Evening star., 1938-02-21
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A Moral
For All
Kindness Is Best
Method to Use
At All Times.
By ANGELO PATRI.

TELL me . story, granny. A nice
one with giant in IT,"
Climb up and listen
Has 1t q giant! 4 fierce one? Good
| and awful, granny?"
Good and awful he is. Once upon
4 time q little giant"
20, granny. didn't want little
one"
This is little one. Just wait. Once
upon a time there was q little giant
who lived in 4 cave on the side OF .
mountain. He was called the Little
Red Giant because he was little and
he was bright red al over. He VA the
terror Of al who passed that way, and
many many people had to pass his door
every day.
Nobody could get 1T him to kill him,
though many thought Of 1t. His cave
was in the face Of the mountain, you
see, and nobody could reach 1t to begin
with. And he was well protected. And
he had much need to Be, for along
with the hatred people had toward
him he had 4 very soft body and even
4 pinch would have disabled him some.
But never a pinch or q blow reached
him.
you see the front of his cave vas
protected with two lines Of white stone,
strong Is the rocks he lived In. He
would dart between these two rows Of
stone, 20 he could scarcely be seen, and
spit out IRE and hrimstone on any
unfortunate persm that came too near.
He made his neighborhood one to
be shunned, tell you. He not only
sent out burning shafts At those who
came near, he had the power to send
them far and wide whenever he had q
mind to. O, he was 4 terrible one,
tell you. People put their heads to-
sether and asked each other what was
to be done. Surely there was some way
to stop this little giants vickedness.
But nobody had anything to offer. Just
let him alone. Leave him to himself
and maybe some day he will wear him.
self out and We viii have peace
But he did not wear out. He seemed
stronger by the minute. The harder
the people fought him, and they tried
hard to return his buring birthstone
with more along with 1t, the smarter
he got. Until one day"
100, granny. What7"
"A little girl who was listenint to
the tale Of this wicked giant said,
Why don't ve try to charm him?
Giants have to be charmed. You never
can kill giants because they just don't
die that way. You have to have 4
charm for them and then they are
good ever afterward.'
Well, well, to think We never
thought Of that said the people. TEL
US. child. where can We get the charm.
for We need it sorsly.'
do not know, but If I were vou
I would ask the old man who lives in
the little house where all the birds
live. The place where all the flowers
are growing. I believe he would have
the charm
80 they went and told the vie old
man their troubles and asked if he had
= charm for this little red kiant who
nved m the cave on the hill al pro-
teeted with two lines Of stone wall.
The wise old man nodded sravely.
There Is . charm. A certain sure
charm. Simple to use ana very safe. /
Mll write it On this paper ana you
learn 1t BY heart. Then use It On the
little red giant
They took the little paper and read
wnat was on 1t: "A soft answer turneth
away wrath They were stunned.
1nen angry. Then, because they did
not know what else to do, they tried It.
AND 1t worked. They charmed the
little red giant into kindness and they
nave All lived together happily to this
Gay. Which h the story exactly - my
grandmother told 1t to me-"
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