Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-25
CHAPTER III.
Blizzy and Blooey.

n EGGl was shocked to see the
damage that Blooey the Giant
had done in celebrating his
victory at checkers. Half of the
beautiful palace was in ruins, while
broken Frlgids were scattered all
over the place.
But she soon found that things
were not so bad as they looked. A
cloud that happened to be drifting
by was seized by the uninjured
Frigds and quickly attached to the
palace, forming new and handsome
wing IN place of the part that had
been wrecked. As for the broken
Frlglds, they were just stuck to-
gether again. and soon were as good
as new, all except one chap who
had happened to get put on wrong
side tos He had an awful time try
ing to straighten himself out until he
twisted so far that he broke his head
off again and was able to put it on
right
Just as the Frigids finished the
new cloud addition to the palace,
Il ere was another loud rumblng
from beneath the palace, great
shaking, and for third time it
came tumbling down.
This is too much" exclaimed
Queen Crystal, much exasperated.
Il wish | were ten thousand times
bigger so could give those playful
monsters sound spanking. When
you tame them, you just give them
few extra slaps for me-"
Peggy was growing less and less
anxious to tackle the Giants. She
was afraid that if they tore her to
pieces, she couldn't get herself to-
gether again.
"W-w-w-where are the Giants?"
she muttered.
Down in the dungeon, below the
palace" answered the queen.
In the dungeon were two immense
giants.
"Oh, they are in prison!" ex-
claimed Peggy, much relieved. She
much preferred trying to tame
Giants confined behind bars than
Giants running loose in the open.
"Ot course they are" answered
the queen. 1--WE always keep them
locked up when they are not on a
rampage. Then they can only wreck
one palace at time instead of
smashing up all of Cloudland."
why do you have to tame them
If you have them locked up? Why
not. leave them in these ruins and
build your palace some place else?"
Because they like company.
sighed the queen. "And besides,
Our locking them up doesn't do any
good if they don't want to stay
locked up. If they feel like strolling
about the earth and kicking up a
rumpus, they just burst right out of
the strongest clouds and walls we
have and we can't do thing to stop
them. Would you like to take a
peek at them?"
Peggy hesitated. II walls couldn't
hold the Giants, what chance would
she have to escape if they came
after her? But her curiosity got the
better of her fears. She nodded her
head and Queen Crystal led her to a
pipe sticking up out of the ground
like periscope.
Look down this" she said
Peggy, obeying, found that the pipe
really was a perscope and that by
placing her eye to it she could see
what was going on in a huge dun
geon far, far below the ruins of the
palace.
In the dungeon were two immense
Giants facing each other across a
large table, which was large
checkerboard. One of the Giants
was as white as frost. The other was
the color Of lead. Both were bearded
and had long tangled hair. They
were dressed in streaming clothing
the same color as themselves.
They seemed very keen over their
game of checkers and smoked furi-
ously at big pipes as they kept their
eyes intent upon the board.
She white one is Blizzy, and the
dark one is Blooey," whispered the
queen.
As she said this Blooey made a
move that cornered Blizzy. As
Blizzy disgustedly gave up, Blooey
let out a wild whoop of triumph and
rushed around in a frenzy Of joy
The dungeon became just swirlinl
dark mass, and the ruins of the
castle above it heaved and shook. Il
was as though hundred elephant:
had broken loose all at once.
Peggy, thrown from the periscope
by the violence of the upheaval
turned a pale face toward Queer
Crystal, who was closely watching
her.
Poor little Giant Tanner" tinklec
the queen, stretching out her hant
in quick sympathy to Peggy
You've got an awful job on you
hands trying to handle those chaps
But come with me, and I'll SHOW
you why it must be done"