Identifier: stnicholasserial292dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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self, seeing the strange things, the beau-tiful palaces, and the flowery gardens.A guard of soldiers always carried himabout; and since they could nt under-stand him, he made signs when he wantedanything, and everybody ran to waitupon him. But after a while he grewvery homesick and could think of noway to get back to his own village, for heknew it must be very far off. Had henot learned at school that China was onthe other side of the world? And hewas in despair. He begged to be taken home, but noone could tell what he wanted. Theytried to guess. They brought him food,drink, then music and rich presents. Butthey never guessed the right thing. Poor Dumpling would sit for days won-dering how he should get home, but hecould think of no way. At last he saidto himself, Since I came on a cloud,
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ONE OF THEM PULLED SO HARD THAT IT TOOK TWO MEN TO HOLD IT. igo2.J DUMPLINGS WONDERFUL VOYAGE. 1125 perhaps I might go back that way. Thenhe would go out into the garden and study thesky. But it was perfectly blue : not a cloud insight. And Dumpling fell into greater despair. And even if there were any clouds, howcould I get up to them? he thought; there sno balloon here. So his idea seemed hopeless. But stillDumpling did nt give up an idea easily, aswe know, and every day he faithfully watchedfor clouds. At last, to his delight, he discov-ered a few small ones up in the blue. Thisencouraged him a little. Perhaps bigger ones will come by and by,he thought. The Chinese boys were very fond of flyingkites, and as soon as there was any breezethey were out at play. In the palaceDumpling saw some immense kites ofodd shapes, bigger than men. Heasked the people, by signs, to flythem. They answered, by signs,that they needed much morewind. This also gave Dumpling hope, for he said to himself,

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