Flipperty-Man Reforms
ipilE Fllpperty Man was just pulling on his bedsocks when there was a knock at the door.
“Bother!” he said, and opened the door. . There on the doorstep stood a funny little man. He asked for some supper. “I have only a few dry crusts left,” replied the Flipperty Man. •'That will do.”
“But that is all I have for breakfast,” growled the Flipperty Man. The little man looked at him sadly. “Very well,” he said, “I shall have to look elsewhere for comfort. You might be sorry for treating me like this,” aud he was gone.
That night while the Flipperty Man was asleep, there was a great storm,
and the roof and windows of his house fell in. The noise woke him up. “Oh, dear,” he sighed. “I suppose that little man was a fairy—and fairies always pay you back for what you do to them.’’ Ever since that day the Flipperty Man has been the politest person on the common! —Written by Misclievious Elf, Plimraertoji.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 27, 26 October 1940, Page 16
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