The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-03-11
BEDTIME STORY FOR
 ALASKA CHILDREN
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By YOUR UNCLE

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 Once there was a boy who lived on
 farm where there were horses.
 COWS. pIu sheeps. ducks. chickens.
 turkeys. dogs. cats and all kinds of
 wild brds Now most boys who live
 on farms arc naturally kind to au an-
 .mais and winged creatures and cs-
 pccIolly kind Co birds.
 But this boy was not liko other
 farm boyl Ho was cruel Go evory- thing. Ho even carried a club around with him and whenever he got with- tn reach of anything that had life in lt hc would strike it with Che club. HIs mtbor and mother often talked t0 him and tried Co have him culu- yltc a moro kindly disposition. but al their talk was wasted. When a dog or eat saw him getting close to ! them they would got out of his way Uc would go to Che fence where calves were kept and thcy thinking . they were about Co be ted. would come uD to Che fence and when they got close enough tho boy would give them a smash on Che head or nose. ! n. would oven break down rose ! bushes and plants that bore holuti- ul flowers Hc just wanted Go de- stroy everything he saw.
 Onc day Che boy's mother wont to town and while she was away Inc wont into am orchard and ate an Che green apples he could hold That evening hc did not want any dinner ! but his mother did not know that his reason for mot eating was Chat ho Vls ml 0f green apples While m | town tha bows mother. who was wor- | Tried about h.s cruel disposition and |Is desire to cause suffering and hroal un things. saw somo hoauti- ! m animal and bird cookies u a store and thought that maybe hc would uko them. so whom he de- eIuod to eat any dinner chat oyon- ! ur ahe ahowcl him Che nice and novel clEos s1o had brought him ! hu fold him that hc could mol eat . uy of them unul ho had eaten some ! thing at Che table Then she put Che |caEes u cupboard and told him hc must mot take any of them until she gave thom to him. That evening there was company at thc house and | thc boy was free Co do as hc pleased |mm bedtime. Uo disobcycd his mother by getting down Che s1ck Of cookies and calos and when ho saw that thcy represented animals and ! birds hc began Co brcak chem up. Hc broke Che legs from thc horses Che H0m from thc coWs Che tails from ! lhe dogs and caU tho heads and wings from the chickens and other fowls and birds and made crippics nf everything .u Che sack.
 wings from tho chickens and othchr Finally the boy became tired Of ! n'H work of destruction so he put am ! fhc broken cookies and crumbs back ! u tho sack. set it iu the cupboard and wont to bed. He uevcr kissed |h.s mother or father before going Go |h.I and .r they had insisted on @ . kiss they would very likely have boon |b.ttcu instead Of kissed for ho did Inc. lIbe to kiss bout did like Go bite. He did not feel very we'll whom he won. to bed but he soon dropped o0 . to sIccp and such a sleep as. he had. ! AM Ho animals and fowls he had over boutou with his clubs visited |mm Chat night. Horses would walk ou him. cows would toss him with their horns. pigs rooted him around with fhc.r noses and sheep bumped . him from one side Of Che bed to thc other. dogs snapped at and bit him and cat scratched and sp.t at him; birds whose nests he had broken mp dashed at him and tried to pick out ! h.s eyes. and loads and frogs chat he had kicked and beaten got under thc covers and cwwled an over him.
 But as il he was not being suf- GoIuty punished. all Che crippled
 cookie. seemed Go como to life for tbc purpose Of tormcutIug him.