STORY IN VERSE

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 113, 14 May 1932, Page 8

STORY IN VERSE

(Wiitten by "Rose Queen," of Palmerston Noilh.) Ljdia sent a Beetroot, dressed in his best, to visit Fairiel. He talked into the "Evening Post/'-and said, -'Pray can you telKthe "right way to the Fairy Ring, where all the pixies ■dwell?*' ThHift- ' man looked quite startled, and muttered, '"Well, well, -rtell!' "Certainly; step this way, sir, and step out on the second floor, when you see a Number Twelve, just knock upon the door.*.' And the liftman dropped the Beetroot, r and upwards he did-soar. He laughed at the funny visitor until he could laugh no more. - - - Politely, then,-the Beetroot upon the door did knock.* "Come in'," he heard, and 'pjin my word, didn't Fairiel get a shock! The , Beetroot gave her roSemary, all intertwined with stock, and-while i she put them in her vase, he reefed his fallen sock. Fairiel handed him a chair, and said, "Sit, if you please.'*' And the Beetroot said, "Have you ever seen such photographs .as these?* This^is?my brother Billy, and he is the greatest teased' After half-an-liour the Beetroot went, and left Fairiel at ease. - (N.B. — The'strangest things do visit me. A tadpole,'a pair of silver slippers/and some black currant jam all arrived one fine day. So^you •may believe this tale. — Fairiel.) "IIIII"I1-I'V'VIIII!I I I I I I I I I i i i i i i