Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-24

considered himself far above the other
| animals, and accordingly dreaded their
| ridicule.
One day as Mr.. Lion was taking an af-
| ternoon nap on his front porch, Mr. Mouse
came skipping by. This little fellow was
well-known mischiefmaker and continual
| ly getting into trouble through his prac-
| teal jokes. He stopped at once and, max
| ing sure that Mr.. Lion was sound asleep,
| decided to have some fun with him.
He climbed cautiously upon the slum-
berer's shoulders and quietly pulled .his
whiskers Mr.. Lion sprang up with an
| angry roar, but Mr. Mouse quickly leaped
| to the back of the chair and lay quite
| unseen. Mr.. Lion, seeing no one about,
| resumed his seat and soon fell into
doze, only to be rudely reawakened by
sharp tug at his mustache. This happen
| ed several times.
Finally, Mr.. Lion, too angry to sleep.
only pretended to doze. and out Of the.
corner of his eye saw Mr.. Mouse climb
| upon his shoulder. Then, with a quick
grab, he caught the little joker in his
| huge paw. Mr.. Mouse found himself
held up by the tail, and there was Mr..
| Lion wide awake, licking his chops,
showing his long. white teeth, and grOwl-
ing so terribly that the little prisoner was
almost frightened to death.
"Oh, please, Mr.. Lion, let me go. / was
only driving away the mosquitoes!" he
cried.
81 have always made it a rule TO eat
| any one who interfered with my mosque
| toes" replied the lion.
Mr.. Mouse begged and prayed and
squealed, but all in vain, and he was just
about to disappear down Mr.. Lions
throat when he had an idea
Just one minute, Mr.. Lion" he cried,
as the huge red jaws yawned before him;
| eff you will only let me go will tell you
| ho NJ Cfc
Lion only grinned, and the sight of his
long teeth made Mr.. Mouse shiver with
| fear.
Let me 60" continued he, "and I will
| find Grandfather Jumbo at once, wait I'M
til he is asleep and creep into his ear.
| Then 1 can make him 90 anything
| wish" This interested Mr.. Lion greatly,
but he did not let Mr.. Mouse go. HE
/ will pull you out and squash YOU" he de-
/ INJURED.
But he can't pull me out, for his
| trunk is too large. and I can bite him
| If he refuses to do as say" insisted Mr..
Mouse.
So, finally, after much argument and ex-
| PLANTATION on the part of the mouse, Mr..
| Lion let him go.
Mr.. Mouse lost no time in getting to
| Grandfather Jumbos house, but it was
| such long way that it began to grow
dark before he finished his journey. Then,
/ Tor q Wnlle ne naQ a leTIlDIe llIilS' AdAA-
| ing over stones and stubbing his toes in
the dark After awhile the moon arose,
| and then he could get along better.
| At last he came to where Grandfather
| Jumbo and his wife were sleeping, under
| a big palm tree, for the weather was
| very warm.
They looked so large as they lay there
in the shadows that Mr.. Mouse felt his
| courage all leave him with rush; his
heart thumped so loudly that he was
| afraid Ii would awaken the sleeping ele-
| plants, but he held his ground.
| After a time, as neither of the sleepers
moved, he pulled himself together and
carefully crept toward Grandfather Jum-
/ DO. The elephants head was so extreme
| " high that one ear was entirely out Of
Mr.. Mouse's reach, while the other was
| pressed close to the ground.
/ Mr. Mouse trembled and shook, but
/ started to climb up Grandfather Jumbo's
| trunk. Suddenly he heard a great explo-
/ sion, and found himself lying on his
/ back on tie grass several feet away.
Grandfather Jumbo had sneezed.
Mr.. Mouse lay quiet for some time,
rubbing himself tenderly, for he had been
/ badly bruised. Then he sat up. He heard
| a loud rumbling like distant thunder.
/ Grandfather Jumbo was snoring. Mr.
/ Mouse shook his fist at him, and run
ming quickly up his trunk crawled into
4
Mr.. Mouse reached his goal just In time,
for his little feet had tickled Grandfather
| Jumbo's delicate neck, and an immense
! trunk came whisking through the air,
| lust missing Mr.. Mouse's coat tails. Now,
| however, he felt safe and shouted in
loud voice: Get up, you old Lazybones.
| Get I'D before I kill you" Grandfather
| Jumbo sprang to his feet in great hurry
| and snorting freely looked all around, but
could see no one. Then, thinking he had
| been dreaming he heard the same voice
say: Surrender! Surrender, you old five
legs, before eat you alive" Grand
father Jumbo began to be frightened, for
he could not find where the voice came
from, although 1t sounded to be right be-
| side him.
'Who are you?'he cried. "Show your
self, so can break every bone in your
body"
al am Old Man Bitem-Bitem," replied
the voice 81 have twenty-seven thousand
| and three teeth and 1 intend to use them
all on your head in a minute"
Grandfather Jumbo charged all about in
the woods looking for old man Bitem-
Bitten, but not finding any one, came back
| to his wife, who had been awakened by
| the noise. She acted just like the cook
does when she is angry and you have
| tracked up the clean kitchen floor with
your dirty boots. She told Grandfather
| Jumbo he should be ashamed of himself
awakening people at TINS liile VI the ms II
| and disturbing all the neighbors. Grand
father Jumbo kept getting more and more
frightened Mr.. Mouse continued to do ter
rible things and nothing the poor elephant
| could. do seemed to be of any use. Where
| are8you?" he asked, and the voice replied:
Here in your left ear, and 1 am going
| to begin biting you in a minute unless
you surrender"
Grandfather Jumbo tried to get his
| trunk in his left ear, but the end was too
| large. Then he tried to poke Mr.. Mouse
out with a little stick, but he only sue
| ceeded in hurting his ear. At last he felt
| a terrible pain in his head. Mr.. Mouse had
! begun to bite. The pain was so severe that
| Grandfather Jumbo went almost crazy. He
| began to beg that terrible old man Bitem-
| Bitten to come out of his ear, and leave
| him in peace.
mot until you surrender" replied Mr..
Mouse.
THAT will never do" answered Grand