TIMOTHY ALASTAIR GOES TO A FANCY-DRESS BALL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 4 February 1928, Page 9

TIMOTHY ALASTAIR GOES TO A FANCY-DRESS BALL

I went out to a party f And who do you think was there? Why Cinderella, and young Pierrot, And a cuddly Teddy-Bear. There were ever so many Pirates, And Soldiers and Sailors too— And Mummy had dressud me up in a smock To look like little Boy-Blue! There were Kings, and Queens and Princesses, * **f«l And Fairies and I lowers and Elves, For not one of the Children invited— Could come as their little selves! Every one there was pretending, That they weren’t themselves at all— And the name of that funny party, Was called, a Fancy-Dress Ball! There was a boy called Cupil, There was a girl called Night, There was a very horrid Witch— Who gave me an awful fright! There was a dainty Powder Puff, There was a Pillar-box red — There was a Knight ! in armour, with j.A helmet on his head. There was a funny Chinaman— There was a cheerful Golly, There was a donkey' with flapping ears— And the sweetest Baby-Dolly. There was a teeny Fairy— Who stood quite close to me, And she was worrying so because It was only pretence for tea! She found it so awfully muddling That no one was really true— But she took ray hand, and said—‘‘l’m glad That I’ve met you, dear Boy-Blue.” So we walked into the dining room— And oh! it was fine to. see— There were really—cakes, and 'really —jam. And really—crackers for tea!!!!! THE WILLOW FAMILY Three little willow rods grew together in the damp ground near the' river. And three children, who could not reach the willow rods because of tile swamp, said they were nasty, silly tilings to grow in a bog. The little willowß drooped sorrowfully, but the old willow tree laughed. “Don’t mind yvhat they say,” said the old willow. “They talk like that because they know nothing about our family. Ah! That biggest boy loves his cricket bat!” “Wlia.t have cricket bats to do with us?” asked the willow rods. “Quite a lot!” laughed the willow. “Listen: wc are a very honourable family, and extremely useful, besides being beautiful to look at. There are several kinds of willow. Rods like you are widely cultivated in damp ground; they are cut down every year and woven into baskets. You are so goodtempered that you bend instead of breaking, and so strong that you can be relied upon to carry heavy weights (Continued on Page 10.)