MOTHER HUBBARDS CUPBOARD.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 25, 30 January 1926, Page 26

MOTHER HUBBARDS CUPBOARD.

(1) Here's Harry wobbling about the bpach bphaving badly as usual. First he takes little Bunny's bos of jui"y oranses away, and then he orders Bnnny off the beach because he's spilt some tar.

(3) Off fell the oranzes, which the Teddies gathered. Then they buried their pails In the sand, leaving the handle of each standing upright; and with a spade as winning post—

f2) just as if the beach belonged to Harry. Why, it belonged to tilm no more than the oraaifs, and yon so e what happened to THOSE! He stepped on the tar-eorererl mailer handle, which stuck and gave him such a knock'

THEY ALL HAD A FINE

tO , f a^ c tni ng3 seem different fr what tiiey really were. How sn,j> thought he, it a magician the rocks of Brittany seem todSi "£"» Then would his brother gain t! and be well again. Hβ toWtg* of his idea, and together they SP ? W to find the book of nuS an / Ut magician They had ridden far V France betore they reached the dt* ° which the book of magi* lav L ° were met by a maeieian, who u2S to know all about them ■„, mcd they had travelled «.'. far jj reaso,l young visitors told the 'magician '5 about the rock,. a »,U he agreed to them £d ,sap P ea r _o r , PP e. rtoUisapp^ The next day Aurelius and his brothe, returned home, accompanied by "l magician. For some days nothing han pened. The magician shut himself 3 ;,, hi room with bonks and plans. Then one morning Aurelius saw the standing at the edge of thee shore V arms stretched towards the sea: and a, he watched Aureliua saw th c big black rocks disappear from sight. He thanked the magietan. and to nnd Dorigen to remind her oi her promise. He met her walking along the cliff. At first she was angry with him for asking for her jewel, but when he reminded her of her promise and showed her the smooth stretch of sea, she became frightened and horror-stricken and hurried home without saying anything to Aurelius. Aviragus "saw- how troubled she was and asked her the reason; and then he. too, grew very sad for he knew that Dorigen. if she were honourable, could not break a promiseand he was so honourable that he would rather die than break a promise. Xext morning Dorigen left, alone, to give Aurelius the jewel. AYnen Aureliu, saw her approaching, looking 60 pale and sad, he -was suddenly struck with remorse at what he was doing, and he repented of his greed. To Dorigen h e said, -when he saw her sorrow and realised the honour of Arviragus, that he wa-s resolved to abandon all hope Of possessing the jewel, for he would not have it at the expense of so much suf. fering. Then he thought of the thousand pounds he owed the magician, and he decided to sell his house and lands to pay. He went to see the magician, and explained the matter to him; but, to his surprise, when the magician heard of the nobility of Dorigen and Arviragus and the generosity of Aurelius in not claiming the jewel, he, too, s> iwed that he could be generous, and said that he would put the rocks back again and not charge a penny as a fee. The magician stretched out his arms towards the sea, and, lo! the rocks were back again! Then, mounting his horse, the magician Tode away. Meanwhile Dorigen had returned home and told her husband of the good news. They were walking together on the cliffs when suddenly the rocks appeared again in the sea. At the same time the sun shone on Dorigen's jewel, giving it an extraordinary brilliance, -which it never afterwards lost, although Dorigen wore it for many happy years.