Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-17
The Wishing Stick.

He thought thar il Was e slurrl
/ Soamperng through the leaves. ANA
turned 60 watch H. From hchind n ir,,.
! Spraag little man. lie was <n >ln.H
that Ben could easily have held him, IA
one hand
-. Good morning" said thc dwarf. nri
/ ding his head.
Good morning" replied Ben.
4 What is II that !ou wuut: a,ord
/ ~" dwarf searching his pockets he
! brought forth a TINY book ami peu,n
/ Ben looked at him in surprise,
Il don't understand what Won mean
( hr answered.
Don't .yon know who am:" asked
/ the dwarf
Il suppose, said BEN. slowly. that
/ You are dwarf have read about
/ them.
"oh. YES, | am dwarf. sad III, tiny
! man; that's easily seen: and | ANA n
I messenger for the fairies, toe"
lie stretched to his fun height a~ he
! Without waiting for Ben To reply Ac
went on:
III is holiday in Fairy land today.
/ TIA" fairy godmoiherS are making pres
/ "ntN To all the children, What shall
/ say you wish Z"
! The question was asked so suddenly
/ that Ben did NOT know what To SAY. His
/ father had just given him a new bicycle
! lie wanted "a pair of skates. too. hut
! ih'Se did not seem enough to ask for.
lau don't seem 10 know" said the
/ dwarf. striking the book with the pcucil
/ impaucuty. II have great many
I things to do. ! SHALL ~ back 10 Fairy
/ land. and perhaps when return you
will have made mp your mind"
Ron started tu speak as the dwarf en-.
tered che trunk Of a tree through very
! snail hole aud vanished.
Btn sat down. lie decided 10 ask for
. "a typewriter the moment the dwarf re-
/ appeared The dwarf was gone some
/ time. when hc stepped from the tree he
WAS out of breath
1t was great hit of luck, he said
Il should like r typewriter plca>v."
said Ben immediately.
Nonsense answered the dwarf.
Then he sat down and laughed
Such time AS I had he said
/ They were all sitting in "a circlr"
Who are they asked Bcu
The fairy godmottcrs They made
/ rather a large circle. ton" continued the
/ dwarf, They al talked an once. aud ul
most quarrcled dvc~ the presents Two
| of them talked with their heads So CLOSE
together that their caps fell of onto the
ground" At this the dwarf laughed
again. lie stopped suddenly. Just then
tn, ,.,,,.n,.r frLo, h,,,I f,r,,tt,1 al -
II, So ! said that You asked for IT, They
made Il great fuss about loauing il TO
you. but ms no one else had thought 90
ask for it they had to loan it 10 you.
/ The dwarf held up small stick 1t was
made of ,nl1 and n,int,d a. nn.. and
Ben mt ont his hand for II hrf th,
dwarf AL. "N,r ~ fastr, - ''' viz
What is the Wishing Stick =" asked
Ben Il think ! should really like a type
..Thc WISHING Sfiel, has the .uovycr IN
Irhnnrp things INFO whatever Won want.
said The dwarf in "A ,yhisper. ''Tnurh any
Inh{e,t with !, saw what Won wish il Ia
,h3n.,. tn and vn3r wish il granted
Tho dwnrf handed the stick to Ben
R,.n stritrL - rlynt with il. nothipr han.
Inanad
%, h,,n,,' ov,5eiu,a tb. dvarf "rr-
u.ot ynnr wish three titprs ns Won strike
~. nLiart IA h. changed
/ R.,, .rnrtad ia walk AWAY when the
dwarf recalled him. '"Tbpr,. is our tltiu-
more In remember. Never siria,. per
SON with the stick. or IT will disappear ia
stuntly."
Then the J,ynrf nodded good hyV and
idisnpuearcd Rem hurried h, .ne He en-
tered the garden and. selecting X .uc
stones from the path, struck them with
the stick. calling his wish three times.
They changed ut once into marbles
Next he struck "a flower pot and changed
il into Il pocket knife. The housCmuld =
busters were hanging on NE clothes linI
He made them INTO handk'rehits "ltI
colorcd borders. lie picked y fadISh anu
changed II tuto an orange. Ihth' hoN ear
ing to eat II, turned II back again INTO
radish. ~.
| lie went INTO the mousse anu i"ui'u HiH
sister Anne III me huFH'lN. ~ IN" 49,,
her: on see ii1s u"h w " ~.