illiam the Whistler

ome time ago Baron Von Lodge was the head of a small country near Switzerland known as Lilliland.

Lilliland had an array of a few unique characters. Nothing serious, just amusing. William the Whistler was just such a person. It seemed that William liked to whistle from early in the morning until late in the evening.

When asked how he got started on his unique desire to whistle, he replied that as a child he liked to try to emulate the chirping sounds of the various birds in Lilliland.

William must have mastered the technique very well because the birds would hear William’s whistles and whistle right back to him as if they were having a duet.

People always seemed to know where William was by listening for his whistling. It was a happy, pleasant sound that no one really objected to.

William liked to ski down the Alpine slopes but, unfortunately, he also liked to whistle as he moved along. Once, several years ago, he was so busy whistling that he didn’t notice the tree that was in front of him. The following winter, the same thing happened again.

Finally, the last winter, while skiing, William hit a large tree squarely so that it completely knocked him out. He was unconscious for three days in the hospital and did not know where he was or exactly what happened. All he could report was that he kept hearing cuckoo sounds.

Within a week, William was feeling much better and was released to go home. Once at home he decided to give away his skis to a safer skier.

William thought it was either give up whistling while skiing, or give up skiing. Sometime while skiing, he forgot that he was on skis and just started whistling. William’s doctors and his friends thought that it was a good idea.

The time that William was hospitalized, the town was very quiet without his friendly whistling and the birds even seemed to sing less. William’s whistling seemed to make Lilliland a more joyous country.

Even the Baron, Lady Angela, and Professor Hamblin visited William while he was hospitalized to wish him a speedy recovery and to keep up his spirits.