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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 70, 19 September 1931, Page 18

*a^»EB Fairy Queen was very sad, j_ very sad indeed. You see, that terrible person, Old Man Gloom, had taken up his abode in Fairyland, and though the queen, Princess Spring, and in fact all the fairies put their magic together, they wore not able to . lbaniah him from their kingdom. That was not the worst, either. A Breadful elf had accompanied him. ■ He was called Mr. Ten-per-cent-cut, but he should really havo been named The Most-wicked-imp-that-ever-lived. He was little and fat and ugly—in short, the kind of person children are apt to | have nightmares about. Perhaps the worst thing about him, however, was that fondness of his for making people unhappy. He had gone amongst the humans for a few short months, and I in that time had succeeded in making everybody as miserable as they could be. So Ten-per-cent-cut .decided, to come to Fairyland, and I really don't think I need explain any further why the queen was sad. At last she grew desperate. "We must get rid of that fellow somehow," she said to her sympathetic daughter, Princess Spring, "for if he Btays much longer we will all be as unhappy as the humans." " Princess Spring sighed and wrinkled up her forehead, as she tried to think of a way to drive the elf from Fairyland. Suddenly she gave an excited exclamation: "Mother,, dear!" she cried, "I have a wonderful ideal" The queen clapped he; hands and laughed joyfully. "Tell me. Qnick!" she urged; so obediently the princess leant down and whispered something in her mother's ear, something that made the queen become suddenly happy. "How clever you are," she said, admiringly, to her daughter. "Come! Let us visit Old Man Gloom immediately. The queen's carriage, drawn by four of her swiftest sunbeams, was ordered, and the two were soon skim- ] ming rapidly across the blue, blue sky. When they reached their enemy's stronghold, they found Old Man Gloom sitting in state, with Ten-per-eent-cut beside him. ••Well!" he roared, as he. caught sight of the two beautiful fairies. '•What can I do for you I" ••We have brought a proposition to you," answered the queen: iv her sweet

PIPPET the Pixie was cooking his supper, a lovely, toothsome supper,: when the door of his mushroom house burst open and there stood Billo the Brownie. "Hullo," said Billo, "have you fieard the news?" "No," said Pippet. 'What is it?" "The Fairy Queen is looking for someone who is a good painter to paint the palace," said Billo. •Well," said Pippet. "I think 111 fcry. I can paint as well as any other' pixie." He ate his supper hastily, and taking his paint-pot and a brush, he set off for the palace. He told the big pixie •who guarded the door that he wanted to see the Queen, and after waiting *a while he was admitted to the room where the Queen was sitting. "So you would like to paint the palace!" she asked, and Pippet tremblingly said, "Yes." "Please show me how you paint," said the -Queen, and when Pippet nervously showed her, she said: "You do paint beautifully. I think I shall have you for my painter." The next day Pippet arrived early at the palace and was shown a large loom which he was to paint a soft blue. When he had finished the Queen, who came to inspect it, said: "Oh, how lovely! I must get you to paint every room." And she did I Pippet was kept busy from morning till night. The Queen let him paint almost everything because he painted so beautifully, and the palace looked so bright and different. Now, Pippet was "a mischievous little fellow, and after he had been at the palace a while, he began to play tricks on people, and the first thing he did was to get up early one day .and paint the palace fowls all a pale pink! How angry the woman who collected the eggu was when recovering from her surprise at seeing pink hens to find blue eggs! Of course he was punished, but that