When Little Boy Ran Away

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Language

English

Year

1936

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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

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THE YOUNG CITIZEN LITTLE STORIES FOR LITTLE PEOPLE When Little Boy Ran . Away By Aunt Julio "/,illf,· /;,,11, f,it!/, /J••!J, lflw/ is 1/u llltJf/1·1·!" /I 1rt111 111t!fl11•1". LITTLE Boy had been playing. He played long. He played with many toys. He played ball. He could hit his ball with his bat. He played "bean bag toss." Soon Little Boy was very tired. He looked at his bed. His bed said,. "Little Boy, come here." "No", Little Boy said in a big, big voice. "I will not sleep." By and hy he went to his mother. Hr said, "Mother, I want some cake. Please bake a cake for me." "No, not today," his mother answered. ·'May I have some bananas, Mother?" "No, not now. Run to the store for me. Buy a box of matches." Little Boy went out. But he did not go to the store. ''I am running away," he said. "Mother 11· ill not hake· a cake for me. She will not give me some bananas. She wants me to buy things for her." Little boy walked on and on. He met a blue bird. It had a big hill. It sang, "I like the blue sky. I like the wind blowing among the trees. I -am happy." Little Boy said, ".The bird is happy. I, too, will be happy." He walked on. He met a butterfly. Th~ butterfly was on a big blue flower. The flower looked like a bell. ·'The butterfly is happy," Little Boy said. "The butterfly plays among the flowers. ·The bird and the butterfly are happy. I 11·ill be happy, too.' Little Boy walked on and on. He had been walking for a long time. He began to grow tired. He wanted to sit down. The1·e 11·as no bench. He felt very warm. He wanted to take a bath. He was hungry. "Oh, for a bite of bread!" He said. "Oh, for a bowl of milk, or some bananas!" But there was nothing to eat. Little Boy could not walk on. He wanted to go back. He could not walk anymore. He thought of Baby at home. Baby must have a bowl of warm milk. He sat on the ground. Soon the sky g1:ew black. A bell was ringing in his ear. The sun was burning his face. A hig brown bee came. It said "Buzz, Buzz." The big brown bee stung him on. the face. "Mother!'·' Little Boy screamed. Nobody came. Mu11, 1936 33 3 Libertad Pasay. Rizal March 30th. l 936 Dear Aunt Alma: ... In my great desire to be mor~ closely related with the ''Young Citizen." here. I am writing to you again. Well. concerning my letter to the "Young Citizen," if you still remember, and since I began to be a .writer of that magazine. I had many pen pals from distant provinces. Maybe you know some of them for they told me that they too. ate sub~ scribus of the ··Young Citizen:· (Xcept a girl who.:;e name is Francisca San Jose from Bais. NegroS Oriental. She told me that while picture should recommend it to the whole family. "AH WILDERNESS!", .1 picture made by MGM. is one which the whol.! family will enjoy. In it are many old favorites: Wallace Beery, Liond Barrymore, Eric Linden, Aline Mc· Mahon and Cecilia Parker. The story is fine and will m.akc you think of your own family There is the father who tries to earn as much ,as h~ could for thl! support of his. home. Then. there are the b~·oth~rs. one of them in college. th:: other just ou~ of high school. Th?re are the loving mod:er. the aunt and uncle, and the oth· t'.r people who arl! in:.:ludl!d in th~· family !if:: of this simple group. The things that ,happen in the story are things that even your own family .may have met. Th~ si!nplicity of the story. and the good actin:s .!ihould make this an enjoyable picture for t"vcryo:ie in your own family. THE YOUNG CITIZEN reading the "Young Citizen" in their library hall in Negros. sh.! happpened to read my letter to you. There were still many others from Tanjay. Oriental Negros. Dumagur.te. Oriental Negros, etc. But I am sorry to tell you that I can no longer remember their resp~ctive names. I guess it's already time for me to sign off with the hope that you will be kind enough. to extend my best and sincerest regards to the other writers of the "Young Citizen Very truly yours. Dear Josefina, Josefina Villanueva St. Theresa's College 1st Year Your friends of the Pen and Pencil Circle appreciate. your thoughtfulness in mentioning them. I believe that if you look ouer this pag~. you will come across a name thctt is familiar to you. Did you find it! Aunt Alma Bais Sugar Centr~11 Bais, Negros Or. Feb. 26. l 936 Dearest Aunt Alma. Because of my great admiration for :.The Young Citizen," I am writing you this letter. Since the v:ry first time that I 1cad "The Young Citizen" in ot1r school library. I liked it very much. To miss r~.1ding earli:!r an issue of it makes me sorry and lonesome. I cion"t know exactly the reason why Maybe it is because I am young and am in the six1·h grade and so am interested in the stories of younti: children and the activities of the pupils in the different schools of rhe Islands. 127 The same interest is shown hy my classmates and other pupils in our school. They love to read thi'i magazine ve.ry much. Some saic! that they are interested in thz Pen an4 Pencil Circle section. The bovs like very mudi to read the stories about Boy Scouts. For these reasons. they love "The Young Citizen... They prefer to r:!ad it. Our school subscribe regularly for "The Young Citi~cn." "The Young Citizen" is sometimes used as a part of our lesson<i, especially during miscellaneous oral reading in ou~ class. It is very popular among all school children of our school. For my conclusion, Aunt Alma. let me say that "The Young Citi7.cn" is my favorite magazine. Your devoted reader of· "The Young Citizen" Francisca San Jose Dear Francisca, Your admiration for "The Young Citizen'' is very encouraging. J am glad th:it you and vou.r friends read it regularly. I hope that you will continue using its stories and poems as oral readinq h:ssons. Aunt Almt1 WHEN LITTLE BOY RAN · (Continued froni pa.ge 106) Lillie Boy looked back. Behind -him was a big brown bear. "B-r-r B-r-r" said the bear in a big voice Little Boy screamed again aS h~ rolled on his back. "Little Boy. Little Boy, what is the matter?" It was Mother. '"The bc.ir! Thz big brow:t brar! He will bite me." Little Boy cried. "What bear. LitJc Boy? There is no bear. Have you been dreaming?" Mother took Little Boy in her arms. Little Boy looked around with big eyes. There was his ball. The bat was beside the ball. There wa.!i the little bell. It was behind the bean bag. Thzre was his bed. too. Ther! was no be"?. There was nu h:tr. It was all a dream.

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