The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-03

FOR LITTLE
FOLKS
oIckey 1uck.

oliy uuckIiIg, ana al most ducks or
children are a littls spoiled when
there is only one in he family. | am
afraid Dickey Duck was no exception.
one day he heard Madam White Hen
teiilhg her chicks hat they were to
keep away from th5 pond, and that if
they were good and did not disobey
her she Wouli tell them d fairy story
at bedtime
Il don't believe N fairies" said
Dickey Duck, waddling up to the
chicks and trying to appear very wise.
Why do you let your mother fool you
like that"
Oh, but there are fairies" said the
little chicks I'VE know they are all
around the woods, and if we are good
some day we may see one; mother
told us So"
oh, she is just fooling you" said
wise Dickey Duck. Come along with
me and | will show you some fun; |
can stand on my head in the pond"
You go right away from here"
said Madam White Hen, looking very
cross at Dickey Duck, you are a bad.
spoiled duckling. Do you want to
drown my chickens? Go away, go
away"
Madam White Hen Tapped her
wings and ran at Dickey Duck in a
threatening manner, and Dickey ran
On the way to the pond he met his
mother. Mother" he,said, ARE there
any fairies? These silly chicks of
Madam White Hens said there were
fairies in the woods; and if they are
only in the woods l will never see
one" said Dickey Duck.
Then Dickey Duck, like a really
spoiled duckling, began to cry that he
wanted to see a fairy, and his mother
Poor Madam Duck felt very help
less. for she had never seen fairy !
and she did ifGt1ASow a thing about |
them; so she ~ Dickey Duck he
must stop crying or he would cry his |
eyes out, and then Ae surely never
,ould see a fairy.
Dickey Duck quickly |
when he heard this ay6 all the time |
lis mother was thinking as fast as
she could of fairy story to tell to |
)ickey.
Il did hear of fairy once upon
ime that a good little duckling saw
'aid Dickey Ducks mother, but he |
vas very good duckling, as | said,
or only the very best behaved duck
ings or chicks ever see the fairies"
WHAT did he do that was goOd?"
sked Dickey Duck, wondering if it
would be very hard to be good for a
lay SO he might see a fairy.
This little duckling heard about"
aid Madam Duck, never got into the
mud and spoiled his white coat and
and he never played tricks
IN the others in the barnyard"
Did the fairy give him anything"
sked Dickey Duck.
Yes; this little duckling was very
,Ood, as | told you, and he used to put
IN his swimming suit AID go on the
'Ond every day and swim about quiet
y, and one day fairy came along
md gave him a big, fat worm; the
'ery biggest he had ever SEEN"
Dickey Duck waddled as fast as he
'ould to the pond and plunged in He
wam and swan, looking all the time
or the fairy, and he was about ready
o go home and tell his mother there
we're no such things as fairies when.
Slash" right in front of him fell a
Jig, fat worm.
Dickey Duck grabbed it, and then
e looked for the fairy. and far up
ver his head he saw something f1v-
ng. 1t might have been a bird, but
hickey Duck knew, of course. it was
fairy, because he had been SO good.
Back he swan to the bank and wad-
led 10 the barnyard. 81 saw a fairy"
e said to Madam White Hens chicks.
All the fairies are not in the woods.
ome of them come over the pond and