, 1889-08-24
CRAM.

Once-and it was upon a time, of
course-there lived a king who had one
daughter and two sons. The king did
not believe in the education Of girls, but
for the instruction of the princess he had
one professor-in-chief, with a staff Of
one who was called a tutor.
The UNDERSTANDABLE took for his share
of the pupils the bright Prince Quickly,
who learned everything by reading it
over once. The tutor, however, was
compelled to teach Prince Slowboy, who
was too tired to study, and did not want
to study, and saw no use in studying,
and could not remember any way, so
therei The very much younger than the
professor-in-chief, the tutor, was the
wiser of the two; and yet the wisest man
in the world cannot teach n youngster
who will not learn. ! know, for | ave
tried it.
Because Prince Slowboy would not
learn, both the king and the professor-in-
chief constantly found fault with the
tutor, as if he were 10 blamel The poor
young man was in the palace garden
one day moaning over his sad lot, when
he b~ethought him of something his old
nurse had taught him, of which he was
to make use only when in great trouble.
So the Tutor did as his old nurse had
told him. He picked a leaf Of tansy and
a black and yellow pansy, and he found
a -four leaf clover underneath n maple
tree, and with these three in his right
hand he knocked with all his might and
main upon the hollow oak where dwelt
the Busy Bee. The Busy Bee was n
- -.V s--.als,taI~ ,,a,.,
the application of this charm and sang:
come at the call Of the symbols three,
What does the tutor want with mei
Now, though the tutor was n very
bright young man he had never before
this found any use for poetry, and not a
rhyme cam into his head. In plain
and vigorous prose, therefore, he told
his woes.
81 am set to teach Prince Slowboy,
who is always too tired TO study, and
does not want TO study, and sees no good
in studying, and cannot remember any
way, so therel Iwork hard, and l think
i know rs much as the professor-in-chief;
but he teaches Prince Quickly, who learns
everything by reading it over once.
So he gets all the praise and l get all the
blame"
The Busy Bee was very indignant and
sang;
Fe upon the lazy Wight
Rub the books upon his head
Leaf by leaf, from left to right;
Thus our fairy books are read.
Then she flew back into the hollow
oak.
The tutor considered this decidedly ri
diculous advice; but that very afternoon
Prince Slowboy was SO ~provokingly stu
pid over his geography lesson that really
nothing remained untried except the
fairy charm. So the tutor solemnly and
carefully rubbed the three pages of that
days lesson over the princes head from
left to right, the boy meanwhile looking
somewhat frightened and astonished, as
was natural, to be sure. Then the tutor
began his questions again, and found h
perfect lesson. He knew all he capitals
and principal cities, and could bound
everything and tell its products.
Progress was easy and pleasant from
that moment. Latin, history, arithmetic,
grammar-it was all play to Prince Slow
boy now. Four times the ordinary les
sons were learned in wonderfully short
time. Newspapers were read, and n vast
amount of general information was
picked up from the magazines, all in
this expeditions manner. Small wonder
that when the king next came to examine
his two sons he found Prince Slowboy as
much in advance of his brother as he had
before been behind him. The chagrin
and establishment of the ~professor-in-
chief can hardly be imagined. He re-
doubled his efforts, and still the tutors
marvellous pupil grew rapidly wiser than
his own.
At length he decided to be present, I'M
seen, at one of Prince Slowboy's recita-
tons, that he might gain some insight
into the new methods which had been SO
strangely successful. Thus he learned
the fairy charm, and hurried off in great
glee to tell the king about it. "And
now, your majesty" said he, with a
chuckle, ''let us bring that young peda-
gogue to confusion. Allow me to use his
charm most vigorously upon Prince
Quickly for a few hours, and then call
the boys up for examination. When we
have exposed the tutor we may well dis
miss him, as l shall then be able myself
to care for the two"
The king did not quite like it, but he
agreed to the programme of the professor
in-chief, and in a few hours sent for the
boys and their teachers, as he often did,
to test their progress. 1t was to be OBJ
served that the professor-in-chief was
very warm, and appeared fatigued, his
arms hanging quite limp, while Prince
Quickly's hair was in a ~shockingly con-
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