The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03
GREEN BOY FROM HARRAH.
TAKES SANDY MMICHAEL ON a TISIT
TO TOPSY 7URVY LAND.

Copyright BY Charles BantH Lsomis
Oh. how IL rainedi And how the wind blew !!
Sandy McMichael stood at tho window OF his
bod ROOM wondering whether there would be
another flood. and rather hoping that there
would be, because he would like to see the ami
mails going in two by two. 1t had rained for
three days He had read ntil he was tired he
had played with his lead soldiers until he had
fought three Spanish wars and had never lost
! an American. and now no was ribo for the fell
lowship OF any kind OF boy.
He peered up into the sky at the large drops
that grew larger as they descended and wished
that he might be drop OF rain to have such a
! lovely long jump from the clouds to the earth.
1t would he better than jumping of Of tho raft
ers in the barn. Hullo! there was drop way
UP that must be tho groat-grandfather Of the
rest How high it was and how it was grow
| ing Sandy opened the window to watch it
| better and the next minute funny looking
| little boy with skin IA green "a a maple leaf
| In midsummer and wearing "a silken cloak of
the color OF old gold landed on his feet upon
| the carpet beside Sandy.
| I've done 1t at last" said he in a piping
voice that. while not unmuscal. was diffe rent
| from any that Sandy had ever heard.
| "Where'd you come from?" he asked the
| little chap.
From Harrah." was the reply. He was Just
head was nearly twice as big. His eyes were
| yellow and shone like electric lights His hair
| was lighter shade OF green than his body and
his lips we're straw color, uncanny looking, and
yet not unhandsome; and decidedly friendly. for
he rubbed Sandy's cheeks with his long.
slender hands and made cooling noise that
evidently meant i like YOU"
Where's Harrah?" asked Sandy. but be
yond pointing to the sky, the green boy did not
pIptp V1rsNH. la, H.
| and Harrah was what he called it. 1t Ia I'M
Likely that the people who live in the stars
know what we call them and IL man came
from Mars and was asked: We'll, how did you
leave the folks at Mars? ?" he wouldn't under
stand, and indeed might answer: "All well. in
Guiding Ma
Sandy. who always took things as they came
said: Let's play checkers"
All right" said the green boy. who certain
ly spoke good everyday English. although he
had what was evidently Harrahian accent
oh dear" said the little visitor. suddenly.
Il forgot to eat my history lesson before
came down and II don't know it to- morrow
my teacher will make me eat more geography
than is good tor me just to punish me. Have
you n history cake anywhere around ?"
wh-a -atI' asked Sandy in amazcment
"A history cake. What do you call them
How would you learn your history lesson?"
by studying so hard it would make me hate
it." answered Sandy promptly. He was Just
taking I'D Greek history and lost all the 20 ID
marks that American history had earned for
him Just because he wasn't interested in what
a lot Of dead Greeks had DONE
How funny" said the green boy But |
| supposed that things would be different up
here"
You mean down here" said Sandy.
No. don't" said the green boy suddenly
leaping up three feet and sitting in mdar. as
easily as II he were on a seat. II came up here
from down there" pointing to the sky. and
we learn things down there by eating them
We have n speer that is in ten cakes and a
bite is a lesson. There are about a hundred
bites to a cake. and when you've eaten all the
cakes you know how to spell"
oh. don't wish that could learn my les-
sons that way. Say. what is your name?'
"Jorroel." said the green boy.
Mine is Sandy. Say Jorroel. how 10 you sit
that wagon nothing?"
Why. make up my mind TO do II and then
1t comes easy. Down in Harrah we can do
whatever We make up our minds to do
- But. say said Sandy. DO you like to eat
those cakes?"
cot course. Our parents think that It is best
for us to learn all we can about spelling and
reading and t,pewriting and arithmetic. and
this far distant planet that lights our night.
and 80 they make the cakes as nice as they can
be. SO that vel like TO learn things. ! think
its SO nice and sour but grammar cake | don't
much like because it's sweet and boys don't
oh, don't they though? We earthly boys do
In say naG1 YOU haSs me b up or down /" Har-
ca SoG don weigh than
nifty pounds. can make up my mind to 60
RSSk to 1 mTr1 and take my back /
more than hat | can't bulge you"
~ weigh forty. seven, said SANDY.
ing down from his invisible perch. Sandy did
so, and then Jorroel climbed up on the window
ledge and made up his mint as hard as he could
TIL, next minute they were rushing through
Empire state express trn as green marc hrougs
envy as Jp orr Ta H, 1t may have been vo
ssco G% n heS sna h at H that
rah in the midst of an undulating meadow, of
Gsy p e eodred sns ans hn
sang more sweetly than nightngales. flew
round and round IN circles until sandy feIt
the other way. He soon found out that this
thoughtfulness Of Others feelings charac-
T by Ma he w haS he
means Of knowing.
wnaow s V tie and ifs od lax him
th4t hi his native town and called
sure" said SANDY am sorry to say that
he had several slang phrases that he would be
glad to drop when he grew older and found
how burr-like they were and as useless as
burrs too.
You can wait until night and look at it
through farnlan; It's as yellow as nv lips.
Say. you must be hungry after your long ride.
Cons up 70 our house and read some dinner"
-, lorroel burst into shrill laugh that sounded
like the noise OF katydid. I'VE eat wha. we
want to learn said he, but we read to keen
ourselves from starving, What Il YOU readY"
Some candy and pie" said Sandy at a VEN
ture.
That's q good choice. think Come up and
we'll get them"
few feet above who're they were standing
was n round house. not unlike II bubble and
like bubble II lloated hither and thither not
being fastened 10 the ground and yet not
planned that the ground was SO fertile that they
did not like to waste 1t by using 1t to set houses
upon. so the houses were all built in the air
SANDY found that he could walk M on the air
to it as easily as he could tread soiG ground on
earth, and he accompanied his friend to it, 4
prntty green woman. NOT much bigger than
Jorroel and wearing a cloak made OF n Grim
son; cob-webby stuff. sat at n table reading a
book.
Mamma, I've been to Sush at last. knew
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