“IF?—”

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11833, 14 January 1933, Page 12

“IF?—”

(By Mabel Lucie. .UtwollJ

Tabit-ha, Thomasine, Tilda, T.Tite Once looked for a fairy hv candle

fight- . . , , Sho looked m the cupboard, and

under tho stair, An’ out in the garden and every-

where. Though sho walked all around with never a sound. Not one of the merry woo things

could be found. Which wasn’t much fun, When all’s said and done — Though Tahitha said that she didn't

.much mind it— But ’tween you and me, I think we’ll agree If von look for a thing, it is nicer

Ao find it ! “Course, IF I could find one,” said Tahitha T, “How very exceedingly nice it would be— Yes IF I should find one,” our Tah-

itha said, “I’d certainly take him homo into my bed, And Nurse would he terribly tickled

to see A fairy to bathe in tho morning with

me 1 And WHAT would Cook say when at breakfast I beg An extra hot plate and more bacon and egg? And the others at school would jusu

lovo it, I know If 1 should turn up with a fairy in

tow 1 An’ think of the fuss, Thero’d be on the ’bus, Why ! No one would know WHAT to charge for’ the faro. I haven’t a notion Of all tho commotion There’d he in the park, when wo both

took the air, Yes—lF I coukl find ope/’ said Tab* ittm T, . “How very exceedingly mco it would bo.”