The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-26
Puggy and the Pickle.

And away he ran with 1t hidden under his Jacket When he was safely hidden in the loft of tue barn-lying snugly in the hay--he began to devour the big : pickle. Then after the pickle had been eaten Puggy lay quite still In the hay. feeling a bit bad in his tunimy. But he so he lay resting in the barn loft
 And after he had been there sometime he heard quick steps coming up the ladder to the very place where he lay. He raised his head to see who might be coming after him. As he did 50 he felt very, very sick in his stomach. "Oh. how i'll I is," said puggy. holding, his hand over his mouth. He knew he must be very. very pale. like all sick people are.
 As he sat resting on his elbow there came over the opening a funny form. When 1t had quite lifted itself from the ladder to the floor it stopped and stared at Puggy. Puggy stared back. for never had he seen so strange a creature. It was being at least 10 feet tall and shaped exactly like pickle. When Puggy noticed its likeness to a pickle the qualms in his stomach became worse. He was so sick that he feared he might faint. "Oh. B0 dWdyI CTitu uSBy, sdhttihS AiS " Go away, Mir. Pickle. It makes me Ill to look at you!'
 "Ha. hA," laughed the great picklelike creature. "I always make children Ill. children who disobey their parents and eat me. So you ate me awhile ago-when mamma was not looking, eh? That's the way all naughty boys do We'll If you dlsobey you must suffer pain"
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 The pickle man took hold of his nose and pulled 1t out till 1t extended half across the loft Then he roared with laughter. "Ah. my nose is fine pickle be cried, shaking himself with merriment "Am not jolly fellow to he so sour?'
 Puggy was getting sicker and sicker The very sight eff the big fellow made him feel like fainting. "Oh, go away" moaned Puggy, And please call my mamma. Then he began to cry bitterly.
 Have a bite. son?" asked the pickle, sticking the end of his long nose under Puggys short nose 'It's as sour n pickle as you can nd any where. And--my little chap-l have ordered a barrel of pickles just like my nose for you. You shall have them for morning. noon and night. An, you'll get 10 resembling pickle yourself. was once a little boy, but ate so many sour and indigestible pickles that grew into one. An, I'm sour fellow! And there Ia enough indigestion in my body 10 kill an army of men"
 "Go away-go away?' screamed Puggy. Then he sat up and stared. It was quite dark in tho loft, and he was alone, and very, very i'll. Evidently he had fallen asleep and had been suffering bad dream. Just then his mothers voice called him: "Puggy, dear, where are you' Come An, this zmipute.-sSupper- is .rcady. .,s-
 Puggy dragged himself from the loft and went to the house, but no supper could he eat. And he was so sorry that he had disobeyed his mother that he began to cry, and when she asked him what the matter was he told her the whole story his having eaten the big pickle and about the terrible dream in the hayloft. And his mamma said: Poor naughty boy! You will fiEd that you must always suffer for your disobedience.
 And Puggy, repentant, said: "I'll never dlsobey again, mamma. And I'll never, never eat another pickle