The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-01-06
No-WoRK LAND.

/ Copyright. 1917, by the Mcclure News
pager Syndicate.)
One morning Freda's mother wanted
her to help with the baking and Freda
began to fret and wish she did not have
4 wish lived in country where
. there was no work to be done, she
said; then could do as like"
am afraid you would be as UNI
comfortable there as you think you
are here" said her mother, but IL you
do not want to help me with the bak-
ing you can take this basket OF butter
and cream to the big house on the
other side OF the woods. 1t must be
/ there In time for dinner and you had
better start now"
Freda thought that would be better
| than cooking in a hot kitchen, so she
took the basket and started off. When
she reached the big house the sun was
hot and the good woman who lived
there gave Freda some cool drink and
| then put cake and cookies in her basket
| for her to eat as she went along home.
When Freda again reached the
| woods she was tired and warm, so she
| sat down under big tree and ate her
cookies and cake.
"This Is a nice place to live" thought
Freda, there are no dishes TO be
washed and no beds to make. l should
| like to live here IL could have enough
to eat, or anywhere that there was no
work to be DONE"
Come with ME and 1 will show you
a land where there is no work TO DO,
said voice, and Freda saw beside her
a funny looking little creature in brown
| clothes. Before she could reply he had
| tapped on q tree and 1t opened like a
door, and Freda found herself inside.
/ They walked down long, dark pas
sage and Freda was beginning to be
II tiffla af,o III xuhan abe saw a light and
lsuddenly she came to the queeresi
looking place she had ever seen.
i There were no houses but one great
big house where everybody lived, the
little brown man told her.
This is No-Work Land" he said.
| GO right in and you will find plenty
OF people who do not like work any
better than you do"
Freda found herself alone after this
remark for the little brown man dis
appeared. She felt very small, the
| house was so big. but she walked up to
the door and found IL open.
I'VE never close the door, no one
wants to work enough for that" she
i heard someone say. When she climbed
into the room, for the steps We're so
high she had to climb, she found the
thouse had only one room. and 1t was
filled with the largest and queerest
| looking people Freda had ever seen.
They were very large and stuptG
looking. "Sit anywhere you find
room" she was told. So she did and
there she sat and waited for someone
/ to speak, but they all closed their eyes
and paid no more attention to her.
After waiting what seemed to Freda
a long, long time, she touched the
woman nearest to her and asked;
l''what time do you have SUPPER
Support What Is that" asked the
| big woman.
4 Don't you eat supper here" asked
Il Freda. in establishment.
"we don't do anything here" replied
the woman. "This is No-Work Land
/ and we do nothing but sit about and
sleep"
i 'But don't you get hungry" asked
y Freda. more and more astonished.
"No, / told you we did not do any
4 thing here: we don't talk rnuch, either
i she said, closing her eyes, anu before
ENreda could ask another question the
| woman was sound asleep.
4 well, IL the rest of you are so lazy
you will not get supper, Will sale
Freda, jumping up,
What are you going to dor they
all asked, opening their eyes, but be"
fore she could reply, they were asleep
/ again.
4 Freda looked about, but there was
| no stove and no food, and as there
was no other room. she walked TO the