Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-02

Illustrated by Caroline s. King.
| This book is number three League prize
listoNo |, Friends and Helpers by Sarah Eddy
No. 2, Rag Lobo and Briers," by Ernest Thomp
| son Seton No. B. ''Grimm's Fairy Tales edited
| by Sarah E. Wiltse.
Once upon time two sons of King set
out to see the world. and fell into such a
wild kind of life that they did not return
| home. So their youngest brother. Dumb
ling, went to seek them: but when he found
them they Knocked him. because of his sim
pie manners. However they took him with
them.
After a time they came to an ant-hill
This the two older brothers would have torn
I In pieces, to see the little ants run away
with their eggs, but Dummling said, LET
the little creatures live in peace; 1 will
not let you hurt them
Then they went along, until they came
to lake, on which ducks were swimming
in great numbers. The two brothers want
ed to catch a pair and roast them; but
Dummling would not allow it. saying LET
these fowls alone; l will not let you kill
them!'
At last they came to a bees nest in
which was SO much honey, that it was run
ming out at the mouth of the nest The
two brothers would have lain down under
the tree and caught the bees as they pass
ed for the sake of their honey; but Dumm-
ling again held them back saying, Leave
the bees alone; 1 will not let you hurt
them!"
After this the three brothers came to
castle, in the stable of which stood a num-
Der of stone horses, but no man was to be
seen. They went through all the rooms Of
the castle, until they came to door, on
which hung three locks, and in the middle
of the door was hole through which one
could see into ROOM Peeping through
this hole, they saw a fierce-looking man
sitting at table. They called him once,
twice, but he heard not; the third time they
called he got up, opened the door and came
out. Not a word did he speak, but led
them to a well-set table, and when they
had eaten, he took each of them into a
sleeping room.
The next morning the man went to the
Oldest brother and led him to stone table
on which three sentences were written.
The first was that under the moss in the
wood lay the pearls of Kings daughter.
a thousand in number. These must be
sought, and If at sunset even one was
wanting, he who had looked for them would
be changed into stone.
The eldest brother went off and hunted
the whole day, but found only hundred.
So that it happened to him as the table
had said-he was changed into stone. The
next day the second brother went, but he
did no better than the other, for he found
but two hundred pearls, and he was turn
ed into stone. Then came Dummling's
turn. He searched in the moss, but the
pearls were hard to find Then he sat down
weeping, the Ant-king whose life he had
once saved came up with five thousand
ants. and before very long they found and
piled in heap the whole thousand pearls.
The second sentence was to fetch the key
of the Princess sleeping room out of a
lake which the brothers had passed When
Dummling returned to the lake, the ducks
whose lives he had saved, swan toward
him, and diving below the water, quickly
brought up the Key.
The third sentence, however was the
hardest of all. OF the three daughters of
the king he must pick out the youngest and
prettiest They were all asleep, and look
ed alike. without a single mark by which
to tell them apart, except that before they |
fell asleep they had eaten three kinds of |
sweets-the eldest a piece of sugar the |
second little syrup, and the youngest a |
spoonful of honey. But in came the Queen
Bee of all the bees who had been saved by |
Dummling, and tried the mouths of the |
three.
At last she settled on the mouth which |
had eaten the honey, and thus the Kings |
son knew which was the right Princess |
Then the spell was broken; every one |
awoke, even those who had been changed /
INTO stone. Dummling was given a whole |
kingdom as reward. and the ants ducks |
and bees were always his most faithful |
friends and servants.