Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-20
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the old witch until his mind was
made up.
Pretty soon a little girl with
golden, hair and big blue eyes came
dancing along, chasing a butterfly,
She danced right over the charmed
line, and. quick as a wink, the old
witch ran out of her hut, waved her
arms and changed the little girl
into rabbit. And the rabbit start
ed to .nibble on some leaves, as all
rabbits do, only its eyes, which
We're still the blue eyes of the little
girl, were full of tears"
Dorothy was so overcome by this
picture that she had to stop in the
middle Of her story and wipe her
eyes, at which Davie wriggled.
Tell some more, quick" he cried,
and Dorothy said:
when Jasper saw this his mind
was made right up He knew that
the old witch must have her head
cut off Immediately. before she
could do any more harm. Every
time he thought of that little girl a
big, big lump found its way into his
throat.
And they say he said to a
bird that perched on q limb above
MIN, they say she cannot help
being wicked; that it is all the fault
of wicked, wicked and very pow
erful fairy
The bird gave a scared chirp
and flew away, and Jasper Won
dered why until he remembered his
invisible cloak and knew that the
bird could not see him.
It's very queer he said soft
~, looking down at himself; Il
Know I'm here, but I cannot even
see myself
Just then the old witch came
out of her house and sat on the
bench outside the door. Her old
cat followed, rubbing against her
dress She leaned down and petted
the cat, and then drew an old pipe
from her pocket and began to
smoke it. And"
"Jeemfnyi Did it make her sick"
asked Davie, forgetting that 1t was
very rude to interrupt
20 course not. She'd known how
TO smoke for years and years, hun
Adreds OF 'em, and Ii only makes
them sick when they're learning,
Henry says" declared Dorothy.
looking at her brother with scorn,
and if you int'rupt me once more.
Dayie Dear, "I won't tell another
word, so there!"
"Scuse me-" said Davie with sulky
politeness, kicking the couch with
his heels by way of giving vent to
his feelings.
The old witch sat in the sun and
Winked her eyes and smoked as If
she'd never done a wicked thing.
ever. And all the time the poor
little girl-rabbit was hiding under
a bush, afraid, maybe, that she'd
turn her into something else If she
happened to spy her.
1T was thinking about the rabbit
that finally gave Jasper Courage
to carry out his plans. He pulled
his sword from its sheath, wrapped
his invisible cloak about him and
ran around the witch"s house Then
he tip-toed up behind her, clenched
his teeth, waved the sword in the
air and let it come down on her
neck. And them Dorothy was
so excited that she clasped Davies
hands, and then, right Before his
eyes, the witch vanished and i'm her
place was u lovely princess, all
dressed in white satin, with tiny
slippers on her feet and strings of
pearls In her hair,
She knelt before Jasper, who had
removed his cloak, and kissed his
hands, saying, For two hundred
years I have waited for this. A
wicked fairy turned me into a witch,
because | would not wed the prince
she had selected for me. She was
my godmother. thought that
never would there come man
brave enough to try to cut my head
off, which was the awful thing she
said must be done before | could
turn into a princess. And then you
came" And weeping tears of graf
itude, the lovely maid thanked him
again and again"
us that ALL" asked Davie in a
paused did the rabbit turn back
into a little girl again, and did the
owl turn into a man again?"
20 course" said Dorothy, when
the princess finished thanking Jas
per, they opened the door to the
little house and went in, and it
was full of men and women and
children, All the snakes and toads,
and even the owl, had turned into
themselves again. And outside in
the garden the little rabbit turned
back into the little girl, who ran
home just as fast as she could, not
even remembering that she had
been rabbit"
"Then Jasper returned his invls-
ible cloak to the little green goblin,
and thanked him for his kindness.
After which he returned to the
married and lived happy ever
after. And"
Dorothy ended her story with
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