FOR THE CHILDREN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19814, 4 December 1919, Page 9

FOR THE CHILDREN.

SEED A, the KfSS eair\. In the garden the bees buzzed ami the birds sang, but what was that other tunny little noise 'i Ss-ss! Ethel eouitJn t, make it out at ail. She looted all around, and to her surprise she saw a. tiny little fairy with two great big wings dying towards her. Ssl’ Ss! uent the iatry, and Ethel looked tip .it her as she ilew straight towards her. Ss! Slid hadgivcu her a hig kiss on tier lips, ami Ethel felt just how she did when Mummic—?d mnmie, who was tar away in India--kissed her. “ W ho arc you?” .she cried. ‘‘•l’m iSelda, the Kiss hairy,” answered the hltlo sprite. “Em the kiss your Alurnmio sent you hi her last letter.” “0~ oh! how lovely 1” cried Ethel. ” Did you como all the wav from India.:” "Of course. .1 did,” answered the ti'ity. 11 I’ve como to stay with you, to make up for your Mummio beiuoaway.” ° How lovely!'’ cried Ethel again. Selda, was the dearest little fairv imaginable. She played till sorts of games with Ethel, and made her have a very jolly tune. , When Ethel had to go in Soldo, wont. "hli her, tor she. said she was invisible to everyone except Ethel, as, of course she belonged <o her, and nobody could ever sco anyone else's kisses, Ethel was slaying with her grnmlnioilier, and before Hekla, came she had been very lonely, as she bad no one to play with, but now she was as hrhdit ami happy as the day was long. ° Her grandmother noticed tins, and one day she said to her: ; ' ' Why, 1 don’t believe you miss your mother one scrap.” But Ethel only shook her bead and laughed, for, of course, - Era,imiu did' 110krl0 "’ that Selda gave her a goodnigut and m good-morning kiss every day from her Mummio. Ami when at last her Mummio did come home, although Ethel was ns pleased as. pleased, yet she was j.isl/a mile mr, sad, too, because she had to •say good-bye io Selda, who flow o ff to com tort, some other .little im-t ■ w |, n ,.„ Mu in mie was far away. But Selda promised her that’ if ever her Mummio had to go away to India n a a ; u . u,, would como back to her. & ’