Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-14

till don't baintin' you, (Dot butterfly
didn't ask dem mischief questions like
Stuffy Stauffer), will pick big hand
full of flowers, und you can sit on dem
down, eatin' breakfast, while baint
you. Dot will make pooty picture
you sittin' on dem posies.
Tank you very much, .madschen,"
de butterfly saidt, I will make you dot
promise, right away, quick. Blease let
go my legs. hat only two or tree
days to lif, und l moost be fiyin. l
want to do all de flyin l can, still,
while am lifin, yet
"'Dot is all right, butterfly Riga
saidt. / am sorry dot you hat so few
days to lif. You are so beautiful
"I didn't make myself. madschen,'
de butterfly saidt God made me. l
know I am beautiful, but | am not
proudt You hat good heart, already,
but you do not needt to pity me for be-
ing so short lifed. De work dot | was
sent into de big worldt to do, will be
done. Den will be happy und ready
"'Well,' said Riga, if you won't let
me pity you, will hat to cry
'Blease don't de butterfly saidt. I
don't know how to cry, und | don't
want to learn. I hat not time to spare
for cryin'.'
Den Riga saidt, If 1 can't pity you,
und I moosent cry. dere is nothin' for
me to do but laugh.
dot is right. 1t is peter to be
laughin' dan cryin',' de butterfly saidt
4 hat had tree lives already, before
this one-one as an egg; one as cat
Att Eyo inNct cat md
eat all de time, und efery time when
got too fat for my skin, joost craWled
out uf it, und den | was In brandt
new skin dat would stretch some
more; den when I was done eatin' de
lofely green leafs, und hadt hadt no
more new skins as caterpillar, spun
me fine house Of silk arOundt, dot !
hung to a bush and fastened it nit
strong silk cordts to keep de windt
from BLOWN me away, und den l lifed
snug. Gas a pupa or chrysalis, dot is
dem Latin names what de men dot
knows so much, calls dem) while |
change into butterfly. Dot wos fun
ny-feelin' myself changin, und trad
in about twenty legs for six. und get
tin wings und scale fedders instead of
pristles. und two feelers (antennae)
on my headt nit nobs on the endts.
Dem nobs makes de difference between
butterflies und dem moths. Dem moths
don't hab dem knobs ON dere feelers.
Ven l vas done changin, und de warm
wedder COON, I cut open de endt uf
my silk house, und pushed myself
troo de hole, und crawled out uf my
skin, und den IL was glad to get
-, 1yOt,ly G n
lay eggs. l go lay dem. don't die all
I goes on lifin' in dem eggs. Dem eggs
is my children. joost like your pappy
and NANNY l Ifs in my children
und will hat so many, dot lif a great
deal. You are SO pig dot it takes 4
pig year for you; I am leetle, und il
takes a leetle year for me. butterfly
years is only an hour long. In tree
days I shall be tree times four und
twenty, dot is seventy-two years old
See? Dot is genug (enough).
CHOW, please let go my legs. l hal
six uf dem. und you are holdin' den
crossed. Dot hurts tree times as
mooch as if heldt you by your two
only
Riga saidt, Ny. Oh my! Dot i:
wonderful. Now go. Flop your beau
tiful wings, fly aheadt uf me, und vel
you see a honey flower, nit honey II
for your breakfast joost flap you
wings over it, und l will pick it. D.
butterfly saidt, 4 verster, und off i
flew. Riga followed it. Ven it fiappe'
it's winds over a posy, she picked do
posy She picked und laughed, UNI
=. laughed und picked until she hadt he
, handt full uf posies. Den de putterf
) saidt Sci is genug (That is enough
Thankee. l will hat a goot breakfast
: Now l will fly to dem shadows unde
!, dot tree ayonder und I will sit dowr
standin' oop on my legs, und eat
down once while you baints me-
Riga sat down in dem shadows, I'm
made der baint box open, und got he
, baper ready. und de butterfly he So
!, down, standin' oop, und my gracious
! How de dit eat honey NIT his lon
mout. Dem butterflies don't prin
: tings to dere mouts, dey sents der
F. mouts to de tings. Dot safes troubles
Riga painted und painted She pl
:, down the goldt, und de peacock spot
J, und dem stripes, und de headt, I'm
= dem six legs, und de pody nit velvt
all OleT IL, uuu ue poSiCo, Lhle w pue'S
. sittin' on dem und sendin his mout Il
I honey. Eferyting was joost so rigl
I put down as nefer was. Und so pooty
. Oh, but dem was pooty!
). "ven Riga was done dot baintin
+. she saidt, Now, butterfly. | am don
t already You hat held SO still as
F butterfly can Thankee. Now yc
v can fly away to your work, und go
n eggs layin'. I would like to keep ye
e all de time. once, but ! always kee
e my promises
t. "De butterfly flew from dem poisi
II to her handt und he said 'Bleas
l madschen. want to hat goot look
myself once Und he looked und loo
1t ed. Den he saidt: 'Goot-pye, mac
1t chen and flew away.
lie But Riga dit not hear him S
n 'Goot-pye,' und she did not see him
is away. She was lookin' at dot pictul
too, und it was SO like dot putter
n dot she fought it was dot butterfly
is dem posies, yet. Und she was gla
NJ it stayed nit her, und she saidt, tie
on, yDl, ctay mit me-