The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-04-30

The princess was very much startled
al the sudden appearance of her pet
monkey, as she blushed very red in
teed
will you take me to the forest?"
asked the little willful princess; 4
think it would be nice if l were there
when you told me the story it would
be more real"
She knew that her royal papa had
implicit faith in this wise little
ncnkey, and for this reason she could
60 anywhere with him. Her con-
science began to trouble her as she
thought OF her governess waiting for
her in the garden, but she dismissed
the idea with shrug of her Shout
der, and turning to the monkey, i'm
patiently waited for his answer.
yes We will go there" he replied,
for would show you some beauti-
fui things" and at this they both
proceeded on their way.
See, cried the monkey, bending
ever the leaves of a wild carrot from
which a gorgeous butterfly had at
that moment flown away; "see with
what care that beautiful creature has
placed her eggs on the underSide of
the leaf, so that when they are
Matched the little caterpillars will
have what they like best to feed
upon. And do you know, little prin-
cess, how hard that beautiful butter
fly had to work before she became
the lovely thing that she now is? Is
it not wonderful to think how she
was once only a worm, crawling on
many legs among the grasses and
leaves. Think how often she had to
change her skin and grow a new
one But she kept on doing her work
faithfully until it was time for her
TO spin her cocoon, in which she
rests and grows until she comes out
c beautiful butterfly. She, has gone
through much labor, but it is not
worth while little princess?" She
looked at her small playmate with a
wistfuI expression in her big blue eyes.
All the wilfulness had left them and
instead there We're some tears on
the long lashes.
Sit down, little princess" he said,
as they entered the forest, this fall
len tree will make a comfortable sea-
for you. Listen and I will tell you
tale that my master, the poor peas
ant, heard from his father, who heard
it. from his father many, many years
ago" So the little willful princess sat
herself down on the big log, and her
faithful friend the monkey, perched
himself on a branch at the other end
SAND commenced his story: "Once.
upcn a time there was a shepherd
who tended his sheep on a mountain
where there were a. great many ko-
bolds and fairies. He was a poor
man, but very cheerful, and always
singing, but sometimes he would wish
to have little more money so that
he need not have to work so hard.
ut was in the beautiful summer
time, with all the flowers in bloom,
when suddenly, as he was following
his sheep he saw a wonderful blue
flower as blue as the sky, the like OF
which he had never seen before in all
hic life. He stopped down and looked
at it for some moments. AS he gently
broke the stem a wonderful thing
happened. A door in the mountain
side slowly opened disclosing a pass
age leading into the earth. Although
he had been over the ground many,
many times before, Yet had he never
seen this door, and it took him some
time before he could pluck up enough /
courage to enter. After walking in
for some distance, he found himself