A TALE FOR THE TINIES.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20230, 26 June 1937, Page 21 (Supplement)

A TALE FOR THE TINIES.

JACK FROBT MISBEHAVES.

TT was In the middle of Winter that A Jack Frost decided that he wanted a holiday to visit his sister beneath the earth so he packed up all his paintbrushes and silver dust and set out on his travels. Now the Weather Man was not at all pleased with this as he did so want the little mortals below to have severely bitlen lingers nnd toes as he was suffering from growing pains and he didn't like the idea of the little humans having plenty of sunshine and being lovely and warm while he was so unhappy. So he decided that the next best thing to do was to send lots and lots of rain to keep them all inside and so spoil any parties or any happy games they may have planned. So for a whole week the rain s'mply poured clown and the poor little children on the earth were nearly drowned. The Fairies were very distressed at the bad behaviour of the Weather Man so they thought ttiat they would have to bring Mr Jack Frost back or else there would lie no fTngers and toes left for Idm to bite, and that would have been very unfortunate indeed. So the Fairy Oueen

sent her swiftest messengers to go below the earth and look for Jack Frost and ask him to return as early as possible. So away flew the Fairies and very soon they found the naughty Iruant having such a happy time with his sister and her little children that he didn't want to leave in the slightest. The Fairies tried to make him go

- ] back but he only laughed at them ana I ! told them to run away and stop ani 1 noying or else he would bite them very i 1 hard. So the messengers flew back tc t I the Fairy Queen and told her of what •: had happened and she was very upset > ! for the rain was still pouring down i and the lovely gardens on earth were i all ruined and the little children were i ! very unhappy. Next day the Fairy Queen i herself went down to see Jack Frost land she looked at him so sternly that i j Jack began to feel afraid. The Queeu then told him that if he did not rei j turn to earth Immediately she would i ‘ turn him Into a frog and as Jack dis- ; liked frogs very much he quickly ■ j gathered his silver dust and brushei | together and flew as fast as his wine, i j would carry h!m back to the earth : So the very next morning when the : little people awoke on earth they found a thick blanket of silvery-white covering the ground and the golden sun was i just peeping over the horizon so every i ! one was happy again although there were a few cold Angers and toes when they were pushed from Ihe blankets lat Mrs:. And then I lie Weather Man | was very sorry for his bad temper so jhe gave them Ihe loveliest sunny • wealher he could And for a whole 1 week and so made up for all the i horrible rain. But you may be sure i ! tlial Mr Jack Frost will never go visitL j ing again in the middle of Winter ns - lie does not want to be turned into a ) l frog at all.