Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-08
LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS AFRAID.

"Oh, dear me, don't want % go
1ay off upstairs to bed by myself. s.,
said Winnie, fretfully, one night when
bedtime came and there was no one to
go upstairs with her. All the family
except grandma had gone to recep-
ton, and grandma SLEPT downstairs.
why, what's the matter?" grand
ma asked.
I'm afraid" whined Winnie.
There is nothing to be afraid CT,
my dear child. I will be down here
and nothing can get up to you without
first passing me. What are you afraid
of"
81 don't know exactly, bur-the
rk-and-and-just everything,
Winnie replied.
That reminds me Of a little girl
once knew" said grandma. "Noufd
you like to hear tie s5ory Of ole Of
her big f-ads' that turned out TO be
a very, very little fraid,?9
"Oh, yes, grandma you know such
nice stories, just love to hear hem. .
And Winnie brought her little rocker
and seated herself in it at graa las
feet. prepared to enjoy herself rhor-
oughly.
This little girl I an going to t.
You about lived away ont on the p7.zi-
rie in the west, many years ago. shs
was afraid Of almost everything. just
a Eou are. The little boys at school
eaPed her Little F'raid CVrg' and
when they wanted 70 tease her very
much they called her .scareay.cat.
when Little Fraid Girl heard the
coyotes bowling on the prairie a
night. and the wind 20 Woo Woo, as
! swept around The corners of the
house and ratified the windows, sh4
would cover down under the bed
cIo he's and just shiver with fright.
She was 50 afraid Of The dark ma
she always covered her head up tigh-
, han she went to bed at nieh- Or
course this was very nnheal-hE fer
her and people used 10 won3er VIA
made her so pale AMI delicate look.
ing.
Little Fraid Girl had to walk
h7ile and half TO school, and there
were two ways she could so. One lei
down a lonely lane and across tn
prairie where strange ca tie herded,
and the other way took her through
a narrow strip of woods and dov
into a hollow AS she was very. very
much afraid of the woods, she usually
went to school by way of the lane.
But one morning as she stared to
school she happened TO glance flo,yE
the lane and here, only :; few yards
away. near a clump Of hustes, 81
was snre she saw a big lio-t. He was
standing perfectly motionlass, eatif4s
across the road. II would aeyar - u
q down the lane and run tie risk Of
being eaten by lion, IN get she
would not go back o the hoise anl
say that 2 lien was sfandiag DOWN the
lane. for it might rot 30 \ ION, aal
ttan her uacles would loren at 10
They had enough 10 ta9sc her ab9u
already. SO she Went 70 school tha.
morning through the woods
Every minute she evpectel eco.
lin 10 chase her or big In1.an 10
leap from behind a tree ana grab har.
She would run until almost OIL Of
breath, then she would walk a Httls
while until rested, then rIn again.
The way seemed endless. bEt nrallY
very tired little girl reached h
schoolhousa.
Little Fraid Girl dil naf me4t.en
the lion 70 any Of her :ehoolmates
for she feared their ridie',a That al
ternoon as she was going hema a
oiehbor on his way to town gave he
ride on his wagon. AS hey passed
the place where Little Fraid Girl hal
seen the lion she looked to see If h.
We're still there. bu. the lion had dis.
eppeared. She gave a sigh of relief
But the next morning there stood
Mr.. Lion, as big as life, in the sam
spot. Little Fraid Girl stood BY tn
gate for few minutes, trying TO de.
eide what to do. She would about as
soon be eaten by lion as to brave
the terrors of those awful woods
again, and she felt. way down in the
bottom OF her heart, that this was no