Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-29
Tire Ro.y-Bun Contentrnent.

Once there was an animal called Musti-
pepper, and he was very cross. He was the
crossest animal in all the world. and he
had a hundred legs and a hundred mouths.
He lived all by himself on the top of a
mountain. and IL any one went up the
mountain he said in his cross. ugly voice:
| 'If you come any nearer I'll fight and I'll
bite with all my might!
And then. of course. the person animal
| who was coming up would run straight
down again as fast he could. sometimes
even little faster.
| And the people who lived In the village
at the foot of the mountain put all the very
best things they had for supper every
! night at the foot of the mountain in
great big heap and in the night, when
only the stars were awake. the big cross
| Mustipepper came down the mountain and
ate up all the things the people had left for
him.
OF course the people didn't want to give
all the very best things they had for sup
per every night to the horrid. cross Musti-
pepper, but every day the mean old Musti-
pepper called out: IF you don't bring me
the very best things you have for supper
I'll come down tonight and eat up your
children!"
So that's why the people had to do 1t.
Well, near the village there lived in
tree a wee animal called a Roly-Bun. He
was soft, round, white, little. thing. some
what like rabbit. with wings-yes he had
wings. And all the children in the village
used to save something from breakfast to
give to the Roly-Bun. They did IT just be-
| cause they loved him. and he loved them.
Dear little Roly-Bun.
One morning little Roly- Bun woke up and
popped out of his hole in the tree, and
what do you think he saw? He saw all
the little village children crying as hard
as they could cry.
You poor. dear children" said the soft
round. white, little Roly-Bun. What is
the natter"
The smallest child in all the village spoke
first.
"Oh, you poor, dear Roly-Bun," she said;
I'VE haven't anything to give you for
breakfast We didn't have any breakfast
ourselves, nor any supper last night be-
cause we had to give it all to the big, cross
Mustipepper. He eats so much that we
not give him the very best supper he ever
had tonight he is coming down the noun
tain to eat U.S. And, oh. soft round, white,
little Roly-Bun. do run away before he
comes or he viii eat you, too.''
Then the little RolyBun looked angry.
Really. the soft. round. white, little Roly-
Bun looked angry.
You sweet little village children" he
said. Il will not let that big. cross Mus
tipepper hurt you! l am going up that
mountain to make that Mustipepper learn
some things he never learned before"
And off he whisked like bit of thistle
down.
Well. he came to the mountain and start
ed up bravely If he had been going
to see his own grandmother. Above him
in the sky he a big puffy. white
cloud coming toward the mountain. The
big cross Mustipepper heard him coming
and called out
''1f you come any nearer I'll fight and
I'll bite with all my might!'
We'll, I'm coming" said the Roly-Bun,
land you can fight and bite with all your
might II you want tor
YOu don't know how SURPRISED the Mus
tipepper was! II never heard anything like
that before!' he said and he began to
feel quite frightened. But when he saw
the soft. round white, little Roly-Bun he
felt better.
I'm not afraid of your he said. you
teeny. tiny thing! think I'll eat you
began walking with his hundred legs to-
ward the Roly-Bun.
He opened his hundred mouths as wide
as he could, and each mouth was big
enough to swallow the soft, round, white,
little RolyBun.
Then the Roly-Bun looked around, and
there was the big, puffy white cloud close
to the mountain. And little RolyBun
jumped right on the cloud, right on the
beautiful soft cloud.
Then the Mustipepper said. Il can do
that. too" And he jumped on the beau
tiful, soft cloud. So the cloud began to
move away from the mountain, and the
Roly-Bun and the Mustipepper were sail
ing away through the blue sky:
the IhOly- III SclilS. "
fly down You have to stay here. You
haven't any wings
"WhatT cried the Mustipepper. and he
! looked around and saw that the cloud hao
left the mountain far behind.
"Good-bye! said the RoiyBun. Now
my nice little village children will never
give you the very best things they have
for supper any morew And he spread his
wings and flew down to the earth ~
There were all the little village children
standing and crying just where he had
left them. And the youngest child in all
the village cried out. why. here is
soft round white, little Roly-Bun back
again&"
Yes said the RolyBun, land do you
see that little black speck floating away
on the big, puffy, white cloud up there?
That's the Mustipepper! He is going away.
never to trouble you any more You can
all have your suppers and your breakfasts
now, you dear little children"
Then every one was happy in the village.