Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-09-25
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"Listen," said Mother Meadow Lo-
Gust to>a little Meadow Locust named
Millie, land / will tell you a story"
''That is NICE" sold Millie politely.
and also because she did want to hear
q story.
Il am going to tell you that your
song must always be soft and sweet,
very soft and sweet, and so am going
to send you to the Meadow Locust
Family Music club. Singing is taught
there.
"You see, Mlllie. dear" she contin-
ued. wears ago when we sang just
like the Katydid family the Fairy
Queen was giving concert one night.
"Locusts,' she snid to us. 4 want
some other singers to take parts which
are like the Katydids' parts. but lit
tie, softer. That will help the whole
effect of the singing. 1t will make it
so lovely to have different voices, diff
ferent sounds. different tones. Then
1t will be such beautiful concert,
such an exquisite concert. DO you
think you could help me, Locusts?'
"Now, of course, we wanted to do
everything we could for the Fairy
Queen and for her concert. So we had
huge meeting that very afternoon of
all the locusts. Weput signs around
the meadow on all the tall blades of
grass and told all the locusts to come
to the meeting.
s"They arrived at all times. for as
soon as they saw notices they came.
but some of them had been taking maps
or had been off walking and hopping
and weren't on the lookout for signs
and notices.
"But there was huge meeting. Oh,
there were loads and loads of us.
What can we lo?' we asked ourselves
and each other. TO help the Fairy
Queens concert we surely must, but
what will we do?,
"Finally one little Locust, named
Larry Locust, spoke up. 4 have an
idea,' he said.
I'VE all crowded around Larry and
asked him what his idea was.
"'Well,' lie said, If we all practice
to sing quite 81 soft song and always
remember to keep down our voices sc
they won't be too loud think well
have what the Fairy Queen wants.
$50 we practiced and practiced all
that afternoon. When evening came
we all took our places ut the concert
| that is-We had 1t in the early eve
ming.
| I'VE sat in front of the Katydil!
and all the other creatures sat around
Well, when the Fairy Queen heard III
singing softly and sweetly, and whel
she heard our parts by ourselves sll
was delighted.
"'Always sing like that she cried
yes, always sing those sweet, lO>
notes 81 yours
I'VE were so pleased and we hav
always kept to that same kind of sing
ing. The Fairy Queen liked the Katy
dids-you mustn't for moment thin
she didn't-but she thought 1t woul
be nice If we had our own kind o
singing, our own little songs. so there
be the music of the Meadow Ldcusts
too.
Wasn't that good idea of Lal
rys?" Mrs. Locust asked.
"A most marvellous idea," said Nil
lie. lis that ray Uncle Larry?"
THE very one" said Mother Locust
| II must tell you, too, now that til
story time is over, little of the hts
tory of the insect family, for we mus
have the history of our people and al
peoples. Or rather. all insects, in on
lessons.
There Is the flying grasshoppel
colored like the ground, that Is, tn
color Of pebbles and stones. He is SAT
that way, for enemies don't know, hal
the time, that he is grasshopper! ;
There is very distant relatio
known las the scorpion. He's an oil
terror. He goes with some Of the II
sects where 1t is very, very warm. H
really lisa nearer relative of the era
family, I'm glad to say.
But I think we'll have our lesso
continued another day. Just now Il
us sing and thank the Fairy Queen an
dear Larry Locust, who helped to Civ
us q. song, like the song Of the Kat!
did family, but still u song all, all GU
own" @