MAGIC RING

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 220, 17 September 1938, Page 2 (Supplement)

MAGIC RING

♦ , P€tGr and Pam wer# wandering through the wood, looking very sad. Peter sighed. Oh, dear, Pam, if only we could do something about it, but we are eo verv young—l don't think anyone would five us any work."

"5*0," said Pam, dolefully. "And I don't quite know what kind" of work we could do, anyway."

We ve just got to help Mummy somehow. I heard Mummy say she had hardly enough money to buy food for the week-end."

"I wish we could be like Aladdin, and find a magic lamp—then the genie would come and help us." w

I don t suppose there are any magic lamps about nowadays," replied Peter, •and teacher says there are no such things ae genies."

Peter kicked hard at a stone to relieve his feelingis; it rolled away, and with a gasp of surprise, the two children pounced on something which it had hidden. .

It s a ring. Peter— and what a queer 0l !*" •• ■_ Peter!" Pam's eyes opened widely. "You don't suppose—it couldn't be a magic ring, could it ?" .They both crazed at the strangely carved circle of gold which lav in Peter's hand.

Well, we'll try it." said Peter, with a laugh. "Let's rub it hard, and wish." The children shut their eyes tightly, and wished hard as Peter rubbed the ring. Then with a gasp of surprise thev heard a voice.

''What is your will, 0 holders of the ring ?"

Startled, they looked round, and there, laughing at them, was a tall, <jrev-liaired man. *

"I ve been looking for that ring all the morning," he explained. "I heard what you said when you found it. Tell me vrhy you were wishing it were a magic ring."

So they told him everything', sod M> eyes grew very kind aa he listened to them.

"Well, I think as I have taken the place of the genie of the ring, I shall have to do something to ma to see your mother, will tou?"

Joyfully, they took him home, and after a long talk with Mummv, they were told that Mummy was to go to ba the housekeeper at their friends home, and that they were to live there, too. "Oh, Mummy, how lovely!" cried Peter.

Then it was a magic rinsr!" said Pam.

' I think it must be," stud the tall man. lve been looking for someone to keep house for me for some time—so it is a lucky meeting for all of us."

I can t tell you how grateful I am," said Mummy. "It is so hard to find work, v.hen one has two young children."

"I know." was the kindlv rei.lv. "Well pood-bye for the present.' children -vou ?! have a P»PPy of your own Mummy was nearly riving with han-i----ness, and Peter and Pam decided that heir new friend was quite the nicest Kind of genie.