Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
SHE SAILED ON
CREAM LAKE
After Much Mixing They Reach
the Wonderful Land.
FIRST PRIZE

Wy Sledltny steps in her room.
ana looking up, she saw a little
brown man standing beside her bed,
the very image of the little puffy
checked gingerbread man that she had
baked the day before. She was so
frightened that she began to cry.
"Oh, don't cry, little girl" said the
man, Il want to be your friend. for
l know how fond you are of ginger
pread people and l want to take you
TO Visit our home, only promise that
you won't eat me as you did the little
man yesterday
Mildred was overjoyed, and taking
hold of the little fellows hand (wbo
kept a safe distance from herr they
entered tunnel out of which opened
a large and beautiful cave, from which
hung long sugar stalactites,
BE careful that you do not slim"
cautioned the gingerbread man. "This
is butter and sugar cave and this
stream flowing through here is brown
mollass9s rivers, so you must walk very
carefully.
But even as he spoke, Mildred felt
herself turning a somersault.
Don't worry about your tumble"
said her friend. That's just the butter
and sugar mixing with the molasses"
AS they went a little farther, Mil
dred saw on the opposite side a bright
white lake.
THAT is sour cream lake." said her
guide, land we will take sail on
1t in that little boat yonder."
Just as Mildred slid in the center
of one of them, the boats began to
tumble around furiously.
Don't be frightened. Mildred" said
her guide, that is only the egg boats
mixing themselves up with Sour Cream
lake; you will have many more somer-
saults like this before you are through
with"
But the rest OF his sentence was
lost In a kissing, fizzing noise that
sounded like volcano in the dis
tance.
"oh, let us go back quick!" cried
Mildred.
mo, we are just coming to the best
part of our journey. That noise you
hear comes from pebbles rolling them
selves down Soda Heights into Sour
Cream lake"
Just at that moment large pebble
rolled under Mildred's feet, and she
could feel herself beginning to rise with
the lake.
"Oh, how lovelyn' cried Mildred.
clapping her hands, for they were now
rising faster and faster.
That's what the soda pebbles are
doing" said her guide.
Inen Ine SOIneTSdullS DeBdH dBdlIi
and Mildred could feel herself whirl'
ing and tumbling about, but 1t did not
frighten her any more, for the little
man had told her that ii took great
deal of mixing to get the products of
Butter and Sugar cave, Brown Molas-
ses river Sour Cream lake, Eggantine
boats and Soda Heights all jumbled
together properly.
They had now reached the top of
IIaiohfa Mildred OOI1ld
large peculiar trees on both sides of
her The guide took her by the hand
and showed her through wide forests
of ginger trees, and through vast
groves of cinnamon which blew their
odors so strongly around them that
they almost made Mildred choke.
After another tumble, she found her
self in what she thought was a heavy
snowstorm.
"Oh, how funny it seems to see II
snow!" cried Mildred, jumping up and
down with glee.
"That isn't snow" laughed the little
man. that's the big dredges shaking
in the flour. But now we have reached
our destination"
preaching cab which had ginger cookies
for wheels and was drawn by four
prancing animal crackers.
Cookie dough-" called the little
man. Take us down Flour street"
He then pointed out the strange
buildings that could be seen in the
distance and said
"These are the batteries where they
roll the batter out into little ginger
people. We will now go down Cookie
pan avenue to the OVENS"
Just as they reached the oven door.
a cracking noise that sounded like a
thousand firecrackers greeted their
ears. Mildred was more frightened
now than she had ever been before,
but her guide laughed so hard that he
nearly jolted Cookie Dough off Of his
seat.
"Why. these are the ginger snaps
snanning and Won like ginger snaps