Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-24
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN,
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THE CURE OF THE
PRINCESS YES,NDEEDE

Once upon time there reigned in The
fair land of Asiava!e great King
named lronwiil. His character well bore
out his name, for he was 50 Strongmnd-
ed. determined and altogether dominant
that whatever came into his head he did
at once, in spite of anything and every
| thing. He had gathered about him at
court just the strongest-muded lot Of
statesmen, courtiers ana soldiers one
could find anywhere in the world. and
| the result was that the court of ASiayalc
very much resemhlod in character. if not
IN actual looks. tin pan. beneath which
Il lot OF hreCrackerS are going off, for
| the conflict of wills between all these
| Stongmlnded persons. caused continual
explosions of tpmperS, and had il not
been that King Ironwill WAS stronger
minded than all the rest, the soldiers.
statesmen and courticrS would soon have
torn each other all to pieces. However,
the King managed to keep some sort of
order and prevented his strongmiudcd
SUBJECTS from actually coming to blows.
Inc most pridcd possession Of King
| llonWlll was his beautiful little daugh-
ter. Although She was but an infant.
indeed, too young to talk she had Il will
that brooked no restraint. not even from
her father, of whom she had not tho
she wanted, aud that she would have
and nothing else. The King, her fathe,
was delighted nj each fresh instance ri
her strength of character
One day the little princess todd!ed To
her father with picture book grasped
IN her tiny fist She showed him a pic
ture of a eat and Indicated thnt She
wanted pet like that. The King "a
once had several cats brought to her
but She would have none of them. she
produced the picture again aud made
plan that she wanted a eat like the one
shown there. The picture was of n blue
cat. Far from diSmnying King Irunwill
this determination of the little princes,
pleased him ever SO much, and he gave
orders that his cnuriers 60 ont and get
blue cat for the princess The cour-
iers searched for several days and then
reported that there was no such thing as
Il blue eat in all Asiavalc
STUFF and nonsense reared King
lronWilL No blue eats. indeed: III
show YOU, Go out ut once all of YOU
and don't return until you have blue
car. If You do, off come your headsr'
The couricrs were gone Il week this time
but mt last came back in triumph. one of
them bearing large bag which he said
contained fine Sky-blue cat
The courerS opened the bag, and out
splang fine large sky-blue cat, The
little princess uttered Il cry of delight
ami ran forward to seize the treasure,
out Just then the cat changed. in the
tWinkling of an eye, into tall old wom-
an. So angry that she looked ms if She
would bite aud scratch just like a cat.
What Is the meaning of this out
rage she cried. Il am the great Witch
onderbelle' If you think YOU can have
me grabbed by the scruff of the neck
and popped into a bag just because |
happen 10 he amusing myself by taking
the form OF blue cat YOU are very much
mistaken. ! am greatly inclined to place
a spell on The lot of You and turn half
OF You into stale mince pies and the 9th.
er half into mice"
See here, madam. said the King firm
~ While | rule this country | intend
to be obeyed My daughter wants blue
cat and she intends To have it, She is
Il very Strongmnded small person and il
looks to me as if YOU will have to turn
yourself back again into blue cat, for
there are no others of that color in the
country
Oh, Then the witch was angry Yes
slree. DO you mean to say" She
cried. but her anger clicked her.
'Of course. | do said the King. II
mean to say it, and say it to mean it.
too. If you are not Il blue eat. archine
s''AA FfH' bti' M NNittliitlG Il Dliit IHll
and purrmg blue purrS inside of three
minutes, off comes your head. | tell you
the little princess is Il very strongmindcd
girl; she knows what she wants and her
old father sees that she gels it,
oh. she does, does she?" cried the
witch in a perfect fury. she knows
what she wants, does she% Well. that is
likely to get her into lots of trouble. so
we had better fix ii mt once. People 50
1 st Il 1
stormy lives. will make things a little
easier for her future" She waved one
hand at the courier who had carried the
bag. He at once turned into dark
navy blue cat. Then the witch waved
her hand at the princess, and every one
expected to see something frightful hap
pen. But no, the little maiden was as
sweet as ever even sweeter, if possible.
Her chin seemed to be Of n softer round
ness rather than to incline toward
squareneSs as before: her eyes seemed
even brighter, and hrimfu Of fun: her
mile was even Swceter Every one
looked back at the witch. but She had
vanished completely. leaving no trace cx-
cept the big bag and the dark navy blue
eat which q few minutes before had
been courier.
1t was n year or more before any
change was noticed in the princess pX-
ttpl ~ ltI nurses. GNllc llaU DFpU
sore trial 10 them. being 50 self-willpd
and bent upon having things which are
bad for little girls. Now She was Just
the opposite. She was So sweet and
gentle that they all loved her dearly,
she obeycd perfectly, and never insisted
when an older person forbade her to do
something sh" should not do, But while
the nurses were delighted beyond words
at this change. the King was furious.
TO think that a child Of mine should
be So weak of will he starmcd WHY
she agrees with every one whether they
are right or wrong, She was ten times
as Str0ngIniHdcd when she was Il baby
Right up to the time that blue tat witch
appeared. | believe the witch Iaid q
spell upon my little girl" aud SO. in
deed. il was. The wave of the witch s.
hand had beWitchcd the princess and
now She had no mind Of her own: no iui-
dependence. no strength Of VIII. mo- firm
ness Of character. As she grew older
her lack Of mental force became more
marked and every one called her Priu-