GOSSAMER'S VISIT TO WOODLAND
"Buzz, Buzz," said the bee, as he flew over Fairy Gossamer's bluebell. "Buzz, Buzz, I say." "Is that you calling me, Mr. Bee? Ah, I thought it was you. Have you any pollen to give me!" Mr. Bee seated himself on a flower, while Gossamer spread out her wings and looked at him from her little bluebell house. "Well," said Mr. Bee, "here is some pollen for you, but why stay cleaning your house out when the sun is shining, and everyone is out enjoying themselves? What do you say to a ride round Fairyland on my back, Gossamer?" ; , . Gossamer was delighted, and, flinging down her fairy broom, she alighted on his back, and was soon whirring off to Fairyland. Bump! Bump! They had arrived. All around them were lots and lots of little people, all scurrying to and fro with their purchases. The fairies were all different from Gossamer, as she was a Garden Fairy and they were the pretty little woodland folk who work magic. "Oh, how lovely!" she cried. "Just look at that tiny little baby elf. See, he is not afraid of me; he is smiling rt me!" "Would you like to see my house?" said the Mother of the elfin babes. "Just
come this way." Gossamer was led down by a root of a tree, along a winding path, and in through a little green door covered with ivy. "What a lovely little home, and such a tiny little onel" "May I hold your little elf, please V said Gossamer, and she took the wee fellow into her arms. "Goo, goo," he gurgled, and pulled Gossamer's long hair. Being taken outside, she was shown tiny little gardens, with dainty, delicate flowers growing in them. So, plucking one, she kept it to remember her visit to Fairyland. After that she had tea with her friends, and having said good-bye, joined her kind Mr. Bee and commenced her flight home again. Gossamer kept her eyes open wide and tried to remember the way; but alas! she tried in vain. Mr. Bee took Gossamer back to her bluebell, where she slept for a long time, for she had had a long journey. Next morning, all the people in the garden were coming at different times to hear about her wonderful trip. Gossamer hopes one day to take her friends to the woodland to visit her two little friends there. "KOWHAI" (13). Northland.
GOSSAMER'S VISIT TO WOODLAND
Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 120, 23 May 1931, Page 18
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