Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
SANDMAN STORY.
By Mrs. r. A. Wal kev.
COpyrfght. 1918. ny Mc('tuvc Newspaper
Syndicate. Now York City.
BENNIE BEAR AND THE LAMBS

BENNIE BEAR AND THE LAMbS.
Bennie Bear went over the mountain
with big bag over ono shoulder. He had
taken an extra large bag that morning,
because his mother had told him where
to find three fat lambs.
"And mind you, bring all three back
with you," she warned him, rs Bcnnie
walked down the path from their home.
81 shall have a nice hot fire ready to
bake them by sundown, SO don't you
waste your time lettering or sleeping
by the way said Mrs. Bear.
Bennie Bear had nice lunch IN his
pocket which his mother knew nothing
about, for she intended that Bennle
Bear should get good and hungry by
shutdown and then he would hurry home
with the lambs for supper.
Il am not going all day without any
thing to eat, thought Bennic. Mother
thinks she is PLAYING a trick on me, but
| am not to be fooled. | have nice
lunch of cookies and cake and when
get to the old tree by the road, near the
field where the lambs are, I'll crawl
inside and eat it and take a little nap,
too. shall fell more like chasing the
lambs after little nap" Bcnnic told
himself Mother thinks fellow is
never tired,
/ But all of Bennie Bears plans were
| upset, for when he reached the feld
he saw the three fat lambs asleep right
by tho wall and knowing that now was
! his time, he just popped them all into
| his bag and tied it up.
'III take nap after ! eat my lunch,
said Bennle Bear. sitting down by thu
| tree and taking out the cake and cookies
| 81 can hide the bag in the bushes and ne
al Il IL
a noise
So Bcnnie Bear ate his lunch ant
| then he crawlcd inside the big tree
which had deep hole in it, and wa
| lust about 10 60 TO sleep when he smeilet
/, something that made him look about
1t was honey, the very thing he lovc'
| best Of alI-and plenty Of it, too. Benni'
| forgot all about the lambs and began 4
eat. He ate il all and then he fell asleep
| forgetting also about what his mothe
| had told him about hurrying home
When the three lambs found the.
were all alone and all WAS quiet, on
| Of them poked hole in the bag witt
| its foot and pecpcd out.
"Hc must have gone and forgot q
take us, I, he told his brothers. and thel
| thcy made the hole larger and soon al
! three were out and started to run 70
home. But as they reached the tree wher
| Bonnie Bear was asleep they heard hin
breathing very deep and long.
Hush" said one He is in tina
tree where our friends, the bees, live
Let us find them and tell them he
there. He'll he sorry, guess, he bothere
| us when they catch him
And off the three lambs ran and toll
the bees
Bennio Bear was still sleeping who
! nc dreamed that fire broke out IN TN
| tree and he was burning up.
He awokc. and while there was n
fire he certainly did feel as il he wa
/ burning and such noise he could no
| think what had happened
You stole all our honey" busze
the bees; get out of our house, yo
| robher
Bcnnic Rear got out good and quic
and he ran, but he had time to see th
/ heads Of three lambs looking over tn
| wall and hear them call after him, 'Stung
and then he knew what had happcnoc
But the stings of the bees were nothIn
to the whipping his mother gave hir
when he reached home without the lamb
or the bag, for she had been all day witt
ont eating, thinking OF the good suppe
Bennie was to bring her.