American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-03-07
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THE ALPHABET LETTERS.
~ MARY OQAHAM RONNkE

"My story is n very sad and sorrow
full one. II | tell II to you 4 will make
you cry" said the letter u.
Alphabet letters don't cry" said the
letter S. Tears are shed over us. but
w don't cry ourselves, So tell us your
sad and sorrowful story Mr.. e."
Tell us the sad and Sorrowful
story" repeated the other alphabet let
tiers.
"It shows | have n good disposition"
said the letter z. "I'm neither angry
nor cross"
There, there" said the letter s.
you used me twice in that last word,
which was all very well, but yop need
not have brought in that word angry.
for angry and cross mean the same"
IAN right" said the letter u, ii do
SO little work these days that | really
feel as IL | didn't know anything"
Poor letter H." the other letters all
said.
Tell us your story" said the letter
S.
~ WILL" agreed the letter u,
pray do" the others urged.
IT'S the letter s which has caused
the trouble" said the letter Y.
The letter S wiggled and wriggled
and twisted and turned and said:
81 beg your pardon, letter r. | am
sure | have meant no harm"
"None at ALL" said the letter u III
know you have meant nc harm. And
you needn't beg my pardon, for It isn't
your fault. You can't rule teachers
and parents and writer's and students.
You do what you can for them, that Is
all.
but think about II, letters, and you
will understand. Just think OF the
number of words which used to need
my letter In them aud now they have
put the letter S In instead"
Yes" said the letter M, that IL
true, and we can think about these
things now, for II Is recess time"
"Thlnk of all the words which end
with the letters ise,' They used to end
with the letters 1ze.'"
"True." said the alphabet letters;
perfectly true"
you're sure you are not angry with
met" asked the letter s, wrlggling
%nervously.
"Qulte true" said the letter n. A
| said before, II is not your fault. But
Isn't my tale u sad and sorrowful
one?"
1T Is" said the other letters.
But just then up spoke the letter =
and the letter | and the letter IL.
Letter H." they snid. "come and
join us or we won't be n word. We
need you, letter n; we must have you"
so the letter u Joined these three
letters and they all jumped around as
the word SIZE appeared, as you have
doubtless already guessed.
you're all very good to me-" said
the letter u as II played around with
the letters S and | and II. Each one
kept Its own place In the word, but
sometimes they made themselves look
very big and sometimes they made
themselves look very small and some
times they made themselves look just
about medium size. For, as they made
up the word size, and as size can b.
small-small size, you know-or big
they did everything they could and
played all the games they could.
Then other letters formed othSi
words and they played around, JUS
as they should have played 10 show
folks what they meant. You can imag
, Inc what a wonderful time the letters
, f and q and N had. They most Ger
talnly did have fun.
But recess was soon over and tn
children were going back to thei
class rooms
Hurry, hurry" said the letter S
: "All the big s letters and all the it'll,
| s letters. Hurry TO the class rooms.
81 don't have to hurry much" salt
4 the letter u, but / will either live L
r a very old age from being lazy and dc
( ing nothing TO tire myself, or else III
be forgotten entirely"
+ "Oh. no, you won't be forgotten,
= said the other alphabet letters.
T wen see TO that" said the letter
A and Is and @. 1--WE have a gren
deal TO do with schools and lessoni
Z you know, and we will keep you wit
y US, never fear@
y "Thank you. thank you" said the is
ter u, as IT twisted itself slowly bac
into the school rooms.
And the letter $ said THANK 20
e for not being angry with me-. Your
u a good sport, letter a."
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