THE CHERRY CHILDREN

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 287, 31 August 1935, Page 25

THE CHERRY CHILDREN

It was early spring. The cherry children awakened and called: “Mother, may. we go to play now?” “Wait till I'have made your fairy boats,” said the Cherry Mother. They lay still and waited, and she. made their fairy boats with white silk sails. Then they sprang up and played in the sunshine, sailing to and fro op the spring winds, and throwing tiny scent balls out into the-airA After a while the cherry children grew tired. “Mother,” they called, “we have played enough. We wotild like.to rest now.” • “Creep into your little . green cradles,” said the Cherry Mother; “rest there and grow while I make-your cradles big.” They crept into their cradles, The mother gently loosened the white sails and dropped them on the ground like snowflakes. Then she made the cradle bigger as the children grew. Soon the cherry children awoke anl found that their gr<?en cradle had turned a deep red. They called, “Mother, we wish to grow. The birds are coining to take us away! Good-bye. Mother.”— Original by Red Dard, aged 8.