The Sea Fairy

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21344, 19 November 1932, Page 4 (Supplement)

The Sea Fairy

/ By ROSA INNES

U Illustrated by MOLLIE BELL [r A little.sea fain/ once lived in a shell, i jVo blue-bell for her, I No sunshiny dell, But a eave pearly-lined where green shadows fell And sunlight through water; and she loved it well. 4 When she waked in the morning she stretched her wee wings, And went floating and swimming Among the sea things. Her anemone garden she viewed on the wan, Just to sec that the blossoms were healthy and gay. And then she played games with the shrimps and the crabs. The shrimps she liked best, to For they darted away And hid behind rocks, and then they would say, A "Come, catch me!" But riding the crabs was good play, \ For they scuttled off sideways Oh, wasn't it fun! \\ And when she was weary / She mounted her horse. But the sea-horse is not like a land steed, of course, And has never been knoivn to leap high or to run. So, would you believe it! it hangs by its tall To a slim stalk of sea-weed, And climbs, oh, so slow; 'Tis a very good horse for a rest, you must know,- \ But for exercise—well, you Just can't make it ao. i\ And then, after supper, she swam to her shell, | So smooth and so cosy, /_. It suited her well; And as the light softened, and shadows grew deep, ] She folded her sea wings and settled to sleep.