Show PRINCESS Part Parti I I. I I Princess Cantina Camilla lived livell In Jn a castle j like most princesses s. s but she was not nota I a rich princess So poor little had had to work Just like any common peasant girl and cook the meals for tor herself herse and her father The old castle where when and her father lived had fallen into decay and only a few rooms at one end were WE're now used A kitchen and a bedroom apiece were all the rooms that Can Can- tilla and her father the old king used and the furniture was so old It hardly held together One day was pas cooking soup for dinner and antI as the steam rolled up from the kettle thought she saw a face with a long beard look- look I her A little man with a misshapen back and a long white beard the ends of which he carried over one arm stepped from the cover of the boiling pot and hopped to the floor Princess he said bowing low be before before be- be I be-I fore I am an enchanted dwarf warf I can give you back your once I beautiful home hom and make your father fathera II a rich king again began to smile at the I thought of all the luxury and comfort the dwarf pictured and she lost sight I of his ugly looking body and face for fora a minute but she was brought to her senses by what the dwarf next said All AlI this I will give you Princess If you will become my wife I he said taking a step closer to her I Oh no no no I cannot do that said holding up both hands as if to ward off oft even the thought of ot such sucha I a thing Wait Walt said the dwarf Do not be beso beso so hasty my princess he said I II 1 I I will come again for your reply tonight i at the fountain In the garden where the honeysuckle grows grOwE Before could r reply ply to this I he swung his beard over his head and disappeared In a cloud of what looked I like steam or smoke That night while she was she was awakened by someone touchIng touching touching touch- touch Ing her on the face open your eyes Open your eyes eyes eyes' she heard someone whisper whisper whisper whis whis- per close to her ear and again she felt the touch of something on her f face ce S opened her eyes and sat up in bed The room was quite bright and a n. beautiful lamp with a pink silk silks s slade ade gave everything in the room a arose arose arose rose tint Cantina was sure she was dreaming dreaming- I for It was not her old shabby room at atall atall atan all an she was looking at I She looked down at the covering of her bed that bed that was pink silk too she 5 felt of in and found it was filled with I the softest down she also noticed that 1 she wore a beautiful of ot pink silk sUk and lace I On the floor beside the bed on a soft pink vink rug stood two little lIttle- satin slippers slippers slip slip- pers trimmed with I r am ant dreaming said I I but I will enjoy it while it lasts and I she looked about her I The furniture was white and gold I I and soft pink rugs covered the floor Her bed had little gold cupids on each II post and they held In their hands the ends of pink silk formed the I canopy for her bed little frills of lace I fell fen from the bottom of the silk making mak mak- mak-I mak I ing it look very soft and pretty in the lamp light I put her little feet out of bed and slipped them Into the slippers I and 1 walked OVE over r to tire gold old oid and white 1 S. S I edv m dressing table at the oth room ill Everything was so 80 ill I Just looked at first th then thena n a n. gold brush and smoot She took up each of thea tides and saw that on oni thie letter C J They must belong tl But of cour dream she said as asI yF drawer of a big gold goldan am What she saw made with wonder for the dra with beautiful clothes opened the others she were filled with silk and andI clothes 11 J forgot all abo I and ran just as awake to a closet She swung ba back k and andl l' l hung before her silk dresses and blue sill white and dainty gr greet er silk dresses Now I did not tell jy tilla Ulla had black hair wl long curls about her pr PI over her pretty whites whitens her eyes eyeR were as deep deepest blue of a violt viole she put on one of ot the pin and stepped in front of i she forgot all else Then suddenly she hea called softly CantillaS voice said m looked up an Rn of ot the mirror stood al ta a dressed In pink gauze Oh you rou have a prett too said Cantina forg surprised at seeing a af f froom room fl Yes Tes but It is the own said the little ere smile while you have a a pretty dresses but ther then wears out and yours will You Tou mean I will wa minute I suppose IB Is Yes Tes I know It Is a having a good time UI LII fl have a dream like this I wouldn't mind being I Ithe the day IP Ah but you are not all Princess sf and If you vou will follows you more of your bea beaCome beaCome Come along M did not answer f after the fair fairy who sk ski before like a litt alItt Tomorrow I will tell about and the fal fa falb falTo To b be continued tot toi |