The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
TEDDY'S FUNNY PASS.
By Blanche Elizabeth Wade.


Teddy was brave boy. There is no doubt about
nor Of great fuzzy caterpillar of long wriggy
angle of queer, lumpy, brown toad, of
shiny, green and black snake, of fercelook1ng
crab under stone i'll the brook, of big henhawk
swooplng about the air, of bears that
might be in the woods at the end Of the meadow
Perhaps the reason why he not afraid of all
these things because his grandfather of
museum--not circus museum, but large museum in
the city, where could either in the or in
the WINTER and there almost every strange thing of
which one could think Teddy knew many of the diff
their the of the stuffed ones, and of
the plaster casts of such lived years and ago
time There IS nothing like the GOOD bright daylight
to make boy feel able to dare almost anything but at
night Teddy different boy. He afraid to go
thru dark room, either alone with any else.
There many things that might be hiding in the
shadows. To him, harmless chair no longer harm
grab person-and many things might be under the
chair, too-thngs that might hurt little boys.
Mama and papa had tried to reason with him. How
could there be any bau thing in dark room? They
would turn the and with him into
to show him that really there nothing there to harm
him. But it all of The minute the
gasght out he could feel that those things might
Now feddy's grandfather used to give Teddy, and
passes tickets which would let them in at the door
without their having to pay any admission fee. The
pass read:
t'This is let Theodore Barnett Cor whoever the
person might beg 'nto the museum free of charge"
and was signed with Grandfather Barnett 3 name.
One day Grandfather Barnett said to Teddy's father
and mother:
~ coming to spend the evening tonight,
and think have found way of curing Teddy of being
afraid in the DARK --...s.
Grandfather Barnett to dinner that evening
he had promised, and Teddy delighted for Grand
father Barnett the most interesting sort of
imagine, he knew much which boy likes to hear
After dinner there many stories
Teddy could wish and when grandfather to he
said:
''Teddy, will you go into the library and get my
gloves for mes left them the table,
Teddy the hall to obey; but when be
looked into the great dark library he stopped short To
go into that backness far the table in the very
center of the room too much for him.
fsWell, my boy'' called grandfather, fthave you
found my gloves yetf' Then he Teddy standing
in the doorway of the library, he said:
"Well well, WELT Bless my sou what's the
matters Afraid, youf'
:tY-e-e-s,'' said Teddy. CT think ann
stWhat off' asked grandfather.
ttL don't know exactly said Teddy; ttbut there
..oh the Might Bes have all gone another country
III fix it so they will not touch you.''
Then grandfather took from his pocket one of his
passes and with his pencil made few changes in the
wrote s'ibrary' instead and where it said "free of
charge, he wrote free Of harm from the Might Bes'
80 that the pass read:
Of harm from the Might Bes' Signed, George Flint
Barnett.''
''There, Teddy said he. CHOW you take this pass
and it with into the library and nothing will
hurt you. Then you get my gloves all right .,
Teddy took the pass and marched straight into the
dark bravely he marched in the daytime with
ttThat fixed all the Might Bes, think said he
In this way grandfather filed out passes letting
Teddy each room IN the house, matter how dark
and Teddy afraid at night again. for by the
Tina he too old to ask for passes he had forgotea
% be afraid of the dark