The Van Buren press., 1893-06-17
THE MAGIC GLASSES.

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Once upon time there lived two
fairies named Optic and Pessie.
Now, Optic and Pessie were sisters
but you never would have guessed IL in
the world, for they did not look oAe BIZ
alike.
Each of these fairies had a very
strange habit of always carrying about
pair OF little glasses, through which
to look at anything or anybody that in.
terestcd her.
One day they started out for walk
taking their precious glasses with them
They had not gone far when toad
hopped across the path.
What is that?" they both exclaimed
and both put up their glasses to look.
"Oh, oh. OH screamed Pessie. SIT
Is great big monster!"
why, no." answered Optic; ''it is a
very little thing, and quite harmless, I
am sure"
But Pessie had started to run away,
and Optics words could not stop her.
How foolish" thought Optic, "to
run for such a little thing;" and she
stood watching the toad as he hoped
away.
The next day they started for anoth-
er walk. When they reached the edge
of the woods, they began to pick up the
huts which had fallen upon the ground.
Suddenly Optic said, "Listen.' High
on the bough of a tree sat bird sing
ing as though his little throat would
burst upwent both glasses at once.
"What a beautiful bird!" said Optic.
"and how charmingly he sings"
'Pshaw." answered Pessie "Do you
call that little speck beautiful bird?
am sure l can not see any beauty in
it, and surely its songs can not be worth
listening to-" And she went on pick
ing up the nuts and paying no atten-
tion to the music which filled all the air.
Optic looked at her sister in surprise.
Then she exclaimed: 81 know, Pessie
You looked through the wrong side of
your glasses
mo, didn't" snapped Pessie. 81
meant to look through that side"
Optic tried to coax her just to try the
other way and see how much nicer it
was but Pessie would notbe persuaded;
neither would she listen to the song.
After awhile some boys were seen
coming through the woods, and our two
little fairies hid behind tree till they
should pass.
As one of the boys went by the tree,
his foot struck the pile of nuts which
had been carefully gathered, and scat
tered them all among the grass.
"Oh, dear" exclaimed Pessie, when
they were by, stamping her foot and
snatching up her glasses. Just see
wlAt those great big boys have done;
and we will have all our work to do
over, for see how far away they have
scattered our nuts
"Oh, never mind" answered Optic,
cheerfully, as she peered through her
glasses. "They were quite little boys,
and probably did not notice them; be-
sides, il won't take long to pick them
up again. They are only scattered a
little way" And she set briskly to
work, and had half of them picked up
before Pessie had smoothed the wrin-
kles from her face.
And so it always was. II anything
pleasant came in their way, Optic al
WAYS looked through the side OF her
glass which made 1t appear as big as
possible or If anything unpleasant was
discovered, she would look through the
other side of her glass to make it
seem very small and insignificant in
deed; while Pessie always took the op-
posite course, and magnified the un-
pleasant things, but was quite unwill-
inc that the good things should ap-
pear as large as they really were,
OF course Optic had much better
time than Pessie; but she never could
persuade her sister to look through the
same side of the glass that she did, and
finally she gave up trying, and laugh
;nglv declared that Pessie really en-
ioved her way of looking at things ana
So she should let her alone.
Well. when Optic and Pessie grew
older and had households OF their own
20 look after, they still used their magic
classes but by this time they had be-
come so trained In the use OF them that
thew could see peoples thoughts and
motiyes as If they were the people them
selves. ,,p.;.hov
One morning Optic said to Rainbow
her husband (he was always such gay
little fellow that everyone caiiea nm
pa;rhovl. "Now. dear, do remember
10 90 to the Silkspider's before ye"
come home, and bring me some threads
Tor nv embroidery. T..
'o pa;nbow G said he would; but when
he came back he had forgotten all
0ntie felt little inclined to scold,
.or she very much wanted to finisn sa neL
embroidery . that day, but first she toos 10 ~
nm her glasses and looked r'e"' '"''
Rainbow's mind. - .,.no. after
NV she said to herslf; mot az al,
s,..h III, making any fuss about" And
'" | pa;nhow had his favorite supper oi
,mnshrooms ~ and honey, and In the even N,s,,
,hu'n, nv both took walk to the SIX
.n;dsr.s 'mk and the embroidery was M
'she" .no,her time the little maid VINO
.,a the housework neglected 70 se'