The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-10-17
Copyright 1915, by the Mcclure
JANErTE's THINKING CAP

Jeanette was cross, she must have
got out Of her bed on the wrong side,
her grandmother told her at the break
fast table.
II guess the strings to your thinking
cap are crossed" said her father; you
better see someone about them and get
them untangled."
Janette did not reply, but she won
ldered what her father meant by such
a remark; she didn't have on a cap,
for she put her hand on her head to
feel for 1t, and she felt only her soft
hair.
At last Janette would not eat her
egg, and said there was nothing for
breakfast she liked.
You can 60 right back to your
room," said her mother, land stay
there until you are in a pleasanter
state of mind guess your father was
right, the strings to your thing cap are
in a tangle. l am afraid they are in
a snarl.'
Janette slammed the door to her
room behind her, and threw herself
on her bed. First, she began to cry
because every one was SO cross to her.
She was sure no little girl was ever
so badly treated before.
Then Janette began to think about
what her father had said and wonder
what he had meant by the strings to
her thinking cap being crossed She
wasn't sure she did not have on cap,
but just to make sure she would feel
again.
Janette sat up in bed and put both
hands on her head. for she felt the cap
this time. but tug as she would with
both hands she could not remove it.
"Ha, ha 1t is in hard snarl You
can't get it off until you untangle the
strings" said voice.
Janette looked up and on the foot of
her bed sat goblin. Janette knew
he was a goblin because he looked
like those she had seen in her book
talking to cross-looking little boy un-
der a tree.
you can't make me keep this cap
on" said Janette. 81 will take 1t off,
so now"
Janette gave it hard pull and tried
to pull off the cap, but it was as If 1t
were glued to her head, and the snarl
became harder than before. 1t seemed
as though another knot had been tied.
See what you have done now" said
the goblin, jumping up and standing
on the foot of the bed. "you have tied
another knot in your strings; the
crosser you are the more knots you
will have to unite"
Suddenly Janette saw there were
dozens of little COLLINS which had
% II L1i
brother, and they danced about and
laughed at her, pointing their little
sharp finger at her all the while.
"She is very cross little girl, isn't
she?' said one.
Yes, and she will be long time
getting out OF that tangle, she has
been so cross" said another.
"You are naughty bad COLLINS and
you all get right out Of my room; I
didn't invite you in anyway" said
Janette
"Oh, look at the strings to her think
ing cap said goblin; they are all
used up now
Janette looked and there was not
bit OF the strings left; string of hard
knots hung from under her chin.
"Oh, let's us go along" said one
goblin There Is no more string to be
tied in knots and she will never be
able to unite these, because I don't
believe she knows how; she will begin
to cry in a minute, and that will not
be any fun for us"
Goodbye. cross girl" they said.
"There is a way out Of the snarl. but
you will never find 1t and we expect
the next time we see you you will
still wear your thinking cap tied fast
to your head with snarl and hard
knots"
Come back here and tell me how to
get out the snarl," screamed Janette,
as the COLLINS disappeared, but they