A FISHY ADVENTURE

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 148, 25 June 1938, Page 20

A FISHY ADVENTURE

(Original.)

One hot day Joan and Jack were iplaying chasing in their garden. They had a lovely fountain flowing into a large pond with goldfish swimming around it.

After a while Joan said, "Jack, it's too hot to play cHasing',. and I'm puffirtg like a railway *'^; ; ' •, '.|v "So am 'ai : he lay still staring^lv^the-.little : . ; "fisher." Joan said, "I I-yras aiflsh." But no sooner <had she said this than they heard a tiny tinkling voice whisper, "If you want, a fish, you must firsthand Shimmering Diamonds." iNow this-fish was. Shimmering Diamonds himself, and Had all his plans ready for thern,-'' v :i.>'<'.■.■ When jqan and Jack heard this Ithey were>yer# surprised, for they couldn't see'anyone because Shimmering Diamonds -had" disappeared so fiuicfcly. "Jack," said Joan, "we must fclo >itoat"that ; i;voice ,".. "All right,'* 'said they at Dnce, started to. ■ look. for ,i-Shimmering * Diamonds^as /they a 1 Sail-: Buiiall'the' the- same ; }o them, dijgicult. ; it's » thia;one, u (pointed to- , -wards i;Uifle;flsnVreslte : g. on a'.water,>iilyijeaf.' ''So;d6 Jack* iAnd lall of a sudderi. tliey found themselves swimming:about as ifaKy as the rest pi the fishes.'■; : *' : t.;; ■$■:':'.fy. '.:'■' '.;•*■■ . It wasn't long before Shimmering Diamonds* came oip, to; them and said, „-VYou haven't very long now," because Joan and'Jack;,hadp been switnming > about r : > ', ?; , v, :'^ : . ."Wouldl yoii, like '!■ ito see the coral -,;■:;-.; ~■':■ ~v • ;. •., "OJh,,;yes,J:p)easer?.sack,,., and Joan answered."'* : .' ''"• t; '"';''' ,; ' : ■'""""' "All right, follow me," said the fish. At last they came to the palace. They had to go down a dark hole before the palace came into view. It was beautiful, but Shimmering * Diamonds knew that the children's tea must be ready at home, and that their mother would be worried if they didn't, return. 'So without letting Jack or Joan see him, he slipped into a secre}; hole, and as soon as lost their magic fish, of course Jack'and Joan „ found themselves back in their proper l . ,",,shapes\and t on the edge* of'the pond' ''again. " When tfaey looked around them, they

THE FAIRY EtFi ' ■.;;■' (Original.) I saw a little' fairy: v . Upon my window-pane; '..': And just as I approached her. She hurried off again; Where she went I cannot tell. Maybe to her. fairy dell; ... But I do hope she cornea home, With- a tiny little gnome. "WINTEB SNOW" (10) Kelburn.

saw the sun was just setting and that; it was windy. Wheh they wenit inside their tea was on the table,. and after theyJhad had their tea they told their mother of their adventure with the'fishes. She did enjoy listening ito-their tale,, and since that day they haven't; forgotten that adventure. "TINY TINKLE" (11). , Khandallah. ( * ' '■■ •___„_;