THE VISIT TO FAIRYLAND

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 11, 14 January 1933, Page 8

THE VISIT TO FAIRYLAND

(Original,.by "Moonshine Fairy," aged ten.) A Lw? N T,an- d J, ealLette HGatll wer° They were very much alike, .^ **™c long golden curls, rosy cheeks, aid blue eyes. They tn which LV t« t c. onntrv ' a?a tjeir father owned lots of the bush nearby, tn -which both Jeanotto and Alison loved to wander • fell °*Ma^\ thfey7e™ piking hand-in-hand through the deepest part of ' fL \., b, Ushj Jeanettcs quick eyes discovered a small very small trirV b i^tw r« ha?°, a, goCcl loc>ll at When at a"f trough the g^afSa^df 8 gl * CaSy Cn°Ugh t0 SCrf mWe thl'°"^ to i._ ht U- thGy J"£ ,Icach? d ,tho end, Jeanette, who was leading, g av6 a inlo whS sL^rf YT ShG knCW What Bho ™s doin S Alison'.had balgel Si ,rtwa +1 r a y°T ng treo growing in the air. Immediately Sttl? Eam<3 Cly Jeanett6 ' for tho: tree .wai made! of stinging Crawling on her hands aud knees under it. she mauaeed to snueezp into tl\^°J^ °£-f, treC; WhGn Sh° ™oh"k the openg s he fS herse? But best of all, there were 60 or 70 • very small cottages made of wild ?:oses, Which were groiving in one corner,, and aU kinds of bush forns In a very green corner, by the stream stood a big ring of mushrooms, with a tmy. platform made of the softest, greenest mosa inthe middle ~' VltU a Standing beside the other houses was a beautiful palace made of both pale ana bnght moonbeams .«.«How beautiful it isrin Pahyland!" gasped Alison,-who had by'this time discovered Fairies living thera. b™V™ "Yes, isn't it fuu?" said a laughing voice, and turning round Alison founa Jeanetto laughing like anything, and in her anna she carried a smiling baby Eauy -with tmy gauze wings. A very wonderful person was - walking beside Jeanette carrying another pretty baby. The wonderful person turned S Ut ITy Quecn> and- Alison asked if she could carry the other - baby. But the Queen gravely shook her head. "No," she said "You must come to my house to get that hand seen to." So off they went, and Alison thought nothing could possibly be prettier or more cosy than the Fairy Queen's house. s '" Soon the fairy ladies-ln-waiting announced that it was time for a ball the .Queen was to give. As there was nothing to do but to wait for the guests to arrive, the Queen showed the children the palace garden Oh,' said Alison suddenly. "Listen!" The others did as they were lud Bustle, rustle, rustle came from the distance. "Oh, they are arriving!?' cried the Queen. {(0-o-oh, how lovely!" said Jeanette After the- most wonderful tea yon could ever oat, and all the fairy dances intho worW, the fairies, taught "both children dancing, which they had been .longing to learn for years: When they knew quite well how to dance tho.Queen said they must bo going, and both children said, "Oh. no! Surely not just yet!" But the Queen said they must follow her Very sorrowfully they followed, and after giving them a magic wishine-i-in s each, she Icit them in their own garden. When she had gone Jeanette Vgaye a littlc/jump-foT joy. "Oh," gho said, "I'm feeling much better for niy -visit to Fairyland." ' ■" .; •