Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-27
FLYBAcK AND THE OYSTER
FEAST,
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When Jane and Peter came over on
the eleventh evening Jane told Uncle
Tan that she was glad that he had
come to real fairies in his stories.
Jane said that sometimes it puzzled
her to know the difference between
fairy tales and not-fairy tales. She said
that some fairy stories were a great
deal more likely than some Of those
stories where real boys and girls go
Through the most awful adventures
and never get hurt. Jane asked Uncle
Tan If he had any more fairies in his
head. OF course they would have to
be very small ones. Uncle Tan asked
her If the Extraordinary Me had men
toned Flyback In any Of the stories.
Jane said, not that she remembered.
Uncle Tan said that in that case he
would now tell about Flyback and the
Oyster Feast.
I Once upon a time [said Uncle Tan1
The children stopped at the grocer's on
the way home from school and bought
a bag Of little round crackers to eat.
They put them in their pockets and
sisters schOOlbag and went along the
street munching them.
Aunt Matilda was visiting the family
at that time and you remember what
a fuss she was. She met the children
at the entry and when she saw how
they looked she said:
Goodness me, children, wish you
could see how you look You look like
two babies not big enough to care for
themselves. Why don't you have a
little pocket looking glass with you and
look at yourselves sometimes?"
Now, it was hot in the house and
Brother was glad of any excuse to get
out again. "An right, Auntie," said
he, 1--WE will go right out and buy a
3ew." And out they went, much to
Aunt Matilda's surprise.
AS they hurried down the steps,
they heard Me mewing somewhere.
When they heard the cat mewing,
they stopped and looked for her, for
they had never forgotten to be kind
to the cats. Me was under the porch,
out she came out to meet the chill
dren. Sister took her up and petted
her. When she tried to take her into
the house, Me objected. It was clear
that she wished to Ego NIT" as Santa
Chaos would say. So they took her
unit"
The children went to a little shop
kept by a lady named Mrs. Isaacs, and
asked IL she had some pocket mirrors.
She said "Sure she had.1 Mrs. Isaacs
talked very little like Santa Claus.
The children bought two little mirrors,
each having a little leather cover.
They were very convenient.
When they were going out, they
looked round for the cat, to pick her
up. Me was sitting in the show win
dow, watching something. The some
thing was a tiny microscope. 1t was
not more than four inches tall, but
a. had a brass tube and a little re-
Glecting mirror. This mirror was not
larger than a ten-cent piece. The
aight struck on this tiny mirror, and
perhaps It dazzled Mes eyes a little
At all events she was watching the
microscope as carefully as If it were
q mouse.
Partly because he loved the cat and
partly because he liked the micro
scope, Brother bought the microscope
1t cost him a dollar and quarter.
When they got home they went up
to the nursery and played with the
microscope. If,yOu put a fiy's-wing in
at and turned the mirror till there was
a good light, the wing looked like lace.
only prettier.
While they were examining the
wing Of a fly, Me sprang up ON the
table end put her paw directly be-
tween Brothers eye and the eye-piece
Brother looked up in surprise.
Then the cat lifted her paw and
pointed toward the window. 1t was
3 pity that Me had got out Of the habit
Of speaking.
They looked at the window. 1t was
open about two inches from the top
and In this little space they saw big
blue-bottle fly with something on it,
back.
Me gave a faint little NEW, and the
as turned round on the sash to listen.