THE FAIRY'S GIFT
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I Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Jean. '■ Her mother wag very poor, and she earned her living by selling flowers. Ono day her mother said she could go for a walk in the woods. She walked up to tlio edge of the woods, and being then tired, sat down to rest. ~ After resting a while, she got up to start back home, and as she walked through the woods she saw a beautiful butterfly, so she followed it. Then as jt flew out of sight into a bush she turned to go home, but found she had lost her way. She didn't know which way to go, so she sat down and began to.cry. "What is the matter?'' asked a voice, and looking up she saw a woo fairy.:
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"I have lost my way. Could you kindly show me the way out of these woods?" The fairy said, "No, it is too dark. Come along home with me in my aeroplane to Fairyland." So off Jean wont with the kind fairy, mid stayed the whole night with the fairies. In the morning, after the fairy had shown Jean the way home, she gave her a wishing ring. When Jean got home, she wished her mother could bo rich. In a few minutes her mother came into the room and said that their great-uncle | had died and left them a fortune. From then they have been rich enough to buy plenty of food. "BEOWN BETTY" (9). Petone.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 94, 22 April 1933, Page 20
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257THE FAIRY'S GIFT Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 94, 22 April 1933, Page 20
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