The Wind And The Moon

Said the Windto the Moon, "I will blow you out : Yon - In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am al I hate to bo wotched ; 111 blow vou out." The Wind blew bard, and out went the Aïuon ; 80 d ' n Of cloudfe8s -loop, . lay the Wind, oud slumbered soon- ' Muttering luw, ■■!.,■ one forthi ; Moou." He turncd in hia bed ; was there aain ! On ; In the Wïth her ghost cyc, The Moon shone white and alive aud pl&in ; Said the Wind, " I'll blow you nul :, The Wind blow hard, and the Moon grew dim. With my slcugo I have knooked off her edgo , If only I blow rijrhr fierce and grim, The oreature will soon be dimmer tlian dim." He blew and blew, and sho thinned to a throad "One pull' More's enough p to snufT! One frood pff more where the last was bred, And glimmer, glum will go to throad. " He blew a great blast, and the thread was gone ; In the ;; ir Nowhere Waa a moonbeam bare ; Far off and harmlesa the iky Btars s.'ione, Sure and cerlain the Moou was gone 1 The Wind he took his reveis once more, And down, In town. Likc a merry-mad clown, He leaped and hallooed with whistle and roar. "What's that." The glimmering tliread once more ! He blew in a rage- he danccd and blew : But m vain Waa t]in pain Oí liis bursting bram ; For still broader the moou-ser&p gtew, The broader he swelloil Jiis big cheeks and blow. Slowly she grew- til! she filled the night, Ami shuie On her throne Ju tlie sky alouej A matchless, wonderful, siivery light, Radiant and lovely, the queen"of the night. Said the Wind, " Wliat a marvel of power am I ? With niy breath, Good faitli, I blew her to death - First blew her away rifjiit out of tlie sky- Theo blew lier in ; what strength am I!" But the Moon she knew nothing about the affair ; For hii;li In the sky, With her one white eye, Motionless, miles altove the air, She liad nevel heard the great Wind blare.