FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE The Perverse Songster By W. O. McClelland in the hen-yard and said, "Now I will have a long sleep." And he went to bed When the clover-blooms fillip the rabbit's and slept. But very early in the morning Once upon a time there was a man, and he had a little rooster that had just learned to crow after a fashion. And when it came night, the man said, "I will go to bed and have a long sleep." And he went to bed and slept. And very early in the morning the little rooster came around to the front of the house and flapped his wings and crowed 'Kookeroo!" And the man woke up and said to his wife,"What's that you said?” And she woke up and said, "I did not speak; it must have been the little rooster crowing; but now you've waked me up." So the man threw his hair-brush out of the window at the little rooster, and the little rooster ran away. Then the man said, "Well, as long as I'm up I'll plant my garden." But that night he shut the little rooster the little rooster flew over the hen-yard fence and ran around to the front of the house and flapped his wings and crowed 'Kookeroo!" And the man woke up and said to his wife, "What's that you said?" And she woke up and said, "I did not speak; it must have been the little rooster crowing; but now you've waked me up." So the man threw his comb at the little rooster, but the little rooster already had one, and he ran away. Then the man said, "Well, as long as I'm up I'll weed my garden." But that night the man shut the little rooster in the hen-yard and tied him to the fence with a string. Then he said, "Now I will have a long sleep." And he went to bed and slept. But very early in the morning the little rooster bit the string in two and flew over the hen-yard fence and ran around to the front of the house and flapped his wings and crowed "Kookeroo!" And the man woke up and said to his wife, "What's that you said?" And she woke up and said, “I did not speak; it must have been the little rooster crowing; but now you've waked me up for the day." And she was vexed. So the man ran out and caught the little rooster, and they had him for dinner; and that night he went to sleep, and he slept long and sound, for there was no little rooster to waken him. And his wife slept as long as he, and dreamed pleasantly. But the weeds overran his garden and choked it. The King's Broken Promise Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, is fond of hunting, and goes to the mountains to enjoy this sport. He often is far in advance of his party and meets with adventures that amuse him greatly. One day he found himself alone on the mountains, and with a stream to cross which was turbu lent. He was too good a hunter not to recognize the danger of wading in a stream so deep and which he did not know. While looking at the stream, and questioning what he would do, a very tall, strong man came through the woods to the stream. "You must carry me over!" said the King. The man refused unless he was paid. They agreed on the price, the man stipulating that his passenger must sit perfectly still. If he moved, he would throw him in the water. The King agreed. The man stooped, the King mounted his shoulders as the baby does papa's, and they started across. When in midstream the King got troubled about his dog, lest he should not follow, and turned to look. The man was very angry, and declared he would drop his passenger in the water. The King was contrite and the man went on. When they reached the other side the man demanded double pay. "For," he said, "you put both our lives in danger when you turned." The King thought the demand was just, and paid it. pointed to the horse harnessed to a cart filled with vegetables. A Little Cuban Girl Down in Cuba there are many little boys and girls who have known no home but shelters of bark and leaves of the palm. Many of these children lived in the country on farms. To prevent the raising of crops that might be used to aid the Cuban army, the Spaniards drove the people from their homes and destroyed them. The people were driven into the towns, where most of the inhabitants were very poor-too poor to help them. The reconcentrados (nearly all women and little children, for all the able-bodied men were in the Cuban army) built shelters of the bark and leaves of the palm in the streets, and lived in them. After a time some of these little children were all alone. Miss Clara Barton saw the needs of these children, and has established homes for some of them. One of the rules that she made was that no child "Is there anything else I can do for should be whipped. What was to be done you?" asked the King. with the naughty ones? Miss Barton To this the man replied: "I have long said, "Sew a red cross on the jacket of wanted a donkey. If I had a donkey I every boy and the waist of every girl. could sell my vegetables in Turin. It is a When you have tried every other way to good market." make the naughty ones good, and failed, "Would not a horse be better?" queried then rip off the red cross and do not the King. allow them to wear it again until they show they are sorry and mean to be good." was "No," was the man's reply. "The donkey could live in the cow-shed. The horse must have a stable. I have no money." The next day the man working in his fields when his wife called to him that the King had sent him a horse and a bag of money. The man laughed at the idea. Why, the King did not know him." 66 The wife insisted that the man should come to the house. There the King's messengers told him who it was he carried over the stream; that the King realized the danger he had placed the man in when crossing the stream, and the horse and the money to build a stable were the King's recompense for forgetting for a moment his promise. Long afterward, on an occasion of state, the King was in Turin. The man to whom the King had given the horse and the money for a stable waited till the King's carriage came, when he rushed out into the street and thanked the King and -'s conduct. The next day it was noticed that the little girl looked constantly at the red crosses on the dresses and jackets about her, and would give a swift glance at the space where hers should have been. All day she was quiet and did as she was told. The next morning she looked at the little people about her, and then at her own undecorated gown, and, running to the matron, she put her finger on the place where the red cross had been, and, throwing her arms about the house mother, cried so hard that it was some time before she was quieted. When the red cross was again in place on her waist the little girl was happy and-good. 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