Williams news., 1915-05-06
THE WISHING ROCK.
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| THE WISHING ROCK. Benjamin was cross little boy and did not play nicely with his sister, Lillian, and one day when they were sitting on a rock under tree an apple fell right near Lillian and she picked it up.
 Give me that apple" said Benja- min; 'I saw it fall.' l Lillian told him she would give him half of it, but that did not satisfy the greedy boy.
 "T wish 1t were hung on your mouth" he said.
 | Up jumped the apple and hung on her mouth. This frightened both of them, but Benjamin pretended that it did not frighten him, and said:
 q wish you had them all over you.'
 Down came the apples from the tree and fastened themselves on Lillian, who began to cry. ,
 q wish you had them on you," she said.
 Off flew the apples and fastened themselves to Benjamin.
 'T wish they were all on the trees again." said Benjamin.
 And away went the apples into the tree again.
 Benjamin began to think that every thing they wished came to pass and he thought he would try wishing again, so he got up and walked around, wishing to himself that he could see bear, but none came. He sat on the rock and began thinking how strange it was, and still had the wish in his mind to see a bear He looked up, and coming toward him from the woods was big black bear. Benjamin's hair stood on end. He ran as fast as he could and the bear after him. Lillian sat on the I rock, too frightened to move. "Oh, wish he would go back into the wood!" she said, and instantly the bear turned and went into the woods When Benjamin came back she told him how she had wished the bear into the woods.
 ''It is this rock" Benjamin said.
 "It must be a wishing rock. Let us wish for lot of nice things to eat"
 And while he was speaking a table rose up from the ground and on it were | candy, nuts, cake and ice cream. Ben | jamin began eating as fast as he could, and ate as long as he could swallow, and then rolled off the rock and went to sleep upon the ground. Lillian was not so greedy. She ate little of all the nice things, and then, like a good housekeeper, wished to | have the table taken away, and it dis | appeared.
 'Now, I wonder what I had better wish for next" said Lillian "I need a coat for the winter" Right on the tree was nice, warm coat.
 q had better wish for skates for Benjamin." she said, "for he will not wake up for long time, and 1t may be too late for him to wish then"
 She looked in the tree and there were skates beside the coat
 T should like some for myself" said Lillian, but it is really too much to ask" But before she finished wishing there were the skates l T should have thought of poor fa- ther," said Lillian, "he wants a cow" Moo! Moo!" and turning around Lil- 1ian saw a nice, fat COW standing near her.
 | The sun was setting, and she thought that they should go home, so she shook Benjamin by the shoulder.
 Get up," she told him, i've must go home."
 When Benjamin saw all the things he was very angry.
 You do not wish anything for me, :" he said. You are selfish girl" And he gave her a push which sat her on the rock again.
 q wish had wished for you to be a better boy" she said.
 Just then the sun went out-of sight, and at the same time Benjamin began to thank Lillian for his skates, and he gathered up the things Lillian had wished for, and taking the COW by the horns, led her home. When they reached home they told their father about the wishing rock and said they were going to wish for more the next day. But he told them it would be of no use to wish tomorrow; that the rock was a wishing rock only once in a hundred years, for one day from sun- rise to sunset. He told them he had heard of it, but did not know before where it was. Lillian did not say any, thing, but she thought to herself that she was glad she made the last wish before the sun went out of sight.