Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-11-11
The Boy Who Would Not Work
BY. RAYMOND FULLER AYERS.

beautiful Princess said that she Just
adored brave men and was willing to be
married at once, ne swelled UP ike the
schoolmaster does when he presents tho
diplomas on graduation day.
The King said that Bruce must be as
brave as brave could be. and that when
he had married the Princess he should be
given command Of the army and then
while Bruce had his back turned, getting
acquainted with the beautiful Princess
and finding out which her favorite flower
was, the King had the exeeutioHer chop
of the heads Of all the robbers, although
they said it wasn't fair and that they
didn't ccme' there to get beheaded. OF
course, that wasn't Bruce's fault, for no
did not know anything about It. He had
done the best he could, and he married the
beautiful Princess and lived nzppily eves
after, just as they 60 in the story books.
, didn't like it one single Bit" said Mr.
Dog, "and want my picture book TO look1
at" So Tommy got the picture book and
Mr. Dog took 1t of and sat down under
tree in the field. He was looking at the
pictures and having a fine time when Mrs.
Cow came along and looked over his
shoulder. MY goodness mel" she exc
claimed. "Do read to me what It says un-
der that picture of the cat and the fiddle
and the COW jumping UP in the air" Mr.
Dog could not read a. bit but he was
ashamed to say so, so he made up q
rhyme why certainly" he said: 1
Bow WOW! Sukey. the COW, 4
She turned a fiipfiap in the arr
When she landed a cat
Said If she could do that i
She could be the prima donna in his.
opera troupe. -"
You see. Mr. Dog was in such . hurry
that he couldn't make rne last line rhyme.
but Mrs Cow did not know much about
poetry, so she did not know the differ :,
ence.
How perfectly lovely!' she exclaimed
ST wonder IL a cat would take me in an
opera troupe If I turned a diphap like
that?''
'Of course he would" said Mr.. Dog. ''He
wouldn't be much of a cat IL he didn't
and anyway, whatever you see In books
is true" People really thought so in those
days. as they were dog days, for surely
YOU have heard grown-up folks say ''every
dog has it's day."
''Do you really think could turn hip7
hap?" asked Mrs. Cow, with a shipper.
Lam sure of it. You are so fracefuI.1
said Mr.. Dog. Mrs. Cow made a very low
bow and jumped up In the air TO turn a
hipfap, but she only got half way around
and landed on the top Of her head. Her
horns ran so far into the ground that she
was stuck fast. and there she was, stand
Ing on her head, with her feet wildly wav-
ing in the air. She kicked and struggled
but could not get loose, and she was Just
about TO nave a rush CT blood TO the head
when Mr.. Man came along and helped
her turn right side up again. But poor
Mrs Cow was a sight One horn was
crumpIed, and her neck was shut up just
like your uncle's telescope when it Is
closed. She tried to look for Mr.. Dog, hut
her eyes were between her shoulders, and
she could only see straight ahead. Rub
her neck!" shouted Mr.. Man, and he and
Mr.. Dog rubbed her neck until It came
out again. She looked very pale and said
II Mr.. Man would please excuse her she
would go sit in the hammock for willis
and rest.
While she was in the hammock trying
to think how II happened Mr.. Cat came
along. AS socn as she saw him Mrs. Cow
remembered all about the opera troupe,
and she was just getting up to do another
aipfap when Mr.. Dog came along. He was
afraid she would poke holes in Mr. Mans
front porch and that he would get blam-
ed for it. so he shouted as loud as he
could Rubber neckT" trying to do Just as
Mr.. Man had done. When Mrs. Cow heard
this she ran at Mr. Dog as hard as she
could, and Mr.. Dog remembered that he
had urgent business elsewhere. He ran
as fast az his feet would carry him, but
he was so tired from carting the apples
that IL was not very fast. Mrs. Cow
soon caught him, and she got, that crum-
pied horn under him and tossed him so
high in the air that he thought he would
never come down.
If Mr. Dog had not fallen on hay
stack ne would have been killed, but the
hay broke his fall, and he was only shak-
en- up AS he crawled down TO the foot
Of the haystack he heard voice, and then
he saw Tommy sitting in the shade and
reading out of his picture book: This is
the COW with the crumpled horn that toss
ed the dog that
us that in the book?" asked Mr. Dog.
"Of course it is. or you wouldn't hear
me reading it, said Tommy.
'sWeu, then" said Mr.. Dog, II am
through with books. II don't know how
to read, and what is more, I will never
learn
He kept his word, and to Shis day dogs
cannot even say their A. B. C-'s. II YOU
do not believe it, just get your dog to
try it.