THE ICE-KING'S COMING
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All was confusion in the Palace of tho Seasons. Queen Autumn was packing, for soon she would bo forced to give tho palaco to dreary King Winter, aa it was well-nigh tho time ordained for tho commencement of his reign. As sho packed, ono largo tear followed .another down her beautiful satinsmooth cheek, for it was really sad'to think of abandoning her beloved'world td the mcicies of King Winter, .ho could not by any stretch of imagination bo called a kind sovereign. She had lovingly nursed the world until' it was a thing of beauty and splendour. Tho mellow, golden-brown tints of the falling leaves, she thought, would soon be destroyed, by the -violence of King Winter's spiteful lieutenant, tho South Wind. His chief satellite, Jack Frost, would touch her beautiful violets and her other ground babies with his icy hanfls,' and ttey, would wither and die. Oh J'*, What havoc her mischief-making successor"would wreak upon the world! She could-'-not bear to think of it, and so, patting it out of her fairy mind, sho continued her packing. Packing finished, jshe went through all the 'looms jn hfer' isoihfortable palace, loOms.that'would soon be chilled, bare, and pregnant with the icy presence of his forbidding majesty.' Looking from her favourite windoir*, she saw the .world basking in the autumn sunlight, the last for a long time to come, and noticed lhe bright colours of the falling leaves last becoming gaunt'ia outline. Slowly6jher turned, made her way out of the palace, and away from the knowledge of pll earth-dwellers, until she was called back again..'.Along the road towards her oame a ;ttfl»idabigj,tony-fca-lurcd person, preceded _y his" glittering satellites," filling th. air with a chilliness that was very noticeable. The departing Queen ehivered as she passed, but not i, word was spoken. She walked rapidly until finally she disappeared into the far distance. -Winter reigned supreme. ~. >. . MBOYOHBVALIEB"-(15). Lower Hutt. '''
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 147, 24 June 1933, Page 20
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320THE ICE-KING'S COMING Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 147, 24 June 1933, Page 20
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