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And his courtiers would vie with one an
other In trying to make their monarch's
existence less unbearable. But they fawned
upon him and flattered him and bowed
down before him in the humblest manner,
And all the time the king hated them for
their humbleness and servilty, But being
king, he held himself aloof from his
fellow beings, and retained naughty re-
serve.
n one day while driving in his coach of
gold and silver, the king beheld a little
peasant boy on the banks of a river fish
ing. The child looked up at him, smilingly.
Then. without removing his cap and falling
to bow respectfully before his monarch,
the boy returned to his work, pulling out
OF the water fine fish, The king was so
deeply impressed by the boys happy face
that he called to his coachmsn TO stop, as
no would speak with the peasant boy.
aAs the coach stopped, the king called
TO tho lad Come hither youth"
But the lad sat quite stln beside the
hank. holding to his fishing rod. Come
hither, l command youg So spoke the
king in imperious tones beckonng to the
peasant boy.
but I must not leave my rod, sir" ex-
.plalned the boy. Il have fish nibbling at
The bait and must watch the line"
do you know who l amp" questioned
the king In a severe tone
''Yes, sir, You are the man the people
call king. ] would not know you but for
Your coach and retnue" The boy spoke
In the easiest manner possible, without
the least show OF embarrassment The
ooachman and outriders trembled for the
Fata l..
Tended his SNJ and would be made TO
suffer the penalty. But to their great sur
prise the king smiled--for the first time in
months and again spoke to the peasant
boy:
II 1 pay you golden coin for the fish
you haven't yet caught, will YOU come and
speak with mog I, your king, beg this Ia
vor." And again the king smiled in an
amused way,
-DtOh " YOU are willing to pay me Tor
my lost time why l will come and speak
with you, sir" agreed the peasant boy
And llc arose and approached the king
coach. The outriders opened an avenue
so that ne might walk to the side OF the
coach. To their utter astonishment the
king made room for the boy inside The
coach and bade him be seated beside him
The boy looked up and shook his head
Z mo, sir, a peasant boy is not fitting com
.pany for a king. l prefer 20 remain afoo
on ground and talk with you"
You are a strange and bold boy" de-
clared the king, a bit out Of temper "And
why do you dare 10 refuse me-your king?'
"If you are my king, then I am your
subject" said the boy. And We each oN Z
the other certain liberty. ! must live my
way and you your way
Now Il vas the Kings turn 10 be as.
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A Peasant Boy and a King
8y Helena Davis,

tonished and banshing the frown which
had begun to gather on his brow, he said:
you interest me, youth and l shall get
out OF my coach and sit beside you while
you fish. VIII that please you-my sub
ject?"
Il have no objection to your sitting on
the banks Of the river, for 1t is yours as
well as mine" explained the boy.
The king laughed outright. why,
youth, don't you know that river-and all
the land about it-belongs to me- the king
and ruler over this land?"
The boy shook his head That river is
not yours any more than it is mine-even
though you be a king. You cannot bride
It or change its course, You cannot stop
its waters, or cause them to flow. 1t is
Gods river, and so is the land all about
It. And you are Gods creature as l am
Gods creature, and when he bids us leave
this life you are as poweress to disobey
as | am. So l am as much a king in
Gods eye as you are a king in the eyes
Of yonder courtlers."
You have an old head on young shoul-
ders." declared the king, motioning to a
servant to throw his cloak on the ground
that he might sit on IT, And l shall
chat with you an hour-just as though 1
were a peasant like yourself"
"Or l a king like yourself" smiled the
boy.
"Ah, you are a strange youth" said the
King, Come, tell me, Are you always
happy?'
Always very happy, sir" declared the
boy. In the first place 1 am very busy
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killed his brother and threw him under
the bridge. He carried the boar to the
king and married his daughter herds
man passed over the bridge and saw a
white bone; he thought it would make
good mouthpiece for his horn. So he went
under the bridge and got the bone, and
with knife made It into a mouthpiece.
But at first the bone began to sing itself;
Blow, blow. shepherd, blow.
