The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-11-19
BLOWN GINGIIAM.
oconllnuod IRON Last sunlayl

Time Late afternoon IN Novem
ber.
Place Widow Burns cottage.
Scene Small waahshDl Of Widow
Burns cottage Bench with tubs
and wrInger In center. Buckets
Standing nearby on floor, III front
Of bench In cake ~ soap wash
board and bottle Of buipg. Short
clothes line stretches across back
Of stage. Arrange left OF stage ns
though door led into kitchen,
where n bit Of tho Kitchen table
may be seen, and the clothes rack,
on which clothes are hanging to
dry. When curtain rises, from the
Kitchen comes sound OF someone
washing dishes. WasIsbcd IL empty,
but outer door IN sIightly ajnr Tbis
door IL opened softly several times.
then II pushed open, AZ Wilfnl en-.
tiers, looks all abous her, then care.
fully closes II. She slips over to
the corner nearest the kitchen and
stands sblyering ana rubbing her
hands to warm them.
FAIRY WILFUL4
MY, but II In cold outside.
Cooks around approximately
This II tho warmest place I've found
today ] never knew woods COULD get
NO chilly aud cold and dismal, too The
leaves used 10 be no light and warm
that when ! erawled into stump al
night, and pulled them over me- they
made fine blanket 10 keep me ~urfn,
but Dow--UGHl they are al bali wet,
and 20 heavy TINT would rather sblvei
without them tbnn frenze with them
lshe shivers)
And all Of q sudden every single
tblns IN the woods was hungry | have
u feeIibB oil the time lately that some
thing or other would lIho 10 eat me,
Just the other day "a big featbered
ming sw0oped down right our Of the
SKY and started 10 carry me off Dear
mel ~ had not kicked and lHelsed and
s1uiremed 30 hard that my fairy dress
was torn ~ o new place ] would have
been somebody's dinner by this time.
(Shc makes "A face at the thought
and then looks about the rom
AGAIN.
I'm hungry. 100. ! guoss--ALI. THE
TIM E-but ] don't want 10 eat UP
everybody ! sec.
(she spies a crust Of bread lying
on the bench)
Iiurrahi Something 10 eat at last!
tShe Bnatches IL and then dances
about the room, waving 1t joyfully
over her head.)
My breakfast, lunch and dinner--ail
4 once.
fTakes a blte)
Fresh, tool
d'or "A moment she eats with
great enjoymeut)
This is 30 good and soft It's not
helf so hard 10 eat this EAkTHW0RLD
food as II used to be. MYi MY 10 eat
the stuff at first made me 10 tired
that ! had 10 lie down and rest in be-
tween bites. And their nectar Is so
fYny. too II IL cienr and not sweet
biz and Il runs across The ground Ia
all low places Lately It's 20 cold that
ovtry time kneel down and take o
drink OF Il shake hat | can hardly
yet ~ again. That reminds me. my
poor feet ~ no stiff now.
tWiful Sits down on the floor,
takes OF her slippers ana rubs her
feet TO warm them, then looks about
her again with great pleasure)
II IA 80 much better here than au
IN The woods The wind dies not hloN
nearly W much | wonder II / cant
eF httg All the TIME iisteni There
roines somebody, | can't stay here at
slt What shAme
tSounds of sohhlnE are heard out.
side the door Fairy wntul quickly
hides herself l,ehind The bench.l
Vim stay here JUS viii NOT ~
lsFk 10 lhsi huegrs weed IN hide
,She h scarcely hidden bofore
Ie,nnlc enters. stumbling along
With hct hands over her face
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The Kitchen and throws hrt AIMS
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