Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-01-21
:" TWAS HID, TWAS HID IN THE PYRAMID !,

TWAS HID, TWAS hid IN THE PYRAMID"
By G. Herb Palm
Jill 5 mother baking some bread one ,av
Will" Jack and Jill We're busy at play
She stood by tie stove and thought and thought
About some flour she d that day bought
"Why is it?" she asked her worried self
..,; AS she gazrd at the clock on the kitchen shelf,
: mat Hour these days won't make good bread?'
linen sighed as she shook her worried head.
!, The oven opened-the bread came out
Twas burned to char TO the pan about.
! But she bought many flours and tried them all
T ana strange to say every loaf would fall
The loaf was soft and ran in the middle
And as flat as note from a broken fiddle
The good woman wept and she groaned and cried
For baking bread was the good womans pride;
! The mother sad the children too
No bread for their supper-what should thew do9
, Hungry and supperleSs 90 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 the world had lost;
: III find it. - she cried as she sat up straight,
Before the world starves-before its Late
Then she woke Jack up-he had gone to sleep.
Come, brother!" she whispered "away we II creep
Wen search all the world It'll find good flour
And we'll start tonght-this very hour
Then hand in hand did they leave the house.
Making less noise than a timid mouse;
( Down the stairway into the night,
Out where the moon and the shone bright :
: Out of the the country wide =.
Where the trees grew hi on every side
Quickly they hurried past field and
Lying golden and still meath the bright CLEAN.
AT last they came TO winding road !
Out in the middle there hoped a toad
, "A great, big toad with eyes of green
just the biggest one they had ever
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 wnked,
And gazed at the children and blnked and blinked
!, ''Thank you, JILL, said the toad at last, :
I'm very glad that you happened past;
am fairy, changed to toad
by wicked Sphinx to guard this road
Good Gracous!'' cried JILL but that is sad {
That Sphinx was horrid and awful bad;
Why did he do it and where is he nowf
II we can help yOu-Just tell us how'
"There's only way" the fairy replied
Go search for the Sphinx every side
lie lives at the foot of Pyramid
Where all the secrets OF earth are hid
Then the toad wnked its eye-it fell on the ground
A beautiful emerald, green and round;
Then opening its mouth said, Listen WELL
And secret to you I'll quickly tell.''
The eye will act as a guide you know
Twill show you exactly where you should go;
just gaze on the eye, your road you'll see
AS plainly, my friends as you see me-.
Find the Sphinx-meet him face to face,
The eye will quickly show the place;
And when you have found him you must do
just what l now will tell you to-
"Show him the eye-hc IL turn to stone
10 stone, from Sphinx of flesh and bone
His power will end and III be free
Then all OF his secrets III give to thee"
"Will we see how to make good breadf" cried Jill,
won't it be fne-I hope will!
Mother II be happy and all the earth
Will 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 crOcodiles splashed and lions growled
And horrible beasts around them prowled.
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 stately 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 thinkf
AS true as you live and as quick a wink
The Sphinx turned to a Sphinx of stone
From Sphinx that live flesh and bone.
In the side of the Pyramid door Jack found,
Inside treasures all around;
With sack of flour top of the pile
OF the Sphinx s treasures the bank of the Nile.
There gold and silver and diamonds galore
Glittering gems and many things more;
Eut the of the Flour written there too,
Which means more than jewels to me and to you
twas Pyramid Flour-the best of ALL
That makes the light bread that will not fall;
The Flour that's made of the finest, washed wheat
That makes the white rolls and cakes that you eat.
That makes tender crusts-the "Creat Bread Maker".