Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-28
For the Children.
WEST WIND AND THE BEAR.

Aunt ,ImSey had been nanny To the
Randolph children, on Broadlauds plan
jation, as she was nanny 10 their
mother before them. But with the COM
ing of the new baby, Il little colorcd
nurse. 12-year-old America" was
brought up to the biz mousse to play with
the three elder children, and do what
She could, till Aunt Jinsey's time was
more her own.
America assisted in getting Pate, Pat
" and Isabel out of bed, and, under
Aunt Jinsey'S direction, managed their
morning toilets
You dest like little bear. Marse
Pate. the young girl gGgled. II bound
you like to sleep all de winter th'oo."
Does bears sleep all winter. Aunt
JnSey:" asked Pate applying to the
higher authority, ms he grumblngly
fastened his shoes
'Iley does Sence de West Wind done
pipcd old Mr.. Bear Ia sleep one time.
returned Aunt Jinscy, good humorcdly.
HE baby lay across her knees, with
skirts trailing down To her foot. and she
trotted him gently as she spoke BLACK
gal. she broke ont with sudden fierce
ness, what you let little Marse put his
shoes on widout pollgiZin EN- for? Iou
" d" ~ 'alh bout beaTS, ana ltltlh
desc chIllcn 20 same as white trash"
Never mind the shoes" cried Pate
Let Meriky tell MS about the bear"
Mcriky tell YOU bout de bear!' snort
ed Aunt .IinSey IF she can't tell a
tale better dan what she kin dress Il
child. hit'H bc mighty raggcty tale"
You tell us, then, Aunt Iiuscy,
pleaded gentle little Patricia. at was
You that said you knew about the West
Wind piping the bear Ia sleep. Tell us
that tale
Somewhat Modified the old woman
settled herself for the story, keeping Il
sharp eye on America, who was still
husily polishing Pate'S shoes. Long
time ago de fust bear he was young an
foolish. He never Slep' all de winter
long in a holler log like bears does desc
days; an he was mighty bad hand 10
backbite an carry tales. lie tell every
body dat will listen to him dat de West
Wind amt no singer
Now. de West Wind kin make de
mttivst music er anybody in dc Big
Woods More dan dat. hc make up all
de songs what he sings, deSt as he go
long.
When he hear what dat impudous
young bear say he fly right straight To
Mr. Bear. he did. oh. | amt no singer.
amt =? he AK. Well Mr., Bear. we Kin
call up de critters in de big woods to
jedge, an | kin sing you SO fast asleep
dat you won't wake up 70 spring
Try it,, say Mr.. Bear. 'Uh-uhnh"
lie grunt: try hit--dest try hit"
SO den de West Wind call all the
critters togedder; an when dey ranged
round to look on, he sing bout what
bears love best. He had him song
bout ripe huckieberries, an honey drip
ping ont de comb in de bee Tree. Oh
mind his -
I've heard the wind when it made me
think of things like that" said Pate.
but IL never made me sleepy"
De West Winds time make little
Brown Bear mighty sleepy" said the
old negress. He stand hit rs long as
he kin, an den he guile down in the
holler tree very comfortable an COM
mence to snore.
An de critters laugh. but dat amt
win de day for de West Wind, yit. He
got To put Mr. Bear So plum fast asleep
dat he won't wake up tell spring.
$50 de West Wind pile leaves all bout
de bear an make him warm SO he
snore softer an softer. De dry leaves
done dey part: dey rushle n nice little
tun" to 60 wild de West Winds song;
but still Mr.. Bear was a-snorin'. an de
West Wind know at when a bear suore
he gwme wake up soon.
Den de West Wind call pom de rain:
an de rain come an pat for de music.
Pitter- Patter-pit-pat. Pitter-Patter-
pit-pat, Dat how de rain sound on de
leaves. Pittpr-p atter-pit-pat" But still
Mr. Bear snore on.
Last of all, an best of an. to make
bear sleep. come Jack Frost wild MS
banjo. When de West Winds pipe
song, an de leaves rushlc and play
chune To 90 wild hit an de snow come.
an Jack Frost's banjo begin to snap
an Crackle de strings. de amt uo bear
ever made kin stay awake. Nav. sub
nary bear ever made, Dey deSt plumb
bleege 10 60 To sleep.
Mr.. West Wind bend down close over
Mr. Bear. He sleep like dead bear.
He amt suore no more. Den de West
Wind an de rain an de frost take abbott
q hands an fly ava laushn', An de
leaves say Wen stay hyer an watch
him tell spring
so it was wild dat first bear. SO it
been wild every bear ~ dis good day.
Dey might like To stay awake an dance
in de field, an play snowfall wild dc crit
tiers: but when dc West Wind begin
to pipe an De rain begin ~ pit-a-pat. ana
de snow cumc-mo~t IF an. when Jack
Frost play de baujo-'le hear 'blroLe to
20 sleep ia a holler tree an sleep ten
spring.