THE NURSERY RHYME FOLK COME TO LIFE

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22004, 30 January 1937, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE NURSERY RHYME FOLK COME TO LIFE

One sunny day Joan took a walk over the hill. It was a very warm day in summer, and Joan felt rather hot. The birds sang happily

in the trees, and the stream danced merrily along. Above her head the willows made an archway like a wicker basket against the blue cloudless sky. When she had gene- a little way she felt rather tired. She lay down on a mossy bed. and as the cool breeze fanned her face she fell asleep. In a few minutes she heard a soft voice say to her, "Would you like to come to Fairyland?”

Joan was soon flying over hill an<i dale with the fairy. Fairyland was soon reached, and the fairies made Joan welcome. There was a feast held in her honour, and a dance to follow. Joan met many Nursery Rhym® people. Cinderella took her for a ride in her coach. Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son, showed her his pig which he had stolen. Joan heard Tom Tucker singing for his supper. She also saw Mother Hubbard go to the cupboard. Besides this she visited the Old Woman in the Shoe. The fairy took Joan back and as she opened her eyes she found she was still on the hillside with the blue sky above. The cows lowed in the meadow, and the sheep bleated their distant call as Joan, walked joyfully home. —SHIRLEY MARSH, P.B.H. (aged 10). GlentunneL