MISS TEDDY'S PARTY

Evening Star, Issue 21992, 30 March 1935, Page 5

MISS TEDDY'S PARTY

Esther and Lucy had both had bad coughs, and though they were much better they couldn’t go to their party. Lucy cried and Esther said it was all because they had come to live in a horrid flat in London instead of the country where they were last year. But mummy said they couldn’t have gone to the party even if they had been in the country. Miss Teddy, from the little flat above theirs, came in to see their mother and heard about their disappointment. “ What a pity!” she said; “ but if mummy will let you just run upstairs to my flat wo’H have a little party all to ourselves this afternoon. I’d love a real children’s party.” “How lovely!” cried Esther, and Lucy dried her tears. “ Well,” said Miss Teddy with a smile, “ I shall expect you at 4 o’clock. I’ve got a lot to do before then,” and she pattered out. “ Can we put on our party frocks,, mummy?” Esther asked excitedly. “ Yes,” said their mother; “ Miss Teddy said her rooms would be nice and warm.” “ I’m glad we’re in a flat,” declared Lucy, “ because we can go all by ourselves, can’t we, mummy?” Miss Teddy was waiting for them at her door, and they went into her bedroom to take off their wraps. They had never seen her looking so nice in a real party dress. And when they went in to tea what a lovely sight met their eyes! In the centre of the table was an iced cake with a tiny tree lit with tiny coloured electric lights, and there were all sorts of other creamy things to cat. It was a real party, •

In fact, as they were going, after playing games like blind man’s buff and hunt the thimble, Esther told Miss Teddy it was an even nicer party than the one they had missed, because their cousin had so many people at her party that you hardly ever got a chance of being He. “ And 1 don’t mind having a cough now,” said Lucy as Miss Teddy wrapped her up. “ Well, it’s been very lucky for me, laughed Miss Teddy, “for otherwise I should never have had a party.”