The Dancing Slippers

Northern Advocate, 30 April 1940, Page 2

The Dancing Slippers

(By Edna Clark, Paranui Valley, P. 0.. Whangarei. Age 17). Fairy Moonshine was making a lovely new dancing dress of rose petals ready to wear to the Fairy Queen’s dance. Now Fairy Moonshine was a very clever dancer and she always won the prizes: this made the other fairies jealous. "How can we stop her from winning this year?” asked Fairy Rose of the other fairies who were discussing it. ”I know,” replied Fairy Silver, “I know where she keeps her dancing slippers and tonight when she is fast asleep I will get her slippers and take them away.” ‘‘Good idea,” said the others, triumphantly. That night while Fairy Moonshine was fast asleep. Fairy Rose crept into her room on tip toes; she saw the dancing slippers under the bed. Immediately she snatched them up and flew with them to the other fairies who hid them in the woods. A white owl was flying past when he saw the slippers in the wood. "What beautiful slippers,” he .heught, “I will take them home for my babies to play with,” So he took the beautiful slippers home. Meanwhile Fairy Moonshine was sitting on her bed crying because someone had taken her slippers. She was just thinking about taking her beautiful dress off and going back to bed when she heard a lap tap on the window. She looked up. and there was a white owl. “Will you please have a look at my foot?” he asked. "I have hurt it.” Fairy Moonshine pulled an ugly thorn out of his foot, then she bathed it and put some magic ointment on it and carefully bandaged it. "Thank you, it feels better already,” declared the White Owl. "But why aren’t you at the Queen's dance?” Fairy Moonshine told the White Owl that someone had taken her slippers. “Why, I found a beautiful pair of slippers in the woods, I will get them for you.” he said. So he flew home to get the slippers. When he arrived back at Fairy Moonshine’s place he handed the slippers to her. Delighted, she put the slippers on. “I. hope you win,” called out the White Owl as she tripped gaily across the meadow. And she did. —Original.

Q. —What fruit comes from a telegraph pole? A.—Currants.