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For Little Folks
KING STORK
By CHARLES SCHEUER
There was a drummer march
ing along in the world as bold as J
brass, for the fighting was done,!
and he was coming home from
the wars. By-and-by he came to
a great wide stream of water.
There sat an old man as gnarled
and as bent as the hoops in a
cooper’s shop.
“Are you going to cross the
water?” said he.
Yes, the drummer was going to
do that.
“And would he help a poor
body across?”
Well, the drummer was a good
natured lad. Yes, he would do
as the old man said, and would
carry him across the water. So
he took off his shoes and stock
ings, and then he bent his back
and took the old man on it, and
away he started—splash! through
the water.
rsut tms was n*t an every-aay [
body whom he was carrying, and j
the cH'ummer was not long find-!
ing that out, for the further he j
went in the water, the heavier I
grew his load, so that his legs!
shook under him, and the sweat
stood on his forehead like a
string of beads.
And now for the wonder of all
this. It was no longer an old
man, but a splendid tall fellow,
with hair as yellow as gold.
“I am King of the Storks that
bring good luck and little babies
into the house,” said he, “and
here I have sat for many days;
for the wicked one-eyed witch
who lives on the glass hill put it
on me for a spell that I should be 1
an old man until somebody
should carry me over the water. !
You are the first to do that, and
you shall not lose by it. Here is
a little bone whistle; whenever
you are in trouble, just blow a
turn or two on it, and I will be
by to help you.” Then King
Stork drew a feather cap out of
his pocket and clapped it on his
head, and away he flew; for he i
was turned into a great, long, j
red-legged stork.
ine rrmces oi tnat town was
as clever as she was pretty; that i
was saying a great deal, for she
was the handsomest in the whole
world. So it was promised that
any lad who could answer a ques
tion she would ask, and would
ask a question she could not an
swer, and would catch the bird
that she would be wanting, should
have her for his wife, and half
of the kingdom to boot. But
whoever should fail in any one
of the three tasks should havS
.his head chopped off.
Off went the drummer to the
King’s castle as fast as he could
step, and knocked at the door.
Well, what did he want?
Oh, he was only coming along
with the rest to have a try for
the Princess; that was what the
drummer said.
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per, and the Princess was so
pretty, and looked so at him out
of the comers of her eyes, that
his heart melted inside of him
like a lump of butter on the:
stove, and that was what the;,
Princess was after. By-and-by j
she asked the drummer if he had i j
come to answer a question of I.
hers, and to ask her a question |'
of his, and to catch the bird that j -
she should set him to catch.
“Very well, then,” said she;
“just come along tomorrow and
I will ask you your question.”
Off went the drummer. “I
wonder what she will ask,” said
he. “Perhaps King Stork can
tell me.” So he put his whistle
to his lips, and blew a turn or
two, and there stood the other,
sure enough.
“And what do you want?”
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low the Princess was going to
isk him a question tomorrow
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iff.
“So, good!” says the Stork
Cing; “here you have walked into
i pretty puddle, and with your
:yes open, into the bargain;” for
le knew that the Princess was a
vicked enchantress, and loved
lothing so much as to get a lad
nto just such a scrape. “All the
same,” says he, “there is a hole in
:his hedge as well as another.”
rhen he went on to say that at 12
i’clock at night the Princess
would come out of the house
without anybody being the wiser
for it, and would fly away
through the air. But see, here
■was a little cap and a long feath
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if the drummer put it on his
head, one could see him no more
than so much thin air. As for the
feather, just let hint throw his
leg over it as though it was a
horse, and it would carry him
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Well, the drummer took the
feather, and put on the cap of
darkness, and off he went, though
one could see him no more than
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and-by the clock struck twelve,
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to her shoulders, and away she
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can tell you. He flung his leg
over the feather which King
Stork had given him, and away
he flew after her.
By-and-by they came to a
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