THE THIEF'S PUNISHMENT
(Original) _ There was once a little fairy who broke her wing. She sat oa a flawer ana. cried. Along;: came the children find,, thinking:: the. fairy,, whose- namij was Eauy Basefcud,, waa'a butterfly, they took her home with tliem.; They were/ showing- .the; fairy t» their mother when the fairy managed toflyinfo the pantry.. lit the evening she hid! iv a boy. ■ At 12 a'elkekt, im tarougit the pantry window cama:a figure. It was aMhief. He spied; the box the fairy was: in.. Meanwhile the fairy turned herself into a turtle. As the thief put his hand into tho bos the turtle nipped it and the thief cried out. with pain which,, of course, wakened the-, people. Woodless to say, he was caught and the people let him go because hi had had his punishment. ¥BSAi BIRD* <•). Eastbourne. ■ . '
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1934, Page 10
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141THE THIEF'S PUNISHMENT Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1934, Page 10
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