Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-11
Children's EDening Storp

"Oh, mammal" exclaimed Beckie
day as she came racing into the cave,
I'VE had the loveliest fun at school to-
day. Oh, it was just too scrumptious
for anything"
fla. Hum" exclaimed Mr.. White
hwash. the old Polar bear gentlemen,
as he picked a splinter out of the cake
of ice on which he sat so he would
not get sunstruck. WAS it the les
sons that were so nice. Beckie?'
"Oh how funny" laughed Beckie,
wrinkling up her lit, black nose
Lessons nice Uncle I, hitewash! The
idea. OF course like my lessons
sometimes went on Beckie, but the
nice part of school today was making
candy"
Making candy exclaimed Mrs.
StTbtail. why, we never made candy
when l went to SCHOOL,
mo- indeed" spoke Uncle White
wash. But remember once he said
with laugh, Il took some lollypops to
,, school in my pocket, and sat near the
stove and the lollypops melted and
were so sticky that | couldn't get my
Gil so l had to stay in. Ever since then
| don't like warm stoves and Mr..
Whitewash turned over his cake of ice
to find real cold spot.
But, mamma may | make little
candy here at homer" asked Beckie. II
learned how in school, you see, SO
won't have to bother to ask you a
single thing Please mother. say
may!" and Beckie put her paws around
the mamma bears neck and kissed her
on the nose.
In school today we made molasses
, candy and chocolate fudge went on
the little bear girl. "The lady mouse
teacher showed us how to do it so we
could make some at home, and then go
around selling it to get money to buy
new piano for our classroom. May
make some molasses candy here, NAM
MAJ"
"You may make little said the
bear mamma. But, mind, you must
do it all yourself, as L am going out
and won't be here to help you
"Oh I know how" exclaimed Beckie
clapping her paws in happiness.
well, all | ask is don't put any
sticky Jumps of molasses candy around
where I'll step on them said Uuncle
Whitewash, the Polar bear gentleman,
as he pulled the icicle covers closer
up around his neck before he went to
sleep on his ice cake.
So Mrs. Stubtail went over to call ON
Mrs. No-tail, the frog lady, leaving
Beckie home in the cave to make her
molasses candy.
! Beckie did Just as the lady mouse
school teacher had told her to DO. She
put some molasses and sugar on the
stove to cook in little pan, and she
watched it boil.
well, now l must try the candy, to
see if it has boiled enough" said
Beckie, after awhile, speaking in a
whisper, so as not to awaken Mr.
Whitewash, the Polar bear gentleman.
! Into a cup of cold water Beckie drop
ned little of the hot, boiling molasses
candy. The water cooled it, the lady
mouse teacher had said, so you could
-, tell whether or not it had boiled
Eenough.
! Beckie put her paw in the water, and
nulled out the cooled candy drops. She
tasted them.
ooh, how good my candy is going to
be.,' Beckie said, clapping her paws,
and wagging her little, short tail. Il
think it it is cooked now. so will pour
! it into a creased pan, to which 1t Will
not stick, and then I'll set it outside to
cool, while I wash up the Dishes
Soon the hot molasses candy was
poured into pan, and set out on the
back steps to cool; while Beckie made
the kitchen nice and tidy again.
"And if there is too much candy for
'Neddie and the rest of us to eat, Beck,
ie said, 81 will sell some, and help get
money for our school piano
! While Beckie was thus thinking, and
washing up the molasses pots and pans