Little One Eye, Little Two Eyes and Little Little Three Eyes: Part II

Dear Friends,
How are you? I'm good. I had a very good week. No dramas. No trouble. Just the way I like it.
Anyway, here is chapter two of "Little One Eye, Little Two Eyes, and Little Three Eyes:

              II.
        The Tree

The next day, the mother said to Little
Three Eyes:-
"This time you must go with Little Two
Eyes, and see if any one brings her food and
drink." Then Little Three Eyes said to Little
Two Eyes:-
"I will go with you into the field, and see
that the goat is well taken care of, and feeds in
the best pasture." But Little Two Eyes saw
what Little Three Eyes had in her mind. So
she drove the goat into the long grass, and
said:-
"Come, Little Three Eyes, we will sit down,
and I will sing to you." Little Three Eyes
sat down; she was tired after her long walk
in the hot sun, and Little Two Eyes began
to sing, as before:-
"Are you awake, Little Three Eyes?" but
instead of going on,-

"Are you asleep, Little Three Eyes?" she
did not think, and sang:--
"Are you asleep, Little Two Eyes?" and
went on:--
"Are you awake, Little Three Eyes? Are
you asleep, Little Two Eyes? Are you awake?
Are you asleep? Awake? Asleep?" By this
time the two eyes of Little Three Eyes fell asleep,
but the third eye did not go to sleep, for it
was not spoken to by the verse. Little Three
Eyes, to be sure, shut it, and made believe that
it went to sleep. Then she opened it a little
way and watched Little Two Eyes.
When Little Two Eyes thought Little Three
Eyes was fast asleep, she said softly:--
"Little goat, bleat; little table rise;" and
she sat at the table and ate and drank till
she had had enough. Then she said as
before:--
"Little goat, bleat; little table away."
But Little Three Eyes had seen everything.
Little Two Eyes now woke Little Three Eyes,
and said:--
"Little Three Eyes, why do you not watch?
You have been asleep, and the goat could have
run all over the world. Come! let us go home."
So home they went, and Little Two Eyes again
did not touch the dish. Then Little Three
Eyes said to the mother:--

"I know why the proud thing does not eat.
She says to the goat: 'Little goat, bleat;
little table, rise,' and there stands a table
before her. It is covered with the very best of
things to eat, much better than anything we
have. When she has had enough to eat, she
says: 'Little goat, bleat; little table, away,'
and all is gone. I have seen it just as it is.
She put two eyes to sleep with a song,
but the one in my forehead stayed awake."
Then the mother cried out:--
"Shall she be better off than we are?" With
that she took a knife and killed the goat.
Poor Little Two Eyes went to the field, and
sat down and began to cry. All as once the
wise woman stood near her, and asked:--
"Little Two Eyes, why do you cry?" Little
Two Eyes said:--
"Have I not need to cry? My mother has
killed the goat. Now I must suffer hunger and
thirst again." The wise woman said:--
"Little Two Eyes, dry your eyes, and I will
tell you what to do. Beg your sisters to give
you the heart of the goat. Then bury it in
the ground before the door of the house. All
will go well with you." Then the wise woman
was gone, and Little Two Eyes went home and
said to her sisters:--
"Sisters, give me some part of my goat.

I do not ask for anything but the heart."
They laughed, and said:--
"You can have that, if you do not want
anything else." Little Two Eyes took the heart
and buried it in the ground before the door
of the house.
Next morning the sisters woke and saw a
splendid tree in front of the house. It had
leaves of silver and fruit of gold. It was
wonderful to behold; and they could not think
how the tree had come there in the night.
Only Little Two eyes saw that the tree had
grown out of the heart of the goat. Then the
mother said to Little One Eye:--
"Climb up, my child, and pluck some fruit
from the tree." Little One Eye climbed the
tree. She put out her hand to take a golden
apple, but the branch sprang back. This took
place every time. Try as hard as she could,
she could not get a single apple. Then the
mother said:--
"Little Three Eyes, do you climb up. You
can see better with your three eyes than Little
One Eye can." Down came Little One Eye,
and Little Three Eyes climbed the tree. But
it was with her just as it had been with Little
One Eye. She put out her hand, and the
branch sprang back. At last the mother tried,
but it was the same with her. She could not

get a single apple. Then Little Two Eyes
said:--
"Let me try."
"You!" they all cried. "You with your
two eyes like other people! What can you
do?" But Little Two Eyes climbed the tree,
and the branch did not spring back. The
golden apples dropped into her hands, and she
brought down her apron full of them. Her
mother took them away from her, and her two
sisters were angry because they had failed, and
they were more cruel than ever to Little Two
Eyes.

You got to love this family. How will it all end for Little Eyes?
Stay tuned for the final chapter next time and learn what happens.

I'm still getting use to my new computer. Scanning things are a bit different from before. But I am getting the hang of it. So that being said here are a couple of little stories from a couple of different newspapers.

The first one might be from The Milwaukee Journal. The second a local paper.

Well that's all I have to share with you today.
I hope everyone has a very good weekend.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Little One Eye, Little Two Eyes, and Little Three Eyes

Dear Friends,
I hope this post finds you all well. I'm doing good.
A few months ago my computer died. So I am still trying to get use to this new one.
I still have all of the things I've shared with you in the past.
Right now I'm working on scanning new things to the computer to share with you.
Here is the first thing I've managed to scan.

This is a story from the Antigo Daily Journal. Monday, June 29, 1970.
That was my birthday!
It looks a little out of focus but it's the paper.

Anyway, here is the first part of the story I promised.

Little One Eye, Little Two Eyes, and
Little Three eyes.
           I.
    The Goat.

