Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-09-07
SLEEPY Time TALES.
Mrs. Grasshopper's Adventure.

once upon a time Mrs. G~raSshopper
went out for a walk. She had rocked
both her children to sleep and put them
to bed in their cool soft beds OF leaves
and she knew they would sleep a long
tlme. for II had been so hot in the
night they didn't sleep very much and
so We're all tired out and quite ready
for their morning nap.
Very slowly she walked along think
Ink how nice il was with the sun SHIN
ing and the leaves blowing in the trees.
when all AT once she saw a little way
ahead of her a small black object that
seemed to move from side To side. Now
Mrs. G~rasShopper was pretty sure what
that black object was, but to make
doubly sure she hurried along as fast
as she could, She needn't have hurried
so for the object moved more slowly
end Just before she reached ii. stopped
short and rolled over.
Dear me said Mrs. Grasshopper. Il
90 believe ii is one of those young
beetles | saw the other day out walking
with their mother. Something has hap
pened TO 1t, | must go and sec"
MIS-. GfaSSilopper didn't usually talk
as much as that and she was quite out
OF breath when she reached the bus.
1fe1e is was lying on one side with it's
poor little wing all broken and dragging
at II side.
Now the beetle had been taught to
look u FOR s~rasshoppers and such
,hulSS, so, when it saw Mrs. Grasshop-
per coming, 1t tried to get up and run
away.
Don't run away, l won't hurt YOU"
sa1l MIS-. G~raSshopper II She went up
10 IL and Very carefully turned it over
end smoother out its little wing and put
1t in place. With a tiny piece of grass
she bound it up so ii wouldn't get out of
place again.
There that will be alright in a few
I ia " IF WON don't ,,-, l., |o4 -, ,o,, l.,lz
and Will take You home" said Mrs.
drasshopper. With the grasshoppers'
Eclp the bug managed to crawl on her
lack and off they started toward the
beetles home. They hadn't gone very
lar, however, when they met Mrs.
Beetle coming out to look for her little
son and when she saw Mrs. Grasshop-
per coming she was afraid something
had happened to her little one and ran
to meet them.
Mrs: G~rasshopper told her all about
what had happened and Mrs. Beetle
was very grateful to her for taking
such good care of her little child and
together they carried him home and put
him to bed. Then Mrs. GrasShopper ran
home to tell the children about her ad-
| venture.
Mary's Wish.
once upon Il time little Mary was
| given the wishbone of the chicken at
Inner. After she had eaten all of the
meat, she asked her mother if she
would wish with her, but her mother
told her that she must keep it for a
day or so and let it get quite dry be-
fore 1t would be ready to pull and
wish.
That night, when Mary went to bed.
she asked her mother if she could take
her Wishbone upstairs with her and
hang it near the bed. Her mother told
her that she could. and Mary hung it
right in front of her, so that she could
see it the last thing when she went to
| bed and the first thing in the morning.
After her mother had kissed her good
night and gone down stars, Mary laid
awake a long time thinking Wha she
would wish with her wishbone and hop
ing she would get her wish. An at
once as she looked AT it, it seemed to
get q pair of long, long legs and a very
tiny head, and it began to bow and bow
and walk in a funny way straight to-
ward the bed, saying as it did: MARY.
l want to talk with you a little while"
Mary didn't say a word, and the funny
Wishbone began to talk. do you want
to break my legs just so YOU can wish
it asked.
IF you do, ! can never walk again,
and sometimes they break so high up,
half my body is broken, too, and it
hurts as much as ii would for YOU 10
get YOU leg broken. ] hope you Will
~" q So"i niue Slil anu MOI use me 10
wish with
Mary lay there very quietly, but she
was thinking hard and, when the wish
bone asked her again, she said, in 4
very soft, little voice: NO. | Wont
wish. and break You. ! will just keeI
You to look at" Then the wishbonc
with 4 low bow, tufned ana very Lightly
hoped up right in the same place he
had jumped down from, ard in a min
ute both he and Mary We're SOUND
asleep.
In the morning when Mary woke up
the very first thing she saw was the
Wishbone hanging just where she naG
put it. she sat up in bed, rubbed hei
eyes, and then jumped out Of bed anG
took it down. Yes, it looked just as il
had when she hung it up, but she knew
now that it he'd legs, a head, and coulG
talk.
She carried it down to her mother
and told her all about how the wish
bone had asked her not to wish with il
and she said: Il am not going to moth
en-" Mary hung her wishbonc up again
where it hung for a long, long time
When Mary tells her mother how the
Wishbone talked to her, she only laughs
but Mary says: "He really and truly
did, mother"
Futurist Cookinn.