The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14
WONDERFUL GLASSES.
Story of the Two Fairy Sisters-Optie and
Pessie.


Now, Optic and Pessie were sisters, |
but you never would have guessed it in
the world for they did not look one bit |
alike.
Each of these fairies had very
strange habit of always carrying about
ii pair of little glasses. through which
to look at anything or anybody that in
terested her.
One day they started out for walk,
taking their precious glasses with them.
They had not gone far when toad
hoped across the path.
"What is that?" they both exclaimed:
and both PCT up their glasses to look.
sob, oh, OH screamed Pessie. 1T
is great big monster
"Why, no." answered Optic; 1T is a
very little thing, and quite harmless,
am sure
But Pessie had started to run away.
and Optics words could not stop her.
How foolish" thought Optic, ''to
run for such 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
nuts 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 beautiful bird!" said Optic.
"and how charmingly he singsr'
''Pshaw" answered Pessie "Do you
call that little speck beautiful bird?
] am sure 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-
ton to the music which filed all the air.
Optic looked at her sister in surprise.
Then she exclaimed: II 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 not be 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 a 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 seat
tered them all among the grass.
''Oh, dear" exclaimed Pessie, when
they were by stamping her foot and
snatching up her glasses just see
what those great big boys have done;
and we will have all our work to dc
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, it won't take long to pick them
up again. They are only scattered q
little way" And she set briskly tc
work, and had half of them picked NJ
before Pessie had smoothed the wrin
kles from her face.
And so it always was. If anything
pleasant came in their way, Optic al
ways looked through the side Of hel
glass which made it appear as big az
possible, or if anything unpleasant wal
discovered, she woald look through tn,
other side of her glass to make i
seem very small and insignificant in
deed: while Pessie always took the OPP
posite course, and magnified the un
pleasant things but was quite unwill
ing that the good things should ap
pear as large as they really were,
OF course Optic had a much bette
time than Pessie; but she never coulC
persuade her sister to look through tn
same side of the glass that she did, an,
finally she gave up trying, and laugh
ingly declared that Pessie really en-
ioyed her way of looking at things, an
} so she should let her alone.
Well, when Optic and Pessie grey
older and had households of their ow
to look after, they still used their magi
glasses, but by this time they had be
, come so trained in the use of them tina
) they could see peoples thoughts an
motives as if they were the people then
, selves.
One morning Optic said to Rainbow
her husband Che was always such ga
little fellow that everyone called hin
, Rainbow): Now, dear, do rcmembt
to go to the SillSspider's before yo
come home, and bring me some thread
for my embroidery"
Rainbow said he would: but whe
he came back he had forgotten a
about it,
} Optic felt little inclined to scol,
for she very much wanted TO finish h'
embroidery that day, but first she toe
! up her glasses and looked right I'M
r Rainbow's mind
Q ut was very little forget, aft
ALL she said to herslf; mot at a
Q worth making any fuss about" Ar
: so Rainbow had his favorite supper
t mushrooms and honey, and in the eve
inC they both took walk TO the Sill
e spiders, and the embroidery was Fl
: ished the next day.
n At another time the little maid wi
/ did the homework neglected to 5