Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-07

-sAoA toIu H0f Sne got lost. Her
mamma kissed her and took her to
the house and gave her some supper
ana put her in her nice warm bed.
Mary went to sleep in minute.
LEO MORRIS.
La Habra school, grade 4. Fullerton.
Cal. r. F. d. No. 13.
Now, don't you tell any of my baby
pears. and | will show you what is in
here, said the bear.
"Of course, I won't ;, answered Mary.
She wished that he would open the
box right away. She was anxious to see
what 1T contained. Finally he opened
it and showed it to Mary. "Oh, choco-
--latest" she exclaimed.
NO." said the bear, "they look like
chocolates, but they are only little mag
lc stones. Now, you take this one and
say that you wish to find your way
home, then throw it in the hole that
L have dug, and see what happens"
Then Mary took the Chocolate" and
after saying what the bear told her to.
she said: "Oh, myi you must be a
really, truly fairy; only" she laughed,
never heard of fairy bear" Upon
saying this she dropped the chocolate
looking magic stone in the hole-and
what do you think?
Right there before them. where be-
fore was only a clover pasture. a nice.
broad walk grew, on either side of
Whlch grew the most beautiful flowers
that Mary had ever seen.
Mary gasped at this amazing sight.
and the bear said: This walk will
lead you straight to your spring. When
you get there, shake all the petals off q
rose and the walk and flowers will
vanish"
Mary thanked the bear very much
for his kindness to her, and then COM
n
the bear hadn't come to her rescue she
might never have seen her mamma or
papa or Jessie or Jack again Such
were Marys thoughts, and she resolved
never to let her mother have to tell
her more than once TO do ANYTHING
Her mamma would find out that she
WASH gong to be naughty any more
She soon reached the spring, and
after she did as the bear instructed
to make the walk disappear. and filled
her bucket with water from the clear.
cool spring | tell you, it didn't take
her long to get to the house.
"Oh, mamma" she cried, "when I
got down to the spring I chased love-
ly butterfly and got all Iast, and 1 cot
scared ana cried, and a big black bear
came and-and-"
Then Mary awoke and realized she
mad been sleeping by the spring. ooh
my! won't mamma be angry" She
thought, and that dreami Wasn't that
lovely? But / really am going to be
better to mamma cause what if I
really should get lost; then wouldn't
/ be sOrry?'
BY this time she had reached the
mousse Her mother met her at the
door. Why, Mary" she said. renrov-
ingly, ''it has been more than half
hour since I sent you to the spring.
What on earth have you been doing?"
Well, mamma" Mary began, ''T fell
asleep and had such funny dream. I
dreamed | got lost and But it is
OF no use to tell what she dreamed. for
tnat would Just be going around in a
circle and telling the same thing over.
1t will have to be left for the future
to decide whether Mary always was
good girl after that, for, of course. we
can't tell yet
HELEN NJ FERGUSON.
3246 Emmett street: age IA.
He opened the box and inside was a
large ball of green twine. What do
you use that for?" asked Mary.
What would you use it for?" in
quired the bear. Il would use part of
it to tie up my hair, as / lost nv rib
bons chasing a butterfly in the forest
We'll" replied the bear, "this ball
is not common twine as you think it
to be, but was an heirloom in our fam
lily for five or six generations. 1t has
magic powers; and if I repeat certain
words over it it will lead you home"
"Oh, please say them quick, then"
said Mary.
So the bear took the twine out Of
the box, placed the box in the hole and
covered it up. Then mumbled some
low words over the ball and handed II
to Mary. telling her to take the end I'm
her hand and throw the ball on the
ground in front of her and follow
wherever it led her. and she would
soon get home. Mary thanked him.
did as she was told and promised to
return the ball the next day. The bear
nodded assent bade her good by and
plunged into the wood. Mary followed
the green ball and soon came in sight
of her home, where she met her mother
searching for her and to whom she told
her strange adventure.
ESTHER STEELE.
Long Beach, Burnett school, grade
AS, age 10.
AT first the bear held his hand over