1 was slain long years ago
Now / wish TO sing my song
How my brother took my life,
Stole the boar and won his wife
Hid me in the grave below;
Blow, blow, shepherd, blow,
The shepherd took this to the king and
it sang the same song. The king under
stood what it meant and he had the skel-
eton dug up and buried in the church,
yard The elder brother was sewed i'm a
sack and thrown into the river. The elder
brother had to suffer more for he told that
he was a murderer and he went to the
king under false colors lie also suffered
before death came to him.
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First PriZeJ
The DaisY's Lesson

BY Jeanette Miller, Age 10 Years, Fair
mont, Neb. Blue Side.
In a meadow, by a beautiful little brook,
grew a little daisy shaded by a parasol of
lovely green leaves. 1t listened to the bah
bling of the brook, which told OF fairies and
elves that played in the woods on the other
side OF the pasture.
The daisy onged to do some good in the
world and she felt sure II she could only
tell some good little fairy Of her wish she
would receive help to do good.
Now this little daisy was too much like
great many people who never can see
the good they might do nearest them They
always say: III l we're only somewhere
else" or III ! only had more money" or
mention some other obstacle that would
fly away IL they would keep their eyes
open.
Because Of like hindrances the little daisy
never once thought of helping the big,
fat frog that sat on the bank and croaked
dismally. It never once entered her foolish
little head that the bachelor buttons that
grew nearby would brighten up IL she would
only talk 10 them and show them the bright
side Of life.
But one night as she lay dreaming she
was awakened by a wee little sound close
by "Oh. please" said a soft little voice
outside the green leaves, won't you please
let me come in? I'm very cold down here;
the dew is SO heavy. I'm almost soaked
through. Please, please kind daisy, let
me in!'
The daisy looked again and again. Yes,
she was sure It was a fairy. for 1t looked
Just like the ones the brook songs told
about so, OF course, she let the little
speaker in.
You see Miss Daisy" began the fairy,
"I was dancing on a moopbeam and l
stumbled on a weed and was knocked
off and the dew from the weed fell on me.
/ was very miserable for awhile, but
will be all right now"
The fairy started as the sorrowful croak
of the poor frog broke the silence OF the
night. "Oh, what is that awful noise, -
she gasped.
That's the poor frog that's so dismal"
answered the daisy, He is always very
sad and it always sounds in his croak, "
Il should think So" exclaimed the fairy
Wont you try and cheer him up?"
why had not thought Of that before?'
she said TO herself; then answering the
fairy's request "Of course l will"
The next morning when the fairy wal
leaving she spied the bachelor buttons
dropping their heads Poor things" she
sighed, mo wonder though, they are Sc
dull, going around with old bachelors al
the year round. Why, THe seen who'll
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The King and Queen Of Rain

BY Rector Searle, Aged 13 Years, Ogallala.
Neb. Red Side
Il am the king and this is the queen my
wife" introduced the King Of Rain. I'VE
do lots of good making flowers grow and
fill ponds and rivers for fish TO live in
We also give people water to drink"
Il am going to the river today" said the
king. Il will go there today, too 1 know
the fish would like little more water"
said the queen.
In the river they hecambe acquainted gMh
a rain drop that had never been TO tlfelr
palace above the cloud. lie said he would
like to go very much
We'll" said the king, II Will see il the
sun will take us tomorrow" Tho sun con
sented and SO they went to the beautiful
palace.
The palace was in the midst OF large
cloud, II had floors OF every kind Of
precious stones and metals you could think
OF and some you couldn't think Of. The
walls were Of silver and looked ike rain.
The little rain drop stayed with them
month when It had to go TO a little flower
that was nearly dead.
