The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-04-22
The Giant of cloudIand.


moss agate and turquoise. He also has
a temper, and at times, spells of the
blues.
In one of these blue spells, he be-
came angry at his brother, the Sun,
because he thought the Sun came too
near his abode for comfort. In fact, he
| thought the Sun was trying to spoil
! his beautiful palace by scorching it
with his hot rays until it turned pur-
pie and red Cloud Giant decided he
would go to the Sun and expostulato
with him, so he Immediately began
making preparations and was soon on
his way The nearer he came to the
| SUMS home the warmer he became,
and when his face began to blister, he
thought it would be a wise idea to sit
down and try to cool off, and send a
wireless telegram by fast-speeding
wind. He told the Sun in his message
that he must stop scorching his palace
| and that he preferred not to- have the
Sun come near him at all.
The jolly fat Sun only smiled when
he received this message, and bidding
by a sunbeam.
Dear Brother Cloud Giant-You are
cross and Grabbed and take life too Sc
riOuSly. You should smile upon the
world What's the use of getting an
CRY with me? | am only doing my duty
as our Mother Nature taught me to do,
and were l to change my course, or do
anything out of the ordinary. | should
create great disturbance both in our
country and the world below. Your
palace is not hurt by my close con-
tact. My turning in into purple and
gold in the evening, only intensified
its beauty, and varies its monotony OF
color. If stay away you will have
dull, dark, dreary-looking home.
Now, my brother, look up, smile and
drive the vapor away. Yours merrily,
SUN"
When the Cloud Giant read this mes
sage he was angrier than ever and
went into a rage, stormtng around
fearfully and bursting into tears, SO
great was his wrath.
The Sun, who was coming to meet
the Cloud Giant, was surprised at this
great display Of temper and chided him
for deluging the earth below so as to
cause much havoc. He implored his
weeping brother to stop his tears and
laugh and be happy for little while
at least. you see, dear Cloud Giant.
when you weep so copiously you cause
others to be unhappy, and when you
laugh and are bright and gay, all the
world laughs and is gay with you.
Come, let us make up and be friends,
smile upon each other and upon the
world, and all will be the better for it.
The Cloud Giant became quieter
though not entirely consoled, and re-
piled querulously "You should not
always be SO happy, Mr.. Sun; | am
not the only one who causes distur-
Dances and sorrows. Only yesterday,
besides scorching my palace, you killed
so people and 800 horses in the world
below, by your red hot breath. You
burn houses and wheat fields often and
only laugh at the desolation you
cause"
ooh, now really, Cloud Giant, do
not laugh because / have done harm
to the people. You see none can avoid
doing harm at times, and when | do
harmful things, am always very sor-
ry but knowing 1t can not be avoided,
| laugh to keep myself from getting
morose and melancholy. 1t is my ma
ture, too, you know, to laugh. The peo-
pie forgive my faults because they
know | do not hurt them Intentional
ly. When | smile upon them too warm
ly, they know | mean to be king.
only wish to ripen their grain and
help them gain a livelihood, so they
pardon me when | am overzealous."
We'll you know, Sun, that have
melancholy, fearful nature and | can
not always be smiling"
Eyes, that is true, brother, but tell
you what let us do. We will strive from
this moment to do our duty as Mother
Nature has taught us, and we will try
to be happy each in his own way, and
that way is in doing good to others.
Let us try to be kind to all, and try
not to hurt anybody, so that II we DO,
accidentally, as all are liable to, we
will be forgiven, and then we will
strive harder In the right way"
The Cloud Giant was now complete
ly ?acifed and began to smile
.'All right, brother Sun, here is my
hand ON it. We will try to do our duty.
and attend to our own affairs in flu
ture."
The two brothers embraced and went
their separate ways, each bent upon
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