The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-20

wished to be something different from what you were,
and you wished it the very instant when the upper
horn OF the new moon pointed due nor northwest at IL
was it?"
In lightning flash Jamie recolleced his words Just
before the whirlwnd had snatched him.
II wished l was man Oh, crickety"
And you are man, aren't you?" encouraged his
be keerfu or you'll get like ali the rest tryin to do
things that you quit dom of your own accordw
Jamie was curiously investigating himself and TAX
ally How rough and stiff his face was! What big
hands and feet he had And what stout, awkward
legs! He had on long trousers! Yes, he was man.
Dear, dear, who would have dreamed it
Aye, that's what's the matter up here" continued
the other Folks have got what they wanted and now.
Std of bein satisfied they're hankern' to change back
again Look at that pesIy fish, will YOU Cot changed
at last from bird, because he kept wishin it-and
now he's found he'd ruther fly than swim, after all.
the only one lett at present The others all got on
land, when l didn't see EN-, and died"
81 suppose then, that bird We have in the cage was
a fish once" hazarded Jamie, whose clothes were
drying rapidly
Certain" answered the man. wished he was bird,
and got to be bird and insists bein' fish,
He'll drown, reckon, spite of all we can do. Such
meaness never see, saw nor seen-neverW
"Did-did yo" come here on wish?" inquired Jamie,
timdly.
yes, did," answered the man, frankly. Its this
way: all the time havin to get shaved or trimmed
just when it bother, and one day my wife says
wish It was in Jericho guess that's where It
went, every speck of it."
Didn't you ever find OUT" queried Jamie
How? When I'm here and it's there" replied
the hairless man, shortly.
Probably it's waiting for you tied up in package
at the post-oice" volunteered Jamie
"More'n likely" assented the hairless man. Only,
chances are it hasn't any return address on it. How
peculiar, obstinate hair. But wish had it back just
the same You don't see any signs yet of my needing
Trim Trim or sh2yss do you?1 he added eagerly.
mo, | don't confessed Jamie. sorry as he
to say it.
The man surveyed himself, according to his GUS
I'D give the world and all if you could" he sighed
I carry razor and mug and pair of shears (the
shears are in my left ,hiP-poGket, and have to be
barber about for while, and hung to him, l tell
you as long as he lasted But he pined to be coal
caved in on him. and he never dug OUT
The hairless man wiped his eyes.
Dear mel? he remarked peering at Jamie you're
nice and stubbly and pretty soon you'll be gettn'
needs trimmin What luck"
So that why his cheeks and chin felt so rough
and prickly Jamie understood. OF course; he was
man, and his beard was growing That thing which
tckled his nose and stifened his upper lip his
With another peep into the glass; and with reAec-
tive passage of his hand his smooth crown the
hairless ma man stared inland Jamie proudly conscious
Their route led them to cluster Of the enormous
daisies such had met James eyes when he first ar
rived But now, on close inspection, he discovered
them to be s1ntowers lying prone, if violent wind
and rain had beaten them fiat Mindful of the work
that he and his mother had been accustomed to do in
their garden at home after a violent Storm he bent
and raised one of the sunhowers upright
10 his astonshment, it seemed to resist his effort
with all its stalk
Let me go-you horrid thing, you" it said, Grossly
How dare you, anyway
Il only meant to help you protested Jamie ap-
grleyed. Don't you want to stand up straight"
Na-a-a-awE snarled the sunhower do YOU
$ pose like to be stuck high in the air where every
Dody can stare at me and what do, and can't
have any privacy? Let go, will YOU" ...s
Jamie obedenty "let CO." and the sunhower Topped
gown as II ITS stalk were steel spring. and nuzzled
IaI las as possible INTO the grass.
=, shame on you! Your the meanest yeti rebuked
then. Std of wshin' to be sunaower?
thought that being sunfower would be nicer"
walled the big blossom
make you violet again." declared the hairless man
And somebodyl step you, tooi'
DON'T care ! want to be a violet again, like ] /.
was IN the hrst place" quayered the sunhower
The peshferous critterp muttered the hairless man.
as he and jamie proceeded so onreasonab1ew
il struck Jamie that the hairless man himself was
proven by his actions be Just as unreasonable
as the other inhabitants of this queer country Of dis
content but he prudently held his tongue
Here comes that tresome elephant! She Il the
worst! growled the hairless man.
a tearsorne truinpeting rent the mir and rapidly
shufied toward them an elephant we'll nigh as large
as haystack
"You needn't be scarf" said the hairless man reas
suringly, TO Jatnc "Shc amt dangerc1s-,cepf TO
ones temper Whoa-oa-ai What's wrong now,
Sarah7" 80
The elephant stopped just IN front Of them her sides