laid hold of a hatchet and a flail which the angels had left behind them, and,
tying them both to the rope, slid gently down from the tree. When he reached
the earth, however, he sunk into a hole so deep that it was fortunate he hada
hatchet with him, for with it he was able to cut stepsin the sideof the hole and

_ climb once more into daylight.

He took care to carry the hatchet and the flail with him, that no one might
doubt his story when he related it.

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A RANDMA GOFF said a curious | “Boys may whistle, but girls may not.”
5 YF. thing— A whistle’s a song with the noise knocked
LM “Boys may whistle but girls must out;
Para sing.” Strayed off somewhere down ‘in the throat,
That’s the very thing I heard her say Everything lost but the changeful note.

To Kate, no longer than yesterday. ° ;
eed e ee a So if the boys.can whistle and do it well,

“Boys may whistle.” Of course they may, | Why cannot girls, will somebody tell?
If they pucker their lips the proper way, Why can’t they do what a boy can do?
But for the life of me I can’t see That is the thing I should like to know.

Why Kate can't whistle as well as me. ;
I went to father and asked him why

“Boys may whistle, but girls must sing.” | Girls couldn’t whistle as well as I.
Now I call that a curious thing. And he said: “The reason that girls must sing
If boys can whistle, why can’t girls too? Is because a girl’s a sing—ular thing.”

It’s the easiest thing in the world to do ‘
And grandma laughed till I knew she’d ache,

First you do that, and then you do this— When I said I thought it all a mistake.

Just like you were fixing up for a kiss. “Never mind, little man,” I heard her say;
It’s a very poor girl, that’s all I say, “They will make you whistle enough some
Who can’t make out to do that way. day.”

     
   

 
 

   
     
 

    

     

 

 
 

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