Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-25
LITTLE GlHL WHO WAS AFRAID.

oh dear me. don't want to go
F,ay off ups airs TO bed by myself,
said Winnie fra5fully one night when
bedtime came and there was no one to
80 upstairs with her All the family
except grandma had gone to a recep.
ton and arandma slep5 downstairs.
"N.hs What fhe matter2" grand.
ma asked.
I'm afraid wnucd Winnie
There is nothing to be afraid of.
my dear child will be down here
and nothing can GET up to you without
FIRST passing me. Whaf are you afraid
Of"
Il don't know exactly, bU-thr
darl- and and lust eycrytnns.
Winnie replied
@That reminds me Of a litlle girl |
once knew. sail grandma. "Wog0d
YOU like to hear the sorry Of one OF
her big f.'aids' that turned or to be
a very very little ffajd
oh yes. grandma, xoo krow such
nee stories. | just love 10 haar hem :
And Winnie broUght her little rocket
ard seated herself in It at grandma S
feet. prepared to enjoy herself thor-
oughly
This little airl am going to tell
YOU about lived away out on the prai-
rje-i the west many years ago She
was afraid Of almost everything. just
as YOU are The little boys at school
eaped her Little f'raid tvrI and
when they wanted to tease her very
much they called her .Scareay-cat
'When Little Fraid Girl heard the
coyotes bowling on the prairie a
nlght, and the wind go Woo. Woo. rs
i swept around the corners OF the
house nd ratified the windows, she
would cover down under the bed
clothes and just shiyer with fright.
She was so afraid Of the dark tnat
she always covered her head up tigh'
when she went to bed at night. OF
course this was very unhealthy for
her and people used to wonder wha
made her so pale and delicate look
ing.
Little Frad Girl had to walaz a
mile and a half TO school. and here
were two ways she could go Dne led
down a lonely lane and across thu
prairie where strange ca lie herded.
and the other way took her through
a narrow strip of woods and dow
iItO a hollow As she was very. veTy
much afraid of the woods. sha usually
went to school by way of the lane
But one morning as she started te
school she happened 10 elarcc down
the lane and there only !; few >ards
away, near clump Of bGzt,aS. sha
was sure she saw big io,, lie was
standing perfectly motionl"-s xit4azs
across the road. Il would ne}ar 70 u
e down the lane ard run "A risk Of
being eaten by a lion, an @et Ahs
would not go ba~3l 70 the Itoi-e AM
say that lion was stand town The
lane. for il mi2ht not % arl. @ad
ten her uncles wouH l4a Al horz
They had enough to taase hAs sbeu.
talready SO she went 70 school thar
morning through the Ssat Is.
Every minute she eyayctei a sqps
| lu 10 chase her OF ~ !94a3=to
leap from behind a treo a:a. grab -.
She would ran until almost ol5 "r
breath then She would ~sl> Il IL
while until rested, then url again.
Tho way seemed cudIe5s= bit It ali
4 very tired Htle girl r5aene the
schoolhouse
Little Fraid Girl did uo meHt5oa
tie lion to any of her 39hGolmates
for She feared thor ridica.e ha9 al
lternoon as she was going hena
nishbor ON his way 10 town gav- hsr
8 ride on his wagon As th4Y pas e1
he place where Little Frai1 GirI Aa1
$ en the lion she looked To S.. if h.
" ere still there. bu- the lion had dis
appeared She gay a Ssh ot relief.
But the next morning thare stood
Mr. Lion, as big IS Life, n the same
pot Little traid Girl eo4 by thr
gate Tor few minutes. trying 20 Dc
eide whar to do. She would about as
soon be eaten hy a ljoa as to bravc
the terrors Of those aVfu woods
again, and She felt. way down in tn
bottom of her heart. that his was no
Ion at all Al the lions =he had eyer
read about walked baeh and forth and
switched their tails and roared until
leu could hear then Il mile. She de
cited 10 walk very close to this mys
feer.auS looking thing and if il moved,