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pastures OF them that have come out for
their spring vacation that look so dull you
could hardly keep from crying to look at
them. They get frightened up, though,
after short rest, but when they have to
go back to bacheloring again, they wilt at
the very thought. Try to cheer them up,
friend Daisy. Goodbye" and then she was
off
Daisy did cheer them up and the fat old
frog, too. Now when any flowers or crea-
lures in the meadow are dull they come to
the daisy, for she has now the good habit
Of cheering up" every chance she may
have come her way
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plant. They are living creatures,
governed by similar laws that control
our own being. How many of you
have all the grapes you need? and yet
you can have just as fine crops as you
see in photo 70. There is absolutely
no luck" nor chance" whatever in
the growing of plants, shrubs or trees,
nor in the production of fruit crops.
There is a cause for everything that
happens. Remove your cause and you
obtain the desired results. Two years
ago the country was astonished when
! published and demonstrated that
hundreds of thousands OF tons of
grapes are annually destroyed by lg
norant men who pose as expert grape
trimmers;" but now the reports are
coming in that they (the writers) can
raise "all the grapes l want and some
to give away"
Your Uncle John can do no better
work to make the world better than to
give out to our enterprising newspa-
pers the information how to get
healthy trees and good fruit. But we
are confronted with one very serious
problem. With that question we will
deal in the next article.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-24
The Singing Bone
Ry George Coos, Age II Years, PIainvie'
Neb Red side

Fly George Coos, Age II Years, PIainview,
Neb. Red Side.
Once upon time a country was troubled
greatly with a wild boar. II wallowed i'm
the farmers fields, killed cattle and even
men. This animal was so big that no one
dared to go near the woods, Finally the
king proclaimed that whoever should kill
or capture the wild boar should have his
only daughter in marriage
Now, there were two brothers living in
the country, sons OF poor man, who
wished to undertake the adventure
The elder was cunning and wise, and the
younger was innocent and simple. So they
started out from opposite sides, The
younger had gone short distance when
he met a dwarf.
lie gave this to him to kin the boar be-
cause he was good and innocent lie
thanked the dwarf and soon met the boar
lie killed the boar and was taking It to
the king; he met his brother AT an inn
Both Of the brothers started out, when
the came TO the bridge the elder brother
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Honorable Mention)
How Oracle Went to Fairyland

BY Dorothy Taylor Aged Years, Elsie,
Neb. Blue Side.
Oracle was lying asleep under a tree when
fairy suddenly appeared from the stump
OF the tree and she said TO Oracle, Would
you like to visit Fairyland?" Yes" said
Oracle, Il would like to very much" Well
then" said the fairy. follow me-" The
fairy touched the stump OF the tree with
her wand and little door appeared The
fairy said TO Oracle, GO in this door &"
But Oracle said, II am too large to go in
that door" The fairy touched Oracle with
her wand and Oracle became very small.
Oracle went in the door and saw some
steps. The fairy led her to the bottom OF
the steps and opened a door that was there
and went in, followed by Oracle. When they
went in there were lots of fairies sitting
around a table spread with good things,
The queen was sitting on her throne when
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naughty and unhappy king. And l am too
content 20 want more of It than is needed
to buy the necessaries of life"
The king sat still and looked across the
river for moment Then he bowed his
head in his hand and sighed. you are
right, youth; gold and kinghood go hand
in hand. Neither have feeling nor love"
But king can love- and be loved, If he
wishes" declared the boy. IF he enters
into the life of his peasants-his subjects
and knows them, and let's them know him,
he VIII find much to live for. Also, he will
find much to make him smile with pleas
ure, to laugh with merriment, to weep
with sympathy, and to give for sweet char
ity's sake"
II shall try your prescription, youth"
said the king, rising Tomorrow all my
fawning and flattering cOurtiers shall be
dismissed and in their place shall be put
men from the country, uncouth, plain
spoken fellows. who will tell me things for
my own good"
And for the good OF your subjects, sir"
interposed the boy. do not forget others
If you would be happy. Happiness can
not be found in oneself, but IN the love and
sympathy Of others That is the reason
you have never known happiness, sir, You
have thought only OF self >and had about
you a lot OF towards who pretended to
think only of you, also, but who In truth
hated you aud lived a life OF hypocrisy.
