Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-13
"'TWaS Hid, Twas Hid
in the Pyramid"
By G. Herb. Palm.

By G. Herb Palm.
Jll's mother baking bread day.
While Jack and Jill were busy at play
She stood by the stove and thought and thought
About flour she d that day bought.
Why is it ~ she asked her worried self,
As she gazed at the clock on the kitchen shelf, =,
''Tha flour these days won't make good breadY
Then sighed as she shook her worried head.
The oven was opened--the bread came out
Twas burned to a char to the pan about;
The loaf soft and ran i'll the middle
And as flat note from broken fiddle
The good wept and she groaned and cried,
Bat she bought many flours and tried them all
And strange say every loaf would fall.
The mother was sad the children, too,
No bread for their supper-what should they DO?
Hungry and supperless go to bed,
Having flour in the house that wouldn't make bread
Jill crept into bed and she rolled and tossed,
And thought of the secret the world had lost
''I' find it, she cried as she sat up straight
Before the world starves-before it's too late
Then she woke Jack up--he had gone to Sleep
"Come, brother!" she whispered, "away we'll Creep
Wen search all the world It'll we find good flour,
And We'll start tonight-this very hour"
Then hand in hand did they leave the house,
Making less noise than tmd mouse;
Down the stairway into the night
Out where the moon and the stars shOne bright
Out of the town the country wide
Where the trees grew high every side,
they hurried
Lying golden and still meath the bright moon gleam
AT last they came to a winding road,
Out in the middle there hoped toad,
A great big toad with eyes of green
Just the biggest one they had ever seen.
Then Jack grabbed a stick to kill the toad,
That sat there blocking the winding road;
But Jill stayed his hand and the toad just winked
And gazed at the children and blinked and blnked
''Thank you JILL " said the toad at last,
I'm very glad that you happened past;
| II a changed to toad
by wicked Sphinx to guard this road
"Cood Graeious' cried JILL but that is sad;
That Sphinx horrid and awful bad;
Why did he do it and where is he now?
II help youjust tell us how!''
''There's only one way' the fairy replied,
Go search for the Sphinx every side.
He lives at the foot of Pyramid
Where all the secrets OF earth are hid
Thon the toad wnlcd its eye-it fell the ground,
beautiful emerald, green and round;
Then opening its mouth said, ''Listen well,
And secret to you I'll quickly tell
'The eye will a guide, you know,
Twill show you exactly where you should go;
just gaze on the eye, your road you ii see
As plainly, my Friends as you see me.
''Find the Sphinx-lneet him face face,
The eye will quickly show the place.
And when you have found him you must do
Just what now will tell you to-.
"show him the eye-he II turn to stone,
To stone, from Sphinx Of flesh and bone;
His power will end and III be free,
Then all OF his secrets III give to thee.
evil how to make good bread?" cried Jill,
''Wont it be fine-I hope we will!
Mother be happy and all the earth
viii be so jolly and full of mirth'
eyes, little Jill, of course you will,
The earth of good bread will have its fill;
The honor shall all belong to you,
For your face is sweet and your heart is true.
To far-off Africa then they came,
TO the River Nile, of mystic fame;
Where crocodies spashed and lions growled
And horrible beasts around them prowed
But the emerald eye kept the beasts away
They slept at night and they walked all day;
Till they reached great desert of burning sand
On the banks Of the Nile in that far-off land
There the Pyramid and high,
With the wicked Sphinx standing guard nearby;
Guarding his treasures from mortal KEN
Hidden from sight of mortal men.
Jill showed him the eye-when what do you thnki
AS true you live and quick wink
The Sphinx turned to Sphinx Of stone
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