. St. Nicholas [serial] . id not change its color, for all No; all kinds of candies, answered the the wish; and the maid said, with evident dis- maid of honor. But, although they watched appointment: her intently, the wish failed, for no bushel of Your magic cloak seems to be a fraud. candies appeared in sight. It does not grant foolish wishes, returned Let us try it again, suggested Fluff, while the princess, as she dismissed her. the others wore disappointed expressions. It When the maid had gone Zixi asked: was a foolish wish, anyhow; and perhaps the Well, are you satisfied ? fairies did no
. St. Nicholas [serial] . id not change its color, for all No; all kinds of candies, answered the the wish; and the maid said, with evident dis- maid of honor. But, although they watched appointment: her intently, the wish failed, for no bushel of Your magic cloak seems to be a fraud. candies appeared in sight. It does not grant foolish wishes, returned Let us try it again, suggested Fluff, while the princess, as she dismissed her. the others wore disappointed expressions. It When the maid had gone Zixi asked: was a foolish wish, anyhow; and perhaps the Well, are you satisfied ? fairies did not care to grant it. Yes, acknowledged Fluff. The cloak So another maid was called and given the will not grant wishes unless it is complete. We cloak to wear. must wait for the sailormans necktie. And may I wish for anything I desire ? Then my army shall march to-morrow she asked eagerly. morning, said the queen, and she went away Of course, answered the princess; but, to give the order to her generals. (To be conchided.). ??•( ? if II Mi Atsp^aWw/lr/// U he started at once to return to nole. A LITTLE TALK ABOUT ARCHITECTURE. By Lucia Ames Mead. Almost as much can be learned about an-cient nations from looking at what they made orbuilt as by reading their writings and inscrip-tions. For the kind of buildings that any nationerected depended on several different things—climate, geography, building materials, religion,and government. People in snowy Scotland, for instance, neededvery different buildings from those who livedin sunny Italy. Some countries had forests andbuilt many wooden houses, others had greatquarries and so made use of massive stone, andother countries that had little stone or woodbut had great beds of clay, like ancient Assyria,built their palaces and temples of burnt claymade into bricks. People who lived among themountains or by the sea, as did the people ofGreece and Italy, built differently from thosewho lived on the level plains of Asia or n
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