Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-27

tnlLS over QdI Sne DeeN tOie WloOuS
amagnifyin' an a-twis'in Of IL It'll yo'
wud no mo- know what it rally was when
she fust heared it den yo' wud know dat
day was de same as night. Deed. chirren.
de way ole Mrs. Goose magnify an twfs'
what dat Gander chile Of hern tell he see
an dat he done heared at school was q
scan'lous shame
But said the old woman. after .
one day. when she'd done said over sum-
thin dat dat Gander chile done tole he'd
seen de Lion chile a-doin' at school dat
day. Fo' she done magnify an twis 1t
SO dat when King Lion done hear of it. he
reared an he roared. an he roared an he
reared It'll yo cert'inly done think de
en- Of de worl' was a-comin'. An when
King Lion done got over his rearin' an
his roarin. he grabbed up his telephone
an he telephoned DR.. Snake dat he want
to see him, an see him right Of. too. 90.
de mint DR.. Snake git dat telephone
message. he jumped into his kerridgs an
driv' over to King Lions house yes az
fas as de horse could go, am
why. Aunt Matilda" interrupted the
little girl. II never knew that snakes
had horses and carriages"
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"Needer did dis here ole woman know
it, honey" she calmly replied. ''till
done heared 1t from Mr.. Wizzle Wuxxls
hisself But members dat Mr.. Wizzls
Wuzzle 'stinctly say dat DR.. Snake jump
ed into his kerridge an drtv' over to
King Lions de mint he git King LIONS
telephone message Course. honey. Mr..
Wizzle Wuzzle only say what DR.. Snake
do. an as he didn't say what uddsr
snakes do. course l isn't able TO- to say.
But. be dat as it may. deres no denyin
Of de fac dat DIR. Snake sec King Iloa
right off. Yit what King Lion say to DR..
Snake when he git dere, nur what DR..
Snake say to King Lion. Mr.. Wizxle Wus-
zle done keep to hisself But Mr.. Wixzle
Wuzzle do say dat de mex day at school.
when dat Gander chile start In TO to
stretch his neck dis way an stretch his
neck dat way TO to see what dis chile -
a-doin an what dat chile is a-doin.' nuth-
in tall done happen till he stretch 1t to
see what King Lions chile is a-doin,. But
sumthin' nuther done happen den. chill
rem
What was it, Aunt Matilda" they
asked, as the old woman paused.
why, honeys,". she answered, Mr..
Wizzle Wuzzle say dat de very mint dat
Gander chile stretch his neck dat day to
see what King Lions chile is a-doin' dat
very mint cat Gander chiles neck gin to
git longer an longer. An, mo- en- dat,
chil'ren, vile dat Gander chile know
dat his neck is a-gittin' longer an longer
de mo- he look at King Lions chile, yit
he couldn't emmy mo- stop dat lookin'
den yo nur me could fly, an SO his neck
git longer an longer, an den de res OF
de chil'ren see what's happen an dey
git dat scared an dey holier SO dat Mr..
Monk, de teacher, got nuthin' tall to do
but let de school out an SEN 'em all
home"
"Den," said the old woman. after an
other pause, MIR. Monk telephoned TO-
DR.. Snake to come right over to de school
to see eff he could shorten dat Gander
chile's neck. But, Vile DR.. Snake come
fas' as his horse could run, he shake his
head when he see dat Gander chile's
neck, an say dat dat Gander chile mus
have been a-stretchin' dat neck Of hissen
whar he shouldn't, so dat he could den
run home an tell all bout what he see.
An dat bein' de case, say Dr. snake.
Use sorry to say, sab, dat dere isn't
nuthin' tall what l kin do to bring dat
Camden chile's neck back to its matched
length, an, what's mo-, nuthin' tall
what emmy udder doctor kin do. sab
An, chill ren,' said Aunt Matilda, very
solemnly, DIR. Snake know what he
talkin' bout, TO- only not did dat Gandsr
chiles neck stay as long as il done
stretched dat day, but yo' all knows well
as does dat ever sence dat time de neck
of ev'ry one Of ole Mrs. Gooses chtl'ren
down to dis very day been dat long.
An, as Mr.. While Wuzzle done say, II
all come of Great-great-great Grandaddy
Gander's a-stretchin' an a-stretchin' his
neck TO to see what's none OF his big
ness, an den a-runnin' home an a-tellin'
his ma bout it, so dat she could go mag
Nifty an twis' it all outer shape an rea-
SON.
DO you suppose, Aunt Matilda asked
the little girl, that DR.. Snake had any
thing to do with it?"
LAS to dat honey, replied the old
woman, Il is unable TO- to wise yo'. as
Mr.. Wizzle Wuzzle done KEEP dat to his
self. But 1 has my 'spicions. has my
'spicions, honey"