. St. Nicholas [serial] . d conduct to stand with his mouth wide openforever for people to throw balls into. Elfie looked at the creature with a new curi-osity, and as she looked, the monster could not close his mouth, so that thewords were very indistinct; but Elfie madeout that he was trying to say: I uskd to be an ogre, I was fond of little children, My name it was Grimguffin (see the story in the books). I have been condemned forever to stand with mouth wide open ;You cant say it looks easy, and its harder than it looks. What makes my sad fate harder is, I m always very hun-gry— I
. St. Nicholas [serial] . d conduct to stand with his mouth wide openforever for people to throw balls into. Elfie looked at the creature with a new curi-osity, and as she looked, the monster could not close his mouth, so that thewords were very indistinct; but Elfie madeout that he was trying to say: I uskd to be an ogre, I was fond of little children, My name it was Grimguffin (see the story in the books). I have been condemned forever to stand with mouth wide open ;You cant say it looks easy, and its harder than it looks. What makes my sad fate harder is, I m always very hun-gry— I would give the whole wide world to eat a bit of pickledboy! But, you see, I ve been forbidden to eat anything butplaythings, And base-balls are the only food that give me any joy. Then, as if to tantalize me, when folks try to treat me kindly,By feeding me, the throwers all are nearly sure to I suffer dreadful anguish, for I see the nice balls wasted;()h, I m sure I never did deserve an awful fate like this !. GRIMGUFFIN. So if you please, kind maiden, take a ball or two and throw many as you wish to—. I d like about a score,A few will keep me going, though of course I 11 still be hungry,For I could eat the basketful, and twice as many more. Poor old Grimguffin ! said Elfie, I amsure you are being punished severely enough foryour sins. Here is some luncheon for you ; 348 ELFIE S VISIT TO CLOUDLAND AND THE MOON. [Mar. and she threw two of the balls very neatly into sawing, whittling, cutting, hammering, model-the ogres open mouth. He was evidently much ing, sewing, and gluing the different materials
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