Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
(HonorabIe Mention)


~ the rail of the bridge lost her bal
ance and fell into the swiftly flowing
river. Her dog, who had been stand
ing beside her on the bridge, now
leaped over the rail. AS she fell the
faithful dog jumped beside her and
caught hold Of her dress. He had
trouble in keeping the childs head
above the water, as she had lost con-
sciousness.
AS last a man saw them and put off
from shore in a rowboat The dog
seemed to know they were to be res
cued and swan toward the boat. When
the man came up beside the girl and
the dog he drew them into his boat.
The man then turned and made for
the shore. The crowd which had
gathered on the shore Waded out into
the water and took the child and the
dog out of the boat The child was
taken to house near by and soon re-
gained consciousness. The dog lay
down by the fire and dried himself.
The river then passed on through the
German empire. The people often
threw sticks, scraps of bread, scraps
of meat, pieces of paper and pieces or
cloth into it. At one place it passed
by a palace which glittered in the
midday sun. At another place two
men were fighting. They had swords
and at last one man stabbed the other
one in, the heart. He fell dead on the
bank and the murderer went his way.
About sundown it saw what it
thought to be a sparkling lake, but
which was the sea. The banks as it
neared the sea were covered with
flowers, ferns and thick wood of ever
green trees. The river reached the sea
Just at dusk FLORENCE BRADY,
al AcrQ VT
Mary went on. '"There was a house
near the bridge and some boys and girls
lived there. They came down to the
brook to see the little ducklings splash
ing about. The little fuzzy chickens
peeped to each other on the bank, but
of course they did not go into the
water. They would go to the edge and
peek at the water and the mother hen
would caH loudly to them to come
back
Then John continued. "Those little
chickens were very. curious about the
brook and wondered why their. mother
always called them back. So two
naughty ones went to the brook and
walked out carefully on a piece of
board that has paused for moment at
the edge of the stream. Suddenly the
board whirled around and out into the
stream again."
Fred took up the story. "How those
little chickens fluttered and scrambled
around and tumbled down and stag
gered up again, peeping all the time.
The boys and girls screamed, too, and
ran along the bank, but the board dis
tanced them and they had to give up
the chickens. The brook began to flow
through more even places and the board
did not Whirl so much. The chickens
Squatted down on their little feet and
wished for their nice warm mother"
'Now, Jane" said the teacher. 'The
sun was shining brightly and few
pretty clouds were sailing along in the
blue sky making little passing shadows
on the brook and darkening the green
of the trees as they passed over. Tall
trees grew all along the bank and green
fields stretched far out on each side,
dotted here and there with houses, or
chards and grazing cattle.
1.-THE brook flowed calmly through
this broad valley 1t twisted about
and was quite crooked and lazy. The
chickens passed near some more boys
and girls who were playing with a dog.
'Seei' cried one. Aren't there some
chickens On that board? Why, yes
cried the others, and they sent the dog
after them. Old Nero might have seized
the board in his teeth and so knocked
the chickens off, but he did not. He
Just swan around the board and pushed
1t with his nose. The boys waded out
to meet him. Those naughty chick
ems were pretty lucky said the
brook to ITSELF
William continued the story. Ear
ther on the brook curved up into a field
and made a nice place for the cows to
drink and stand to cool themselves. Big
trees hung over to shade tmem. I
like this place. said the brook.
''Then the bed of the brook began to
grow narrower and sleeper and have
little Whirls in it. The banks were
higher, too. The brook passed under a
road and there widened out into a mill
pond Children passed by going to
school, and some stopped to throw in
some pebbles and see the circles grow.
The poor little brook suddenly tumbled
head over heels over the big dam, for
the mill was not running that day."
Nov Annie's turn" said the teacher.
''The little brook did not mind that
tumble and skipped and danced and
sparkled along it's way. Some men were
fishing with nets for fish that came up
the river. The ground was fiat and