Evening star., 1927-11-13


girl in class that morning told the
following naive story, based on the
illustrations:
"Once upon q time a turtle was
walking down the road. He met /:
rabbit sleeping under a tree.
"'You must not sleep there sai(
the turtle. Something might hurt
you
Go away and leave me alone, fol
I'm sleepy said the rabbit.
Soon dog came running down
the road. He was hungry and said
This is what I want for my supper
so he took a great, big bite from
one of the rabbits nice, long, pink
ears.
Petty soon the turtle came back
and said What happened to your
pretty pink ear?'
While / was asleep dog came
along and ate my ear off. I'm sc
sorry. | wish I had not been such 1:
lazy rabbit and had gone with you
little TURTLE said the rabbit
THE following original story, taken
down word for word by the teach
er, came from a little boy who recently
had moved to the city from Walkers
vile. Md, and at whose home some
friends from that town were expected
to visit that evening:
Once upon time a little boy was
riding on a train. He saw a candy
store and went in to buy some, but
he did not have enough money. so he
got back on the train and rode on
Then he saw another candy store
This time he had enough money. Sc
he bought box of candy and took ii
nome. His mother said, What have
you?'
"A box of candy, mother said
the little boy, and it is for YOU
"'oh. thank YOU mother said. Rut
when she was ready to eat the candy
she found it was all gone. The little
boy had eaten all the candy.
Now, this same little boy was in a
small town, and some towns, as vou
know, have policemen. This town
did. So when this little boy found he
was lost he asked the policeman TO
tell him how to get to Walkersville.
for that is where he lived. He did as
the policeman told him, and soon he
was at home. His mother scolded him
tatAA phb iliiii u D6u. Inc next morn
ing this little boy thought he would
stay at home and plant some cab.
hages; so he did. BY evening thev
had grown so big they were ready to
eat. So they pulled them and had
them Tor dinner. The next morning
this same little hoy helped his father
plant potatoes, and by night they were
ready to he eaten. So they had them
for dinner.
Now, this little boy thought his
cabbages and potatoes had grown so
hne that he would plant some flowers.
SO early the next morning he planted
some flower seeds He did not know
just what kind of flowers he was plant.
ing. but they grew to be roses. That
evening company was expected, so the
boy picked some roses and put them
IN vas" but when he looked at them
few hours later he found they had
withered. He looked and found he
had forgotten to put water in the
vase, so he threw those flowers away,
put some water in the vase and some
fresh roses. That night the company
came and said. oh, how nice the
f1o"ers look on the table 3"
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HERE is story from Miss Wat
kins' collection in a somewhat diff
ferent vein;
Once upon time a little bird was
sitting on hill. and the big mother
| bird came down and said, Come up to
the nest
|, nd the little bird said Il can't fly
because I'm too little. Then a wolf
and an OK came along and went TO the
| park, and the cop saw them and said
Get off the grass
And they wouldn't do 1t a bit. SC
he pulled them and he pulled them al
the way to No. 10 station house, ant
, that was the end of the wolf and tn,
OK"
| From the same classroom came this
Once there We're eight rabbits walk
/ ing down the road. and all Of then
saw birds nest down there. A birf
came and thought it was his, but ht
! looked in another nest and that was
! his. and so the rabbits went 10 an
| other part of the country into tbs
| woods. and he came back at Easter
and laid some eggs"
| One Of the Spring nature lessons
was the inspiration for the foliowln.
| original story in Miss Watkins col
| lection:
"Once upon a time there were som'
| flag lilies, and the flag lilies were
| growing along a little stream, anf
| there was "a tree nearby, and whole
| family OF birds who built in the tree
| They were Robin Hsd-hreaStS
| ''Dne early morning tlie father btr'
! went out To get Sonae food lof liI'
! mother bird, and Whil" he was E"n'
| lie baby birds Latched out from tli'
! Eggs Then the mother bard neN
away to get some food Tor The bdb.
| Llrd~.
/ THE father had q caterpillar ana
! The mother Two catefpiIiafS, and tiit'
! both Thought they were worms, ~
| hey took them To The babies ANA tn
| babies said they could not rhrW them
so they laid them on the edge OF tn
i nest
| The caierpiltars went ia si"cp, am
| when they woke up and turned int
b Itterf1ies the habt birds said. Mother
We didn't know they were butterflies
but they looked like worms, so the,
must have been caterpillars at first.
And they few over to the flag lille!
10 get some honey and gave it to tn
birds. The birds ate some and gave
some TO the three little baby birds.
RUT it is in the "Childs Garden q
Verses" produced in the kinder
garten classes. that some of the mos
definite evidence Of talent is found
Rhythm comes naturally To childhood
Simple words seem to sing themSelfe'
into simple verses. Poetry is as mucl