TWINKLETOES AND THE PRINCE

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21992, 16 January 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)

TWINKLETOES AND THE PRINCE

Twinkletoes read the words written on the dainty green-leaf letter card which had been handed to her by a butterfly-messenger of the Fairy Queen. He had not waited for a reply, but had hurried away to deliver the sheaf of letter-cards he still carried. Twinkletoes smiled joyfully and clapped her hands when she had finished reading for the card contained an invitation to a large ball the queen was giving in honour of a visiting prince.

The card stated that the prince with the gracious consent of the Fairy Queen, would ,choose at the ball a fairy to be his bride. Oh what plans Twinkletoes made, and what a bustle there was choosing and making her dress! Fairyland had seldom seen such excitement for everyone who had ever at any time worked for the queen was invited. Each fairy was to wear a new dress and the dressmakers scarcely had a minute's rest. The dress Twinkletoes chose was of pale pink satin with a coatee ol silvery web lace made for tier \>y Miss Spider. At last the longed-for night arrived and Twinkletoes was taken to the ball which was held in the beautiful glass and silver ballroom of the queen's palace. In the ballroom the queen, looking very regal and very beautiful, greeted each fairy in turn and then introduced her to the prince who was very handsome and very well dressed. Twinkletoes enjoyed herself greatly and danced three times with the prince, whom she soon began to know and like. The prince was to choose hrs bride before supper, and at last the time arrived. Everyone sat down except the Prince, who was to go up to the fairy of his choice and ask her to lead the fairies to supper with him. For a moment the prince hesitated, and then he turned and walked over to Twinkletoes to whom he bowed. Twinkletoes, blushing and scarcely able to believe her ears rose, and together they danced to supper, the other fairies singing, dancing and laughing round them. Next morning Twinkletoes said good-bye to her friends and her old haunts and accompanied her prince to his own land where she soon became loved by all. —'MATE KERI KERT (aged 13), Rangiora.

HIGH IN THE ROOF

One day a man gave us two pigeons. We had to keep them locked up for a long time, as they were homing pigeons and would have flown straight back to their former home. When we did let them out we noticed them collecting straw and horse-hair to build a nest. After a few days when the pigeons were having a fly around we went quietly down to the shed and climbed in to the dray and had a look for the nest. We found the loveliest little nest up in the roof of the shed, built in an old suitcase. It

had two lovely white eggs. Then after two or three weeks, we heard such a funny noise up in the shed and, of course, knew that the pigeons had hatched out their babies. So then we' had to have a look at them. ■■■■'■ -j, :,-,,:■. :, —DORIS GRIMWOOD. -■- Mount Oval.