A Dream Of Truth

Southland Times, Issue 21832, 8 October 1932, Page 20

A Dream Of Truth

I believe in fairies, chiefly because of a strange dream I had one night. This is what I dreamt. One night I had not been in bed five minutes when a small but brilliant light gleamed into my room. “Would you like to come to Princess Rose’s wedding? She wants you to be her bridesmaid,” came a tinkling voice from somewhere in the room. Then I switched on the electric light, which, of course, frightened the fairy, (as I supposed) away. “Who’s there?” I cried. My voice sounded queer as it echoed through the rooms in the house. To my surprise no one in the house appeared to hear, so I settled down to sleep again. I heard the clock strike twelve, , and half-past twelve. I was asleep again. “It’s not fair that my sister Judy should always be asked to be bridesmaid at the weddings. It’s the sixth time Judy has been invited and she s going to be bridesmaid again next week. The bridegroom , always gives her a brooch-and she—” “Would you like to come to Princess Rose’s wedding?” said that tinkling voice again. “Yes,” I murmured faintly. “Well, eat this,” said the fairy, holding out a tempting morsel of chocolate. I hesitated for a few moments. The chocolate looked very tempting. I could not resist, and without delay I put it into my mouth. Oh! What a taste. It tasted of strawberries and cream, trifle, jellies and everything that one likes. Soon a funny sensation came over me, for I was gradually getting smaller and smaller like “Alice in Wonderland” did when she drank out of the bottle labelled “Drink me.” In less than five minutes I was about the same size as the fairy. “My aeroplane is waiting outside,” said the fairy impatiently. “Come along.” , “Your aeroplane, I gasped. Oh! how lovely. I didn’t think that vou had ever heard of them.”

“Well, we have,” said the fairy indignantly. “We had them before you knew anything about them. Jump in. I did not waste any time and we were soon soaring over the houses which looked like a great patch-work quilt. It was soon hidden from view as we flew amongst the clouds. Bump! We bumped right into a large cloud shaped like a lion, but the fairy handled the machine so skilfully that we soon passed it. We reached fairyland a few minutes before the wedding and I was appointed to be Princess Rose’s bridesmaid. Princess Rose was dressed in a delicate pink dress, while I was given a dress made out of the frail petals of the blue forgetmenots with pink shoes, stockings, and a pink cap. The party was held outside under some stately trees and I was very sorry when I had to go home. The Princess gave me a leather case and she told me not to open it until I reached home. Then I woke up in my own bed. “Only a dream,” I said as I went to sleep again. When I woke up I heard mother calling me down to breakfast, and to my stockings I found the dress, shoes, stockings, the cap and the learner cage. On opening the case I found a lovely ring and an emerald brooch.- I iriiyst have been to the wedding after all, I said happily as I went to breakfast., —Cousin Joan Carswell (11), fortification.