home. But the winds blew his ship first this then that, and he was ten years on the way.

way and

During

this time, he went to many strange lands and saw many queer things and queer people.

At one time he came to an island which was the. home of all the winds. Eolus, the King of the Winds, lived there too. He kept all the winds shut up in a great cave and let them out only one at a time.

Some days he would send out only the gentler winds to play among the flowers. But on other days he would let out the fiercest of them, and tell them to pile up the waves and lash them to foam, tear the sails of all the vessels at sea and break their masts, uproot the trees,

tear the roofs off the houses, and do all the harm possible.

Ulysses went to see Eolus. The two became great friends, and then Ulysses told King Æolus how long he had been away from home and how anxious he was to see his wife and child. So Æolus promised to help him.

When Ulysses sailed away in his ship, the King of the Winds gave him a queer present. It was a great leather bag tied with a silver string.

You could never guess what was in it, so I shall have to tell you. All the winds but one were shut up in this bag.

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Good-by! A happy voyage!" said the King of the Winds. 'I will send the east wind to make your ship sail straight home. Don't tell any one what you have in this bag. Don't open the bag while you are on the sea, but when you are safe at home let the contrary winds out and they will come back to me."

You may be sure that Ulysses took great care of the big leather bag. He told his sailors not to touch it, but they would look at it and wonder what was in it. They thought it must hold a great treasure.

The east wind blew for nine days and nights, and the ship dashed through the waves on its way home. All this time Ulysses did not dare to sleep, for fear

something might happen to the ship; but at last he grew so tired that he fell asleep. How soundly he did sleep!

As soon as he was asleep the sailors began to think more than ever about the big leather bag.

"I think he has gold in that bag," said one.

"I think that bag is full of diamonds," said another. Then one of the sailors said: "Let us peep into the bag and see what it holds. Ulysses will never know that we have looked."

The others agreed, so they untied the silver string. Out sprang the winds with a rush and a roar, and in a few moments they stirred up a terrible storm, which soon drove the ship far out to sea. The sea was angry, and it dashed and splashed.

ship would be torn to pieces.

The

sailors thought the

You know that one wind can do much harm. Think what a storm there was when all the winds blew at once as hard as they could !

Ulysses awoke. He saw at once what the sailors had done; but he could not put the winds back into the bag. The storm lasted many days. The winds blew the ship far away over the seas, and after great suffering they landed again on the island where the King of the Winds lived. Ulysses begged Eolus to

put the winds into the bag again, but he would not do it. He said that those bad sailors must now row the boat all the way home; and so they had to row against wind and wave, and many years passed before Ulysses and his men reached home.

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TWO FAIRIES.

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I know where the Fairies dwell:

Down in a dark, green, shady dell,

Where the daisies bloom and the soft winds swell;

There is where the Fairies dwell.

I know where the Fairies go:
Into the heart of the long ago,
Into the depth of the valleys low;
There is where the Fairies go.

I know what the Fairies sing,

Making the fields and woodlands ring: "Somewhere there is always spring;" That is what the Fairies sing.

I know what the Fairies do:

They bring sweet gifts to lives so true, They brighten the smile in sad hearts, too; That is what the Fairies do.

I know whom the Fairies love

As up and down the land they rove: His children below, and the Father above; These are they whom the Fairies love.

I know the names of these Fairies, too:
"Love" and "Work" are their names so true,
And they'll come to you, and you, and you,
If you love and seek these Fairies two.

One day a very poor man was lying on the bare floor of his hovel. He was thinking about rich misers and what selfish lives they led. He was also thinking about the good he would do in the world if he were only rich.