Have fearless men about you and you will
get strength from them, and, In time will
become a monarch all men win love. Think
less Of your position, and more OF the peo-
pies position, sir, II you would be a real
king"
The king took from his purse two golden
coins and offered them to the boy, who
took the smaller one, saying that the fish
he might have caught would not have been
worth more than that amount. And /
cannot take more than 1 can earn" he OBJ
served in a straightforward way,
You arc q true philosopher" avowed
the king emphatically. "and / must see
you often"
Il am only a peasant boy and you are
only a king smiled the boy But per-
haps you are poorer than l. II So ! shall
gladly share my riches with you But now
I must hurry homeward, for my parents
will be looking for me- l wish you more
happiness in the future than you have had
In the past. Good by, sir, and may luck
attend you"
And the king. his hands clasped across
his breast, stood watching the boy as he
ran nimbly across the hill, disappearing
on the other side. Then turning 20 one
Of his courtiers. he said: "A king may
learn from g peasant boy.
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all day long helping my father and
mother in the work of earning an honest
living 1 am too busy TO be unhappy,
sir"
why do you not call me Your Majes-
ty" " asked the king,
'I like the plain title better, sir. Only
God is my king"
The king knit his brows, then said: Sup
pose l should command you to call me
Your Majesty? And IL you should re-
fuse suppose l should order your head cut
OFF,"
Then you would be a cruel king, and
committing a very grave crime, sir, for
in having me killed YOU would be COM
mitting murder. My life belongs to my
Maker. not man Of the earth"
The king sat silent for a little while.
Then he said Tell me- my boy, whore
have you learned all that you say? There
must be traitors I'm my realm, and they
must have talked in your hearing"
"a good king need fear no traitors" said
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the boy, putting some bait on his hook.
"Only an evil ruler fears enemies"
you are right, youth" said the king fer
vently And you have set me to think
ing of many things new TO my mind. 1
shall beg you to come to the palace and
visit me. ! can learn from you, though I
be king and you a peasant. But-do you
angle all day long?"
oh no sir doing one thing all the time
would make me very unhappy. Now, We're
you TO have more variety in your life,
sir, you would be less discontented. l have
heard it said that our king never laughs.
That his subjects are far happier than he.
That is because they find much beneficial
employment, The king but rules. And
ruling is a heavy work, and thankless
one though paid for in gold. Gold doesn't
love one. Gold doesn't offer the hand OF
friendship. II never lends a helping hand
TO the one in need, nor kisses and caresses
the brow Of the aged Gold is very hard,
and is q fitting companion only for a
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To Fairyland

BY Helen Hutton, Aged II Years 2SO5 Bris-
tol Street, Omaha, Neb, Red Side
Ethel was about years old and had
helped her mother all day, as it was va
cation time, so she was real tired. she
took the book she loved to read, it was
fairy tale book She read q little while
and then fell asleep. Pretty soon a fairy
came and stood beside Ethel She said,
ETHEL you have worked hard all day would
you like to go to Fairyland." Ethel was
delighted and said, YES"
The fairy said, Get in my carriage, "
which was made OF rose. Ethel was just
going to say she was too large, when she
looked at the fairy and then at herself and
found she was as small as the fairy. So
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New Queens S Letter

Dear Busy Bees-I thank you very much
for voting TO have me elected queen. 1
never even thought ! would be chosen.
Whno I am queen ! will try. and write
extra good stories to show yotf all ap-
preciate your kindness. I hope / will make
a good queen and / wiz try my best
/ think the Busy Bee" page gets better
each week, don't you? There are very
good stories in It every week.
Thanking you all for your kindness I re-
main a loving friend, HELEN VERRILL.
The Str,hlOw, Omaha,
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paper only and number the pages.
2. Use pen and ink, not pencil
3. Short and pointed articles Will
be rivon preference. DO not use over
a5o words.
=. Original stories or letters only
Will be used.
5, Write your name, age and ad-
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First and second prizes Of books
viii be given for the best two con-
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Address All communications 10
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Omaha Bee.
