Smyrna times., 1891-04-15
The Man in the Moon.
WHAT A LITTLE GIRL SAW AND
HEARD.

There's the home of the man in the
MOOn," said her guide.
AS they came near, she saw in front
OF large hole in the side of a noun
tain, shaped like door, an enormous
man. Ellie thought he must be at
least fifty feet high. He was dressed
in long brown coat, which reached to
his knees; on his legs were long blue
stockings, and purple trunks; his
shoes were Ornamented with buckles.
his cap was blue and cut to point in
front, while a long amber-cOlored
feather which fOated up from it showed
that he was little vain in his personal
appearance. His head was verv. very
large, forming at least one-third of his
whole height. The face was round
and full and very jOlly-loOking, a slight
drOop to the left eyelid giving his ewes
such a quaint, sly look that nobody
who looked at him could possibly help
laughing.
He was sitting down on the great
heap of cheese, having his dinner; and
ITO show you what very extraordin-
ary man he was) he was eating the
front of his own house!
"HullO! !'' he shouted, when he saw
our little traveller, "hullo What
brings you here 1t isn't often that
have the pleasure of speaking to anv
Earth-children. Come here and let me
shake hands with you"
He stopped down to take Elfa,s
hand in his mighty fist and shook it
warmly.
Sit down, sit down, little one
here is nice seat. Of course vou
wish to ask questions. 1 never knew
an Earth.child who did not. Go right
on and | will tell you all you wish to
know"
Ellie settled herself comfortably on
the soft cheese seat, ready to eniov
herself.
I'm the first place." she said, "I'd
like to know about some of the tbipos
you have seen from here, and whv do
you look so jolly, please? I should
think that you would tell more like
crying all the time, for you have to
work so hard making the new moons.
Then have read and heard so much
OF the misery that there is in the
world, and which you must see every |
night. l can't understand how YOU /
manage to look so happy about it,"
While Ellie spoke, the Man in the
Moon looked very serious, and as she
finished he buried his face in his hands.
When he uncovered it the smiling.
happy look had gone.
" My little girl, you have asked me
questions which would take me a life
time to answer. This, though, 1 can
say-that have seen a great deal of
trouble, misery and wretchedness down
on the Earth, but have seen a great
number ofthings to rejoice at, and make
me glad. Long, long ago, found that
TO sit down and make myself misera-
0le about things l could not help. did
me no possible good; and that one
who does so only Cripples his powers
for usefulness. By being bright and
cheerful have made many people
happy, and kept my own heart young.
YOu-and Others-might remember
this.
"As for my working so hard making
me cry, I can tell you that the very
best help toward making a contented
mind is to rk-wOrk-work. Not
certainly, to toll on forever with no
rests for play or pleasure, but to do
something every day. 1 have always
found that when 1 sit down TO rest
with the knowledge that 1 have accom-
plished something, 1 am always the
happier for it and enjoy myself much
better,
And as for the things 1 have seen, /
could, as you may well believe, tell
you more stories about the things that
have happened under my light, than
you could get into the biggest story
book that was ever written. "-April
st. Nicholas.