The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

When Bobby Fell From Cloudland

Bobbie very tired and just little bit lonely. He
had been at Uncle Jacks almost whole day; and when
boy is years old there many things for him
and do his first day in the country that it is not
strange that he should be tired He had all the
and horses and helped feed the chickens and calves
and had tried to make friends with six little white pigs
that squeaed and under the banyard fence before
he had time to pat them. x :. ~ ~. - ~7...:
Bobbie liked the little pigs better than anything else
he had the farm They had such pink and
they an He had tried very hard to catch them he had
tried putting salt their curly tails for Uncle Jack
had said the way to catch robin was to put salt on MS
tail, and there seemed to be reason why pig could
not be caught in the same way - -
But not little pig waited to be caught and besides
Uncle Jack had laughed as tho thr9wing salt on PIGS
and he climbed up to the top Of great yellow straw
stack, determined to stay there until Uncle Jack was
sorry he had been so unkind. .~ ...- .i'+@'.7 ?.
It very lonely, and the hearess uncle seemed to
be growing sorry slowly for he whistled merry
he worked about the old red barn, while Bobbie curled
from behind the great dark mountain and wondered
whether it would be great many days before anyone
would miss him. -.*@ 1. =.
The clouds were very white, and they climbed higher
and higher and piled up top of each other till 1T
seemed tho they must surely tumble off but they did
mott they and nearer and at last big white
one hung Just above the stack, and then such
strange thing happened. -.....:.
Down, down came the cloud, and there was beauti-
full lady standing on nOu1ng OUT ner nahdS anu
'Bobbie boy, are going to Cloudand; come" And
Bobbie felt himself being lifted into the cloud. H~
Everything strange and soft and white around
him. and he feel himself going up and up and up;
but he afraid for the beautiful lady close
beside him telling him of the wonderful country over
which she was queen and the little boys and girls VINO
played there all day long. --
Then at last they stopped, and Bobbe knew that he
must Cloudland because everything white even
the flowers and the and the trees and there were
rainbOWs everywhere.
At first he walked very carefully for fear he might
fall thru the clouds, but the cloud smiled and told
him that in Cloudand people who were kind and happy
never fell or hurt But sometimes, she said, little
boys girls quareled and grew angry and then they
could stay in this beautiful country but went straight
down thru the soft clouds and were never seen again.
Soon merry troop of cloud children running
from all directions, calling, 'Bobbe, OH Bobbe,
with us and the rainbows" They told him that in
Coudand boys girls chased ranbows all day long,
for at the end Of each hidden bag of fairies god
and whoever caught Of the wonderful dancing rain
bows would surely find the gold
For a few moments Bobbie watched the others, but
too trying to catch the beautiful shining
that always just too far to be reached
by his little hand Faster and faster he ran among the
great cloud trees and the shining white cloud hs
but the rainbows still danced before him.
Then, when he almost out Of breath, Bobbe and
of the little cloud boys so near to one that near
y the moment they touched it, caught 1t and held
it and enough there at the end Of it they could
see the bag of yellow shining gold.
Both reached for it, the little cloud boy seized the
bag while Boobies chubby hand grasped only few lit
tie pieces Of broken rainbow.
Forgetting that in the cloud country people quar-
relied, Bobbie in very cross voice. shouted mne
all it; caught the rainbow rs But before he had
time for another word the bottom seemed all at to
drop from the cloud on which he stood ana, humping
humping, he fell down, till at last with harder bump
he struck solid, very solid ground 49,. --
He opened his eyes slowly and looked wonderingly
around Yes there the big yellow straw stack but he
m was as 'n 6n I'D and SAYING Heo little chap
Rolled all the way
from the Up, =-==zz--7