The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-15
RLtNn. DEAF AND DUNE.
And Yet the Child Thus Afflicted Wrot
This Beautiful story

Anu Yet the tniiu 1nuS Afflicted MrOlc
This Beautiful Story.
Springfield (Mass) Republican.
This story. published in the magazine
called the Mentor was written by Helen
Keller, when II years old, as a birthday
greeting to DIR. Anagnos. OF the Perkins
| institute for the blind at South Boston
telen has been totally deaf ana blind
since infancy. and 1t is not yet sis years
since her earliest knowledge OF lnnsIagc
was gained through the manual alphabet.
| The editor Of the Mentor well says: lin
| the revelation which this story contains
| OF world of beauty which through the
| power of imagination may exist fer Il
child who lives in total darkness, and IN
| the command of language and even liter
| airy style, By q child of eleven years, who
can not remember even having heard
speech, are hints of wondrous possibilities
| for those who are hindered by only one
of these !mpediments to progress" In,
decd. 1t is calculated to make persons in
the possession of all their senses feel
ashamed of their attainmen,s. This is tho
story;
King Frost lived in beautiful palace.
far to the north. In the land of perpetual
snow. The palace which is magnificent
beyond description was built centuries
ago in the reign OF King Glacier A Il
| little distance from the palace we might
easily mistake 1t for mountain whose
peaks were mounting heaveuward to re-
| ceive the last kiss of the departing day.
| But on nearer approach we should dis
cover our error. What we had supposed
to be peaks were In reality thousand
slittering spires, Nothing could he moro
beautiful than the architecture Of this ice
/ III. 81,
structed of massive blocks Of ice which
| terminate in cltm-like towers. Tho on
| trance 10 the palace is at the ent of an
| arched recess, and II is guarded tight
and day by twelve soldierly looking white
| bears.
But, children, you must make King
| Frost visit the very first opportunity
you have, and see for yourselves this
| wonderful palace The old King VIII well
! come you kindly, for he loves children,
and 1t is his chief delight to give them
You must know that King Frost, like
| all other kings, has great treasures OF
| gold and precious stcnes; but as he Is Il
generous old monarch he endeaNor5 To
make a right use Of his ricas 80 wheri
ever he goes he does many wonderful
! works. he builds bridges over every
stream, as transparent as glass. but often
| as strong as iron; he shakes the forest
trees until the rire nuts fan int the la &
| TO sleep with one touch of his hand tneh.
lest We should mourn for their ,biEht
faces, he paints the .lcaNes win goiu ana
crimson and emerald, and when his task
| Is done the trees are beautiful enough 10
ct nlfort US for the flight or GUNNER !
WIN tel YOU hoW kins Frost hap B, 7. q
strange story
One day while King Frost was survey
ing his vast wealth and thinking what
good he could do with II, he Suddenly be
thought him of his Jolly old nci"libor
santa Claus II Will sGpd ny M. treasures h,,,,'
/ va &c thp 10 DISPOSE or
them satisfactorily, for he knows where
the poor and tho unhappy live, and his
kind old heart is always fun of bcnevo-
lent plans for their behalf So he called
together the merry little fairies Of his
household, and, showing them the Jars
and vases containing his treasures he
babe them carry lhcm TO the palace Of
Santa Claus as quickly as they could
The fairies promised obedience, and were
off in a twhkl!ne. dr4Seng the heavy
Jars and vass along after them as well
as they could, now and then grumhling
little at having such a hard task, for they
were idle fsiries and loved to play bet
came 20 n rrent forest, and, being tired
and hungry, they thought they would
rest a little ant look for nuts before con
tnuing thef Journey. hut. thinking their
treasure might he stolen from them. they
hid the jari among the thick green leaves
of the varhus trees urtll they were sure
that no OLE could find them. Then they
began to Wander mcrrily about, search
ing for nuts, climbing trees peeping Gu.
riouSly mo the empty bird : nests ana
playing hide and seek from behind the
trees
and so mrry over their frollc that they
forgot al about their crrand and their
masters command - 20 quickly, hut they
soon fould. to their dismay why they had
been biden 20 hasten ~, although they
ures carefully, vet the bright eyes Of
King Sun had spied out the jars among
, the trees and as he and King frost could
| n " y
of hcncfiing the world, he was very GlnG
: of god opportunity Of playing joke
: upon his rather shary rival King sun
= laughed softly to himself when the deli
! cate jas began 70 melt and break, NJ
7 length very jar and vase was cracked
or broken, and the precious stones they
= containd were melting, too, and running
/ in littlestreams over the trees and bush as
OF tho crest.
' sim TIE idle fairies did not notice what
y wns hppening, for they were down on
| the Crss, and the wonderful shower Of
e treasue was long time in reaching
I them out. at last they plainly heard The
| throun the forest and sliding from leaf
= to lea until they reached the little bushes
. by th,r side When In their establishment
{ they discovered THAI the rai drops were
g meite rubies, which hardened on the
I leave and turned them to crimson and
l. gold \ n moment. Then. looking around
:. treasrc was already melted. for tho ouks
- and naples Were arraTcd in GORGEOUS
dresses OF EDl1 ana tftillHtI hlll ''ifltIlils
i II ws very beautiful, but the disobedient
fairs were too frightened to notice the
l. beatty Of the trees They were afraid
l. thatKing Frost would rome and punish
, thcr So they hid themselves among the
\, buses, and waited silently for something
10 hppen.
TER fears were well founded for their
Ion, absence had alarmed the king. and
It he 1ounted North Wind and went out in
. seach OF his tardy coprtiers. or course
\ he rad not gone far when he noticsd the
= brlhtness OF the leaves and he quickly
q n7issed tho cause when he saw tho
: brnen Jars from which the treasure was
II st dropping At first King Frost wgs
" | va angry and the fairies trmchcd and
il crtIched lower in their hiding places. and
n / o not know what might have happened
- tcthem il Just then n party Of boys and
J. els had not entered the wood. When the
Children saw the trees all aglow with
j. hiliant colors they clapped their hands
!: | al shouted for JOY. and Immediately be
, | nu TO nick great lunches to take home.
a The leaves are as lovely as the howers"'
!" died they i'm their delight
20 Their pleasure hanished the anger from
G. ing Frost's heart and the frown from
o. | Is brow and he too. began 10 admire
A he nainted trees. He said 10 himself,
/ My treasures arc not wasted II they
- rake little children happy. My idle fairies
. Ind my fiery enemy nave taught me
}. lew way of doing good, When the ialries
D. heard this they were greatly relieved ana
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