The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-02-03

taste he could not resist another
and another. and in a little while
he was at the bottom of the kettle
and all the soup was gone.
Hans was little frightened now
for he had not intended to eat all,
and he knew he should not have
eaten any of it. for it did not be-
long to him, but poor little Hans
had been hungry all his life and
never before had he had enough
food at one time to satisfy his
appetite.
SO when the soup was gone he
thought he better go home before
some one came and caught him
there.
He was just going out the door
when something took him by the
shoulder and Hans was shaken so
his teeth ratified in his mouth.
What do you mean by eating all
my soup, you little wretch" said a
gruff voice. 81 have a good mind
to put you into the pot and boil
you alive"
Poor little Hans was frightened
nearly out OF his wits, but he man.
aged to look around to see what
/ had grabbed him.
If he was frightened before, he
was more frightened now, for he
saw a creature with three ears
looking at him with three pairs of
! eyes and talking to him with three
| mouths and tongues.
Hans expected to see three pairs
of hands, but there were only two
hands, though from the shaking
they gave him Hans was very glad
there were no more. One head had
no hair at all and another had hair
like a dog all over the face as we'll
as the head, and on top were
pair of horns. The third head had
long hair which fell over the Shout
ders of the queer-looking creature
which had Hans in his grasp.
Shaking all three heads at once,
the strange creature shook Hans
again and asked him what he
meant by coming into his house
and eating his soup.
Hans looked up to answer MIN
and then he saw where the crea-
ture had come from SO unexpected
ly and suddenly.
There was a hole in the ceiling
and Hans saw a ladder had been
let down close beside the creature
that had captured him.
81 didn't see anyone and l was
hungry" answered Hans. 81 am
sorry l ate your soup and ! will do
anything you ask to repay you for
what | ate"
you will repay me-" laughed
the Ogre, for that was what 1t was.
why you are too small to do any
thing, but as you seem to be will
ing to try l will give you task.
and if you fail, into the pot you 60.
You need not think you can escape
for l can overtake you, no matter
how far or how fast you may run"
Then for the first time Hans
looked at the Ogre's feet and found
he had six feet-two for each head.
The Ogre was not very tall. OF
course, he was taller than Hans
very much, but not as tall as you
would have expected one with
three heads and six feet to be.
Hans told him he would do any
thing he asked If he would only
spare his life. so the Ogre told
him he wanted some wood for his
winter supply, and that there was
a hundred trees that we wanted
cut down and sawed into logs for
his stove.
Hans felt that hundred trees
were a great many. but when the
Ogre told him he was to start in
at once and if it was nc Ill finish
ed by the next morning he should
make soup of him. Hans knew he
might as well jump into the pot
at once.
However, the Ogre told him to
run along and gave him hatcnet
to work with, and after pointing
out the trees. left Hans and went
back to his home.
Next week l will tell you how
Hans escaped.
Next weeks story-"HanS and