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she got in the carriage and they rode
long while when the fairy said "Here we
are" and Ethel looked up and here she
was in the most beautiful place she had
ever seen She got out and they went in
many beautiful houses where many beauti-
full fairies were, just as Ethel was going in
the queens chariot her mother called her
for supper. she told her mother Of the
dream she just had and they both wished
1t was true.
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jean De Long Ainsworth, Neb.
Irene Mccoy, Barnstou, Neb
Lillian Meryin, Beaver city. Neb.
Mabel Witt, Bennington, Neb.
Anna Gottsch, Bennington, Neb.
Minnie Gottseh. Bennington, Neb.
Agnes Dampke, Benson Neb
Marie Gallagher, BenkelmRn, Neb BOX l2).
Ida May. Central city. Neb,
Vera Cheney, Creighton, Neb.
Louis Hahn, David City, Neb.
Rhea Freidell, Dorchester, Ner.
Aleda Bennett, Elgin, Neb
Eunlce Bode Falls City, Neb,
Ethel Reed, Fremont, Neb
Hulda LundbuHg, Fremont, Neb.
Marion Capps, Gibson, Neb.
Marguerite Bartholomew, GOthenburg, Neb.
Anna Voss, 4O West Charles street, Grand
Lydia Roth COS West Koenig street. Grand
Island, Neb.
Ella v9ss, l01 West Charles street, Grand
Irene Costello 1l5 West Eighth street,
Grand Island Neb
Grand Island Neb.
Pauline Schultz, D2 West Fourth street,
Grand Island ISLAND Ne6; r.., u,,n .,ro.,
Grand Island Neh.
Hugh Rutt, Leshara, Neb.
Hester r. Rutt Lsshara, Neb.
Alice Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Ruth Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Anna Nelson, Lexington, Neb
Edythe KreitE, Lexington, Neb.
Marjorie Temple Lexington, Neb,
Alice Grassmeyer, lj45 G St, Lincoln, Neb
Marian Hamilton 2O2g l. St, Lincoln, Neb.
Elsie Hamilton, O29 l. St., Lincoln, Neb.
Irene Disher, 2030 l. street, Lincoln Neb.
Hughie Disher, 203U l. street Lincoln. Neb.
Charlotte Boggs, 22l south Fifteenth street,
Lincoln Neb.
Mildred Jensen, 7OS East Second street.
Fremont Neb.
Helen Johnson, 83I South Seventeenth
street Lincoln Neb,
Aithea Myers, 24 North Sixteenth street,
Lincoln, Neb.
Louise Stiles, Lyons, Neb.
Estelle Mcdonald, Lyons, Neb.
Milton Seller, Nebraska City, Neb.
Harry Crawford Nebraska City, Neh
Harvey Crawford, Nebraska City, Neb.
Lucille Hazen, Norfolk Neb.
Helen Reynolds, Norfolk, Neb.
Letha Larkin, So. Sixth St, Norfolk, Neb.
Emma Marquardt, Fifth street and Madi-
son avenue, Norfolk, Neb.
GenCvieve NJ. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
William Davis, 2H West Third street,
TiNorth Platte, Neb,
Louise Raabe ZOO North Nineteenth ave-
nue., Omaha.
avenue, Omaha.
Marguerite Johnson 9S3 North Twenty
fifth avenue, Omaha
Emile Brown 1892 boulevard, Omaha.
Helen Goodrich. 1910 Nicholas St., Omaha.
Mary Brown, 1923 Boulevard Omaha.
Eva Hendee, 4402 Dodge street, Omaha.
Lillian Writ, 41A Cass street, Omaha.
Lewis Poff, 31l5 Franklin street, Omaha
Juanita Innes, aI6g Fort street Omaha,
Bassett Ruff, 1914 Binney street, Omaha
Meyer Cohn, SAC Georgia avenue, Omaha,
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Ada Morris, 3424 Franklin street, Omaha.
Myrtle Jensen, 29O9 lizard street, Omaha.
