The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-17
THE oGREss.
Copyright. 1915. by the Mcclure News
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Once there lived in a far country an
Ogress who hated everyone who had
any beauty because she was SO bad
tempered that her face was unpleasant
to look upon and her disposition even
showed in her form. which was crooked
and she walked sideways instead Of so
ing straight ahead.
Now his dreadful ogress had little
ogies-we should call them little girls
and two were like their mother and
walked sideways, too. just as h did.
But the third and youngest was
very pretty and had long black hair.
which vas very glossy. Her cheeks
were like two red roses and her teeth
like pearls.
When the ogress beheld the beauty
Of her youngest daughter h began
to hate her, which. of course, is not
at all like a mother and never hap
pens only in the land where bad witches
n ogresses live.
The girls name was Filadoro, n
she was as good as she was beautiful;
all day she cooked and cleaned the
house and waited on her two bad tenn
pered sisters. for you know bad tenn
pered people are always bad featured.
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reason for Filadoro's beauty was be-
cause she vas OF a sweet disposition,
they very likely would have tried to
overcome their disagreeable ways, but
they did not know anything about
that, and so they went on being bad.
But n day the ogress noticed thai
Filadoro was growing more beautiful
and her two sisters told their mother
that unless h sent Filadoro away
they would leave home, for hat very
day a young man who wore a beauti-
full velvet suit n a cap with a long
plume in 1t had stopped at their doo-
and asked for a drink of water.
we tried to be polite and get the
water for him. said one of the ugly
sisters, but that bold Filadoro brought
the water and he never looked at us
again."
He must have poor sight" replied
the ogress. ito prefer that black haired
creature to my two handsome darlings;
I'll see to her at once." And she called
Filadoro.
TT is high time, Miss, you were
taught how to respect our dear sis
ters," said the ogress. You shall be
put in the tower OF this old castle I'M
til o know how to behave.
So poor Filadoro was put In a high
tower and fed on bread and water un-
til anyone but Filadoro would have
starved but a good fairy watched
over her and the bread turned to meat
and cake and the water to good, rich
milk.
So Filadoro grew strong and more
beautiful and the strangest part was
her hair grew long until 1t trailed up
or the floor.
Now. the young man in the rich
clothes who stopped at the ogress'
door was a prince, and he fell in love
with Ffladoro. but the next time he
passed that way and asked for a drink
the two ugly sisters were the only ones
he saw.
Where is the young girl that
served me when / last called?" asked
the prince.
"oh. that was our servant an
swered the untruthfuI sisters. and
she was SO bold we sent her away
The prince left with a heavy heart,
but just as he was riding away a bird
singing sweetly In a tree caused him
to loop up, and there in the tower he
could see something moving.
Il wonder what that can be-
thought the prince. THAT old castle
looks ready to fall; 1t cannot be that
anyone is living in the tower"
He thought about the pretty girl he