THE STORY OF THE PUDDING STONE.

“a
(Ox upon a time a family of giants lived

5 © upon the high mountains in the West.
sxe One day the mother giant was called
away from home.

She arose early in the morning and made ready
the bread and butter for the little giants to eat while
she was gone.

When she had finished her work it was not yet
time to start upon her journey.

She said to herself, “My children are the best
children in the world and they shall havea treat. |
have many plums left from the Christmas feast.
I will make them a plum pudding for a surprise.

The good woman brought together the plums
which it had taken her many days to prepare with
the help of all her children. Indeed she had
emptied several mountain lakes to get water enough
to wash them all.

She now mixed these wonderful plums into a
pudding and put it into an oven to bake.

The mixing took so long that she had to hurry,
and she quite forgot to say anything about the pud-
ding to the little giants,