GOOD-NIGHT STORIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 143, 20 June 1927, Page 11

GOOD-NIGHT STORIES.

i 'DORIS HAS A CHAT WITH- : A LITTLE MOTHER. j 'T..1.1 i.r RLA.VHK SJI.VKK i-r , PETEU PAN i "Oli. you dear, little liu :. rtly." I ; Dor- exelarnied a- a w,-,. !;•;;.. rcM:-a- j J brown butterfly s-etticd , :i ~n.- ..f !'••■ i aster ieaws. Her wing* on tup «-,■■.■ I decorated with waiy black iin.-s aiul j dot-, but when -h- held them up o\ it j •her. a* all butterflies do when r»-~t:ru. I Doris cried out with delight wh.n »h.jspied the lo\ely -iker frfsvnt :i*ar j the outer margin of .-a<-h liiu.l n-!nj. i I ''How dear, that little silver moon: ! j May I ask your naru». Mi-* Butterfly:" j j "Certainly." diurkled tin; In\»!y j : butterfly. "Most folk* mil mo Little I I Pearl Crescent, beoati-e .if that -ilwri J crescent 'you see on niv wins-. I believe I you are Dori«. the little sjirl uh>> li\.--' in this house?" "Yes. r am." Tujicrli,-.! D->ri-. "How lovely you should know my name. r n I certainly glad you come' to rhe I horn , )- from my flower:. .Ti:*'t make I yourself at home and *i[> all the honor ' you wish.' , I

"Thank you. very imj« li. DoriO -a.:. 1 j Mrs. Pe.irl Cr.-x-ent. "'But right now I'm not on the hunt of honey. I'm \ looking for a place to lay mv .j^^?.!

You know v.o buusrflic* .ill like dif- i i'erent place- to store a«av o;ir ess- ' and I'd like to put mine on thi- a-~r I [il.ni; if you don": obj.•<■•." ! "WeM. n: m> I w., : rt 0bj0.:." cri.-.I ' j Dori-. "I* that wha; those funny j : ;ii : ari'. du-ter- of \<>v.r r "o-M----iK—: There ir.r-: U' «>veral lmndri-d 1 • in r!i.-e cluster*. But t.-!! me. i Mr-. IV.ir! ( re*t-eiit. iinw will the ej"» i jin the fir- - i-ln-ter hatch underneath ' I th»> later (-•_'-■ How will tho .■;.-,■;., (.;::. ir- e\ .t 2-t "Jit •" I ""lii.it'- it .j::.-.-.- tliins." i-h:j.k'.d M. - I Peari ( •■•>-.-n- Buttertly. -The ei-j- | i I lay tir-t arc al.v.iw the l.i»t to hate'.i. Tiii- tup lajer you -e.- right here will j hat.li tir-t. Wliv. it the lit?le follow-! I ffin tin , n--t laxer rar.u- oiu tir-t they'd ■ ■ !;;-.'• all the other ?::•:-. It you h.i|.(*>n i to We <'Ut iiere in alnr.it another w\-<?k. I you'll see th.'iji 1-atch." I "Oh I Hi'W inti-re-tinz!" ev-laimc-l ' f3<"ir'-. "And hyv will I kn>'W tln-:ii :■■• | iHe >i ::r c-hiliiren r \Vbo.t will tli. y j ' like. I mean '" i .'u-t w,-,> little bhu-k eatcrpiila;* I I with yellow .ii.Ti liunn their l>.ick» jn<l i I yell rw Land* ij.jwn tiieir side*." , replied . 1 M.-«. Pr.ir! l "Th**n. too. ;!iev will all >!.iy t"2f*'.ier. that ;-. until ' t!.fv i" think ai"'Ut niakinj their • 'a-: than;'. T;;e;i t!:ev an<i ! J eai h one -viU 7>:< k >••:: a lo hvr \ ' o»n liking ?■> h'liM her c^ciH-.n.'" "'irow lons will they ?tay in th»ir onroon* before they booon.- , lovely j b-r'-rtiie- like you*" Doris asked. "•Iti-t ahijn: two wwkv" replied Mr-. ; P'jr! Crescent Butterrty. *"T!"..i". is. if i t'io nio , weather hold- out. It takrs I w.irin sunshine to make them hat.-h. Will, now f T'i'.:s; He on mr «-.iv. I -•:re h..;-e ron n l n-t let anyone ileerroy ■';•-" a-ter leave- before the caterpillars ■■fii'Wd "hey v. :!' s.i:-."' l.ir',-,1 r.-.r : ; . ••!•■„ sroinz to take 2 rare j "f tii.-m rvv-.'f. I"ni n'j.l you I -top; .',■ !n .',i.i; w: -: i ".■•■. C-.m.' .in.! -e ,l j !;•> ayair." Mrs. p.... r ; ( ~--,...r Butterflv prom-- •••: s'.if. wi'.ulil .-■• re back often and. -rceadirc her !ov.-!y re.ldi«h-brown an! bla> - k wins* -:■•* — -ail■ -^I away into the pini-'n. j Dor:- wjt.liH " : .T out of -i 3 ht an.l then ran into •;-..- hoti«o to tell her :ra:!:a I ■of the n«»w tenants in the flowcr-'oe-!. li