-OtC!' that the
little bears and tigers couldn't stand it
any longer and laughed right out.
AFTER a while they got 1t shut, and
then they ali sat down quite comfortable
again.
s'By-and-by little girl tiger said, oh
dear l wish L was n real truly little
girl, so l could go to school and learn to
read and spell.
"'Pshaw! That's easy enough, said
the old bear we can have n school
now. III teach you to spell.
'''Goody! said the little girl tiger,
jumping mp and down. 'Let'sr
80 the old bear sat up very straight
and dignihed, and told the little glrl
tiger to stand up before him.
"Spell tiger, said the bear.
Cant. said the little tiger.
"''I'F said the bear, in his great hoarse
voice.
"'T.' squeaked the little tiger, in her
little, thin voice.
'"L said the bear.
your said the little tiger, as loud
as she could, which wasn't much.
''No, nor said the bear. Il! II
"'YOu! yO1tP said the little tiger.
"'Nor growled the bear awful loud
4 don't mean I-me-I mean II I! Say
it,
"'You, you" said the little girl tiger,
almost ready to cry.
'' 'Nonsenser said the old papa lion.
Give the child something easy. Here,
I'll teach her. Spell fun.
"'Can't said the little tiger.
"sFg said the hon, oh, SO loud.
"'El-e-e-fy' squeaked the little tiger.
"'U,' said the lion.
"'lfe-e-e,' said the little girl tiger,
trying to speak just as he did, only she
couldn't
"|No, nor said the lion. ~ u
"Me, me, said the little tiger.
"No, no, nor said the lion. L don't
mean you-I mean Z, Z. Say it
"'jfc| snapped the little girl tiger, as
| short as pie-crust, and looking cross
enough to bite somebody.
but don't mean you, l mean U-U
u You can say that if you want to,
| you little stupid 2
:" But 1 won't, therer said the little
tiger, rs mad as she could be, and she
whirled off into a corner and wouldn't
speak again in a whole hour.
$50 they didn't have any more school,
and the little girl tiger never learned
how to spell.
You ought to have heard Clara laugh
at this story, and she was just going to
tease for another when the evening train
whistled, and papa had to so down after
the mail, and she had to go to bed.
But she coaxed mamma to tell 1t all
over to her three times before she went
to sleep, which was not such good fun
for mamma. Youths Companion.