Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-11-29
NlPP1NLlPPlN.
BY Dot Ddnnpla.

Nobody In ali b Land OF Rocky
hore knew where Nlppinlippin cana
from. He was found as q baby tied to
a plank that had been cast up on the
shore during a terrific gale Of wind
A kind old Lady took care Of him
and brought him Hp But he was ter
ribly hard upon shoes. Even those
made Of the very strongest leather
would not last him over one or two
days, for he was always running and
jumping about. After Nippinlippin
had grown to be a big boy he babe
all his piaymates good-by and started
out alone to seek his fortune.
He j%ourneyed along on foot, some
times walking, but more often run
ming almost as fast as a race horse.
In this way he travelled a long dis
tance. AS the sun overhead was very
bright and hot, and the road dry and
dusty, he became exceedingly thirsty.
I'D like to find a nice spring Of cool
water" he said to himself again and
again.
All at once he saw a big frog sitting
near the roadside. Of course, Nippin-
Iippin knew that frogs never travel
very far away from water, so he spoke
TO the frog and asked him the near
est way to his swimming hole.
81 am the champion jumper of the
WO11 III, S44Cu 41C OlS AAOS, pdS1AS Ia
attention to what Nippin1ippin said
about water. ITO any one that a
outjump me I'll give the magical Dish
That : You Cannot = Stop : Eating =
From"
AL right" cried Nippinlippin, "I1
try to outjump you; then you
show me where I can get a drink"
So the frog, whose lame was Able
magoo, made a mark across the a
way and jumped.
N~ippinlippip said never a word when
it came his turn, but, starting from
the same place, Jumped several feet
ahead of Mr. Ablenagoo.
At this h frog became very angry.
81 challenge you TO jump again." he
cried, land this time the prize shall be
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"
Again they jumped, and again did
Nippinlippin jump a little further than
the frog.
Lets try once again." pleaded the
frog. ST have not yet jumped as far as
I can. The prize this time shall be the
Whistle = That = Makes : Everybody
Dance" So once again they jumped,
and the frog strained every muscle.
But in spite Of all his efforts, Nippin-
lippin outjumped him
The frog was almost in tears as he
handed Nippinlippin the three prizes.
After he had directed the boy to the
nearest pool Of water, he went behind
a bush and began to practice jumping
all by himself.
After ~Nippinlippin had s1aked his
thirst at the spring he walked along
till he came to the great city of Try
tryagain.
There was a great deal Of suffering
and misery among the people of Try
tryagain on account of the crueltfes of
the Governor, old Grim Despair. On
this account they had almost rebel1ed,
and made Grim Despair promise that
anybody who slept three nights in the
great tower of his palace should in
herit the G~overnorship and marry his
beautiful niece, Patience,
Nippinlippin determined that he
would be the first contestant. So in
the evening he was usaered with great
| ceremony to the bedroom of the great
tower in the Governors palace, and
the door was shut tight. AS soon as
N~ippinlippin was alone, he took from
his wallet the Dish, the first of the
prizes that he had won from the ole
frog, and iaid It in the centre of ths
floor. Then he leaped quickly into the
bed and was soon fas'
asleep.
In h middle of the night the crue
Governor, Grim Despair, caused
h~alf-starved lion to be admitted TO tn,
room in which Nippinlippin lay asleep
He fully expected that the great beas
would swallow h little boy in
couple of mouthfuls. But no soone
did the lion come to the Dish-That
Observation-Disclosures tha
he commenced to eat, and kept on eat
ing until he was dead. AS soon as h
awoke in the morning, Nippin1ippi
took up his magfc plate from off tn
floor and hid it away. Old Grim Des
pair was extremely astonished in tn
morning to find the huge lion dea
and the boy as lively as ever.
On the second night Ole Grim De
spair caused a huge rpe to be re
leased in the room, but Nippfnlippi
waited until 1T came very near to hill
and had it's long forked tongue OF
ready to strike. Then he threw at
his second prize, the Be1t-Fhat-Twines
Around, and this wonderful belt twist
ed itself so tightly around the serpent
throat that the big snake was SOC
choked to death.
On the third night old Grim Despa
determined that he wouldn't try an
more wild animals so he gathered
great body of cruel men like himsel
3 and, nj with long keen swords ar
daggers, they tiptoed their way cal
tiously into the bedroom wher Nil
i %pinlippin was in bed.
But N~ippin1ippin was only pretent
e ing to be asleep. He was watchir
them out of the corner of his eye
n and had the third prize he had W.
from the old frog-the Whistle-read
s to put to his mouth.
y At the instant that old Grim Despa
r was going to give the signal Nippi1
o lippin commenced to blow upon it, al
all the armed men and old Grim D
spair himself began dancing up al
e down. They tried lard to stop, b
d they could not, SO strong was the ma
ic of the wonderful whistle. Nippi
lippin kept them dancing like mad u