CHAPTER XII 



VICE VERSA 



Once upon a time there was a man who read 

 in his newspaper : 



" WONDERS IN OTHER WORLDS. 



GREAT DISCOVERIES BY ASTRONOMERS 



CAN BE SEEN BY AID OF A SMALL TELESCOPE," 



ETC., ETC. 



And this man said to himself I will forthwith 

 get me a small telescope that I too may see some 

 of these strange visions before I die. In his 

 eager waiting, the machine arrived. Then the 

 big man, taking his little boy, the box with the 

 long tube and the three legs, hastily proceeded to 

 the back yard. 



" Which way does the thing go ? " quoth the 

 little boy. 



" I don't know ; I find no instructions on that 



point," said the big man, fumbling amidst the 



packing. " But," he meditated, " I think that 



little glass is for the little star, and this big glass is 

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