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Stories
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Save us. Lord, from evil sin-
Say-what devil's under him?"
Brighter, brighter shone the light,
Swifter, swifter was their flight
Till they halted where it lay-
There, the field was bright as day,
Lit by wondrous brilliant rays-
Cold and smokeless in their blaze!
Here, Ivan in stark surprise,
Stared and said: "Why, bless my eyes
Look-there's light in plenty there-
But no smoke or heat-I swear
Now, this is a curious light."
Quoth his horse: "Yes, you're quite ri
And you very well may stare!
That's a Fire-Bird's feather there!
But, Ivan, for your own sake,
Touch it not, for in its wake
Many sorrows, many woes
Follow everywhere it goes."
Growled our fool: "You're telling me-
Woes and sorrows-we shall see!"
So he wrapped it up with care
In a rag to hide the glare,
Hid it in his hat, and then
Galloped swiftly back again;
Tied his horse fast to a tree,
To his brothers then said he:
"When I got there, all I found,
Was a burnt stump on the ground;
I blew hard to raise a spark,
Nearly burst there in the dark.
And I puffed and puffed-in vain,
For it wouldn't burn again!"
Both his brothers laughed all night
At Ivan, in sheer delight.
He, however, merely crept
'Neath the wain and snoring, slept
Till the dawning of the day,
When to town they drove away,
Halting at the Hostlers' Fair,
Opposite the Palace there.
Now, there was an old tradition
That, without the Mayor's permiss
Nothing could be bought or sold,
Nor for barter, nor for gold.
As the church-bells called for pray
On his palfrey rode the Mayor;
Spurred and belted, furs on should
Guarded by a hundred soldiers,
Near him, bearded and sedate,
Rode a crier in full state,
Golden trumpet gaily sounding,
Voice stentorian resounding:
"Oyez, honest merchants there,
Open up and sell your ware!
And you watchmen-stay you near,
Guard their stalls-keep eye and eai
Sharp, maintaining strictest order,
Keep from riots and disorder;
See no rogue, however sly,
Fools good folk with honeyed lie."
Then the merchants loudly call,
As each opens up his stall:
"Honest masters-come this way!
See what wares we have today!
Oh, come buy! Come buy! come bi
Our goods always satisfy!"
Buyers flock like flies round honey
Choose their goods and pay their n
As the coins change hands and cnii
Merchants to the watchmen wink.
(to be continued)
First Class
A blonde gets on an airplane and sits down in the first class section of the
plane. The stewardess rushes over to her and tells her she must move to coach because she
doesn't have a first class ticket. The blonde replies, "I'm blonde, I'm smart, I have
a good job, and I'm staying in first class until we reach Jamaica."
The disgusted stewardess gets the head stewardess who asks the blonde to leave. The blonde
yet again repeats "I'm blonde, I'm smart, I have a good job and I'm staying in first
class until we reach Jamaica." The head stewardesses doesn't even know what to do at
this point because they still have to get the rest of the passengers seated to take off;
the blode is causing a problem with boarding now, so the stewardess gets the copilot.
The copilot goes up to the blonde and whispers in her ear. She immediately gets up and
goes to her seat in the coach section. The head stewardess asks the copilot in amazement
what he said to get her to move to her correct seat. The copilot replies, "I told her
the front half of the airplane wasn't going to Jamaica."
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