New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30

and TO think ] must lay it aside and take nothing
but a stupid flower that any common field mouse
might gather
But at last they stopped complaining and set
about looking for the finest flowers they could find
Early in the morning Of the important day YOU
might have seen thousands OF animals great and
small hurrying from All parts Of the world toward
the kings palace. and each with flowers Of some
kind in his keeping The bees Of course. brought
the sweetest they could find the butterflies the
brightest, while elephants trudged along with bush
els OF orchids gathered up la their trunks the
rhinoceros with a-wreath Of Gala lilies twined care
fully about his tusk and The kangaroo with
pomegranate blossom OF cactus bloom tucked CO.
euettishly behind his
As one by one they laid their gifts down before
the palace doors The great heap Of richly colored
blossoms began TO look like hill Of broken rain
bows. with one exception-there near the ION Of
The mass cleaned single black spot The king
sent 10 what II was. He feared 1t might
be some poisonous snake coiled up there ready
10 bite. But no. il proved TO BE- nothing but a
cluster OF midnight flowers the curious little three
petalied blossoms that spring from the marshes and
river banks in the dark of the moon. The king
thought no more about f. but the queen was very
much offended.
Why did they not bring some bright and beauti-
iul howerE she exclaimed. surely no one * 80
poor that he bring his black and sIinv
ihlng would just like know which OF Won was
guilty OF such rudeuess,' sh. continued tl,ruiu.
10 the acres and acres Of gathered in every
direction around the palace So fierce and angry
was her eye that even the lions uuaied and NOT
souna was heard for at least ffty-nine seconds
nen; from the grass near the queens feet came
= HLtle piping sound, and a tlny haldheaded Long
voice 49, anu i4i'eO up MS
1t was / who brought the bunch Of rnidpiebt
movers, ne sa3d. and II was not because / conid
not 1nd any others. There is / know a 49,
~oFo tIli OF bright colored blossoms b,t NONE fIi
DC so valuable 10 your little daughter as viii tas
II you only teach her 10 them rightly '~7''
Ihough the queen giared flriousiy "a him he
went bravely - i'ii' nc
At the heart Of each black three petaIIs1 ht,
som he said, is hidden a white kew so lin
however, that only little girls whose eyes bs,.
never been blinded by fear can possibiy, 80 -
These keys VIII unlock all the WINS nd III, a.
and Whens that lie in the Shadows All o. ~ :
world But some OF the Shadows full or H.
ana WHY'S and Whens also fun OF Furies not
good Tor little girls 10 play with. These ~ ,-tr,
ram ner rightly, she Will not want And
yon carEot train her unless you yourself know.
Mnat framing means. So / advise YOU" con
unued this baldheaded. long-toed creature no bieb
er than a grasshoppers hind legs Il advise So,
70 begin ct onca to commence gel ready 10 SIR,
70 Train yourself TO train Griselda For you see
u you iet FER have only the bright colored beautI,
fIi mowers she VIII be very OF face and sweet
OF voice ana lovely 70 look upon but she will have
yery niue sense IL you let her have the kevs
thai grow - The midnight flowers without telins,
ner which 70 use oftenest and why she will grow,
wicked ano later ugly. which is about as had as
ss-nG stupid 30, see, IL lies entirely with voiI