The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01

what shall we do? For 1 am very
weary of the Palace Halls and Castle
Gardens"
And Bold pulled his jesters cap over
his eyes and pointed to the meadows
stretching emerald green below the
castle walls.
There are the meadows" he said
What shall we find there?" said the
Princess.
There will we find only the common
things-the geese and the goose girl.
the sheep and the sheep-boy and much
more SUCH" said the jester.
Come, let us 60" said the Princess,
rising
SO the Princess in her myrtle gown
and the jester in his motley went down
the great road leading from the Pal
ace and walked across the grass into
the emerald green meadows.
The wind, was fresh and sweet, and
the great white clouds chased each
other across the sky, and their shad-
ows ran fter each other in the meadow
below, and I'D over the hillside and so
away no one knew where. The little
Princess laughed for joy and picked as
many buttercuDs as her two hands
would hold. You will probably think IL
strange that the little Princess did not
go into the meadows often, but you
must remember that she had her wide
Palace Gardens and she had very prob
ably been taught what most Processes
are taught, that meadows are for poor
er people.
H.
The Goose Girl.
Now under a great oak tree in the
midst of one of the meadows-for there
were many meadows divided off by
long fences, was the Little Goose Girl
tending her geese She was a little
younger than the Princess and
she wore a red dress and a
white kerchief and wooden shoes,
and a white cap. She had her little
rough hands behind her head and was
looking up at the sky.
What are you doing?" said the
Princess, coming up.
The little Goose-Girl jumped up so
quickly that she lost one of her wooden
shoes and made funny little ducking
curtsey:
please, am tending my geese"
rs that ALL" said the Princess. For
tending geese is an easy matter. What
would you do if you were a Princess,
instead of a Goose Girl and had to walk
about the court and see great Kings
and wear a crown?-What were you
doing when you were looking at the
SKYE"
Il was pretending / was a Princess"
said the little Goose-Girl, half fright
ened.
"Fie!" said the Princess. Then you
were idle. l have heard that little
goose girls when they tend their geese
should knit socks for their little broth
ers. Have you never done this?''
NO" said the little Goose-Girl.
Though / have my knitting at home
and / knit there in the evenings"
Now the Princess thought this was
good chance to teach the little Goose
Girl to be industrious. and besides this
she thought that she and the jester
could perhaps have great fun them
selves tending geese, so she said. hold
ing up one finger very wisely:
II am your Princess. None of my
fathers subjects should be IDLE. Run
home, therefore, and get your knitting.
My jester and l will tend the geese
while you are gone, and so your little
brother shall have a pair of socks and
you shall be cured Of idle hands. Is not
this so, Bold?"
And the TESTED nodded his head
gravely, and then laughed in his sleeve
because it tickled and pleased him to
see such a very little Princess, who had
never worked in all her life, advising
subjects against being idle.
ut is a long way to my home" said
the Goose Girl at last, IF you should
weary of taking care of my geese be-
fore l return and should wish to leave
thes. they viii patiently wait for me
to come If only you will remember as
you go out of the meadow to shut the
gate"
BE off now" said the Princess, al
most sharply, for she did not relish be-
ing taught by a Goose Girl.
So the little Goose Girl sped away as
fast as ever she could, and the Jester
laughed aloud this time and said in a
funny hooking way to the Princess,
You will remember to shut the gate"
Al which the Princess laughed. too. nd
t,lrv were both very happy and amused.
TIE day was gone The little Goose
C'-i would be gone a long while. and
fJinf ess soon wearied of tending
-e-za. and determined TO leave them,