The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-22


and grand;
And man, who is always annoying you here.
That radiant country does never come near"
The monkey, entranced by this
lovely song, forgot the ties of his
home. and clambering quickly down
from his perch, said: 81 accept your
invitation. Lend me your batning
suit"
"No," said the willy jelly-fish.
"Jump on my back, and / will take
you there. 1t is not fitting that n
guest to my king should even wet his
worshipful feet" Now you know
how impulsive n monkey is, and also
how clever. SO it is no wonder that,
after they had started, the monkey be-
gan to think and wonder if he mad
not been acting unwisely in trusting
himself to this stranger. So he put
on his most winning manner, and
offering the jelly fish his last nut,
said How clever You arel You
walk so beautiful on the shore, and
swim with such ease in the water If
all your people are so smart, why
should you care to take such clumsy
creature as i to your beautiful
country" And now the ielly-fish,
who had become very tired of carrying
his heavy load, and also was not loath
to show that his brain was quite as
clever as his shell. felt that he could
safely tell his real reason for taking
the monkey on this journey. "Oh!"
said he, in an airy manner, as he shook
the salt drops from his tail and wiped
the water from his eyes with one tiny
foot, ''Oh, / forgot to mention that,
although Dragon Land is far more
lovely than L have ever told you,
your visit will he short. His majesty,
the dragon king, really wishes for
your liver, that it may be made into a
medicine for his wife, the lovely young
queen"
Now the shell of the ielly-fish was
so thick in those days that he could
not feel the shiver of fear that shook
the monkey from head to tail, and the
roar of the waters drowned the gasp
of horror that the monkey gave.
He only heard him say ''I ask
nothing better than to yield up my
chattering, frivolous life for the sake
OF the queen OF the dragons, the fame
OF whose beauty has mounted to the
tops of our highest trees. But, un.
fortunately, l left my liver hanging
on the branch of the tree in which /
was playing. You see good liver
and mine is OF the best-is too precious
II thing to carry about with one; and
no I usually take mine out when l am
playing, and only put it in when l am
ready to go home. am so sorry to
ask you to go back for t. But, you
see, / would be OF no Sc vice to the
queen at present, unless. "a sudden
thought seemed to strike him,
unless my heart, lungs, or brains
would be OF use. All / have is
hersp'
NO." said the jelly-fs "only a
liver. We must go back for yours.
l wish l had told you at first what /
really wanted you for. but 1 had no
idea you tree dwellers were so good
natured. " The jelly fish was so ill
nature1 on the return trip that he
chose the toughest course he
could, and the monkey became
very sea-sick before they reached the
shore again.
"Now hurry up your liver!" called
the Jelly fish, as the monkey bounded
from his back as soon as they touched
the shore of NJ, nkey Land.
Up to the topmost branch OF the
tree climbed the monkey in less than
no time; and then, after scrambling
about in the branches, and making q
great fuss, he called out: 81 cannot
find my liver anywhere. Some one
must have stolen it, or perhaps my
mother has taken it home to keep it
! safely for me. / will go and look fol
it; but you had better go home ant
tell your king about it, or he may be
worried about You. Come for me to
! morrow at this time, and I'll have my
. liver all ready and waiting for you."
' OF course, you all know what the
silly ielly-fish never dreamed OF
that the monkey had no intention oi
giving up his liver for any dragon
/. queen, and that he was chuckling t.
himself at the ease with which he hat
: fooled the jelly-iish.
: But the jelly-tish started off in higl
/. good humor, and hastened TO tn
= dragon king with glad heart. Wha
: was his amazement, however, when
: after telling the king all that hat
' happened, he beheld his briny majest,
' fly into fearful rage.
y So wild with fury and disappoint
? ment did the king become that h
!, called to his ''oilicers of shell fs
law, the sword-fsh and the whale
Al and bade them deal with the Jelly hsl
to the fullest extent of the law
s'Away with this Larnacle OF stupidity