PETER AND HIS SHADOwT.
It was eight o'clock in the evening. and Peter did not want to go to bed It mast be confessed that he had even shed a few tears, because he was just a teeny bit afraid of the shadow that danced about on the landing and oa the wall of his nursery. As soon as Peter was in bed and asleep the shadow crept in to his dreams. Xobody knows how he g o t there, but Peter was never afraid°of him in dreams. "How old are you, Shadow-man p> inquired Peter curiously, when he mcc the Shadow in dreamland. "I'm five years old," replied the Shadow, "and my birthday is on thtS same day as yours." "I'm five years old, too," said Peter thoughtfully. "Why do you always follow mc about? You never leave mc alone, even when I'm playing." "Because I belong to you, Peter, and in a kind of way I belong to light a< well. If the sun suddenly went out ana
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 224, 20 September 1924, Page 22
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