The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-14

FOR LITTLE
FOLKS
s~s
HELEN AND PHILIP.

boy named Philip, and he had sister
named Helen. Their mother was dead
and they had stepmother. Their IA
Ither was king, and by and by, when
the Stork brought the Queen two sons
she was unkind to- Philip and Helen,
come King Poor little Philip and
Helen were put in another part OF the
were not allowed to play around the
castle grounds, as her sons were
They were given little to eat, for the
Queen hoped they would starve, al
though she did not dare to do any
| thing so wicked as to kill them. But
one DAY, when their father asked
where they were. she told him they
we're sick and she did not want them
near her children and that he had
better call doctor. The Queen had
seen the doctor and asked him to
tell the King that Philip must be sent
away for she had no fear of Helen,
because she could not inherit the
throne.
Now, the doctor was very good
man, and he was anxious to gain the
! favor Cf the Queen, so when the King
called him 10 see the children he told
him that Philip had an incurable dis
ease and must be sent away to a
Isuange land. Philip and Helen wept
when taov heard this, and that night,
when everybody was in bed, they stole
really ill you know, and went to a
good witch who lived in the woods
They told her what the doctor had
said and asked her to help them, for
they were sure the Queen did not in.
tend that Philip should ever return
The good witch called goat to her
who had a very bright coat, like gold
and told Philip to get on his back
then she told Helen to get on behind
Phillip and hold on tight for the goat
was to fly with them to far-off land
and not to be afraid, for when they
reached there everything would come
out right and they would be happy
but not to fall off the goat Then she
touched the goat with her cane and he
spread out pair of wings, which the
children had not noticed, and away
they flew.
They flew long distance, and after
while they came to a narrow STRIP
of water. Helen's arms were tired
and let go of Philip second to rest
and off she fell, right into a ship that
happened to be directly under where
the goat was flying. Poor Phillip
was terribly frightened, but he held
on tight and soon the goat landed on
the opposite side of the water and let
him dismount The men in the shin
where Helen fell did not know what
to think of her sudden appearance
and when she told them she fell from
the back of goat, who was flying
over the water with her and Philip on
his back, they thought she could not
be in her right mind. They sailed
across to the very place where the
goat landed with Philip, and there
he was sitting on the shore crying, but
when he saw Helen he dried his eyes
taking the goat along with them, they
walked toward big castle they saw
and knocked at the door. The King
who lived there did not have any chill
dren, and he took them in and asked
them to live with him. And Helen be-
came princess in that land and later
Philip was a King.
And now | must tell you what hap.
lpened to the wicked Queen The old
witch was very angry with her for
treating Philip and Helen as she did
and one day she went to the castle
and told the King how wicked his
Queen was The King flew into a ter
rible rage and drove the Queen out of
the castle. and she thought he was
chasing her and became so frightened
that she ran into the ocean. The sea
gods took pity on her and changed her
into sea nymph, and her children
they changed into two rocks by the
shore, and on stormy days she goes
to the rocks and means and cries for
her children