Orrin Fisher, 1910 s. Eleventh ST. Omaha,
Mildred Erickson, 2i09 Howard St, Omaha.
oscar Erickson, 27O3 Howard ST., Omaha.
Gail Howard. t722 Capitol avenue, Omaha,
Helen Houek, 1925 Lothro2 street Omaha
Maurice johnson, 1927 Locust ~, Omaha,
Leon Carson. 1924 North Fortieth, Omaha
Wilma Howard, 1922 Cipitol avenue, Omaha.
HIah Fisher, 1910 South Eleventh, Omaha.
Mildred Jensen, 27O7 Leavenworth, Omaha.
Edna Heden, 27S9 Chicago street. Omaha.
Mabel sheifeit, 49l4 North Twsnty-fifth
waiter Johnson. 24S North Twentieth
Emma Carruthsrs, S211 North Twenty-flfth
street, Omaha.
Leonora Denison, The Albion, Tenth and
Pacific streets, Omaha
Mae Hammond O'Neill, Neb,
Madge l.. Daniels, ord, Neb.
ZOla Beddeo, Orleans, Neb
Agnes Richmond. orleans, Neb.
Marie Fleming, Osceula, Neb.
Lolita Woods. Pawnee City, Neb.
Earl Perkins, Reddington, Neb.
Edna EMS, Stanton, Neb.
Lena Peterson, 22l1 Locust ST., e. Omaha.
Ina Carney, Sutton, Clay county, Nebraska.
Clara Miller. Utica, Neb.
Mildred +, Jones, North Loup Neh
Alta " Wilksn, Waco. Neb
Leo Beckord, Wa"o, Neby
Mae Grunke, West Point, Neb.
Elsie StaRny. WILDER, Neh.
Frederick Ware Wnslde Rtb.
Pauline Parks, York, Neb.
Edna Behling, York. Nsb.
Mary Frederick. Work. Neb,
Carrie r. Bnrtletl, Fontanelle, la,
Irene Reynolds, Little Sioux, la.
Ethel Mulholand, Box Il, Malvern, Ia
Eleanor Melor, Malvern, la.
Katherine Melor, Malvern, Ia.
Ruth Robertson, Manila, Ia
Mildred Robertson, Manila, la
Margaret b. Witherow, Thurman, la
Bertha McEvoy, II. r. ID, 3, Box 25 Mis-
souri, Valley, Ia.
Henry L. Workinger, care Sterling Remedy
company, Attica, Ind.
Adlena Sorry, Monarch, Wyo. Box 81
Fred Sorry, Monarch, Wyo.
Pearl Barron, Monarch, Wyo.
John Barron, Monarch, WyO.
Edith Amend, Sheridan. Wyo,
Pauline Squire, Grand, OH.
Fred Shelley, go Troup street, Kansas
City, Mo.
Mary Mcintosh, Sidney, Neb.
Nellie Diedrek, Sidney, Neb.
Eunlce Wright, 5S2 North Logan street
Fremont, Neb.
Carol simpson, Wilber, Neb.
Phyllis Haag. 632 West Seventeenth street,
York, Neb.
Maeile Moore, silver City. la.
Mabel Houston, 8OlS Sherman avenue,
Omaha.
street Omaha.
Mabel Baker, Lander, Wyo
Corinne Allison Robertson, WILDER, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-24
Happy Days

TIP THE hill, down the hill,
u Through the country lane
on to school so early
Then back home again.
Studying and learning,
Through the liyelong day
Except at noon and recess,
When there is time to play.
And in the home at evening
All, there they find real JOY!
Around the supper table
Papa, Mamma, Girl and Boyl
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Oracle and the fairy went in. The other
fairies got UP from the table and started
to dance and sing. Just as Oracle was
going to dance again she awoke and found
herself lying under the tree and she was
sorry 1t was a dream, but she thought it
a nice one and so did her mother when she
told It to her,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-24

Chldrens
like stories from
children This time the
when quite children will be making
will probably children will write about their
gardens and all the little readers
n
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be o
the editor
children write
the
II he
are awarded only FOR Original" stories