There was a woman who had three
daughters. The eldest was called Little One
Eye, because she only had one eye in the middle
of her forehead. The second was called Little
Two Eyes, because she had two eyes like other
people. The youngest was called Little Three
Eyes, because she had three eyes; the third eye
was in the middle of her forehead.
  Because Little Two Eyes look like other
people her sisters and her mother could not bear
her. They said:-
 "You have two eyes and are no better than
anybody else. You do not belong to us." They
knocked her about, and gave her shabby clothes,
and fed her with food left over from their meals;
in short, they vexed her whenever they could.

One day Little Two Eyes was sent into the
fields to look after the goat. She was quite
hungry, because her sisters had given her so
little to eat, and she sat down and began to
cry. She cried so hard that a little stream of
tears ran out of each eye. All at once a wise
woman stood near her, and asked:-
 "Little Two Eyes, why do you cry?" Little
Two Eyes said:-
 "Have I not need to cry? Because I have
two eyes, like other people, my sisters and my
mother cannot bear me. They knock me about;
they give me shabby clothes; and they feed
me only with the food left over from their
table. To-day they have given me so little
that I am quite hungry." The wise woman
said:-
 "Little Two Eyes, dry your eyes, and I will
tell you what to do. Only say to your goat:
'Little goat, bleat; little table rise,' and a
neatly-laid table will stand before you, covered
with food. Eat as much as you like. When
you have had all you want, only say: 'Little
goat, bleat; little table away,' and it will
be gone." Then the wise woman disappeared.
Little Two Eyes thought:-
 "I must try at once, for I am much too
hungry to wait." So she said:-
"Little goat, bleat; little table , rise." In a

twinkling there stood before her a little table
covered with a white cloth. On it were laid
a plate, knife and fork, and silver spoon.
The nicest food was on a plate, smoking hot.
Then little Two Eyes began to eat, and found
the food very good. When she had had enough,
she said:-
 "Little goat, bleat; little table away." In
an instant the table was gone.
 "That is a fine way to keep house," thought
Little Two eyes, she was quite merry.
 At the end of the day Little Two Eyes drove
her goat home. She found a dish with some
food in it; her sisters had put it aside for her
from their table, but she did not taste it. She
did not need it.
 The next day she went out again with her
goat, and did not take the few crusts which
her sisters put aside for her. This went on
for several days. At last her sisters said to
each other:-
 "All is not right with Little Two Eyes. She
always leaves her food; she used to eat all
that was given her; she must have found some
other way to be fed."
 They meant to find out what Little Two
Eyes did. So the next time that Little Two
Eyes set out, Little One Eye came to her and
said:-

 "I will go with you into the field, and see
that the goat is well taken care of, and feed
in the best pasture." But Little Two Eyes
saw what Little One Eye had in her mind.
So she drove the goat into the long grass, and
said:-
 "Come Little One Eye, we will sit down
and I will sing to you." Little One Eye sat
down; she was tired after her long walk in
the hot sun, Little Two Eyes began to
sing:-
 "Are you awake, Little One Eye? Are
you asleep, Little One Eye? Are you awake,
Little One Eye? Are you asleep, Little One
Eye? Are you awake? Are you asleep?
Awake? Asleep?" By this time Little One
Eye had shut her one eye and was fast asleep.
When Little Two Eyes saw this, she said
softly:-
 "Little goat, bleat: little table rise;" and
she sat at the table and ate and drank till
 she had had enough. Then she said as
before:-
 "Little goat, bleat; little table away," and
in a twinkling all was gone.
 Little Two Eyes now awoke Little One Eye,
and said:-
 "Little One Eye, why do you not watch?
You have been asleep, and the goat could have

run all over the world. Come! let us go
home." So home they went, and Little Two
Eyes again did not touch the dish. The others
asked Little One Eye what Little Two Eyes
did in the field. But she could only say:-
 "Oh, I fell asleep out there."


This is the first of three parts to this story.
One of my questions is about the mother. What did she look like? How many eyes did she have?

Well I think that's all I will share with you this time.
I hope everyone has a good weekend.
So till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Riverside Literature Series 1890

Dear Friends,
I know it has been a long time since you have heard from me. I am sorry. I have been thinking about where this blog was going after I was done with the main letters. Plus I needed a break for awhile. But the break is over.
I will try to put something from the past up once a week. I'll figure it out along the way which day of the week is best yet.
I do have a number of things that I have not shared with you yet. They range from more old pictures, a few old letters, books, old news stories and whatever I can manage to find and feel it's time to share.
So, for the first thing I will work on is fables and folk stories from this book.













I know I have shared one story from it.  Today I will share two little ones with you.
The first one is:

The Crab and His Mother.

Said his Mother to a crab: "Why do you
walk so crooked child? Walk straight."
"Mother," said he, "show me the way, and
I will try to walk like you." But as long as she
 could not walk straight, her son laughed at her
advice.

Here is the second one:

The Boys and the Frogs.

A company of idle Boys were watching some
Frogs by the side of a pond, and as fast as any
of the Frogs lifted their heads the Boys would
pelt them down again with stones.
"Boys," said one of the Frogs," you forget
that, though this may be fun for you, it is death
to us."


These are just two short ones. Each one tells a little wisdom to think about.
Some of the others in the book are longer and you will know some of them. But reading them I will tell you they have changed over the years. Some of the stories are in chapters. So when I show them I will present them in chapters.
I think the first one I will share with you is called; "Little One Eye, Little Two Eyes, and Little Three Eyes." This one has three chapters. So I will present it over time in three different posts.

Well what do you think?
If you have any ideas on how I can change things or add things I'm willing to hear about them.
So till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy