Show La LI H I l JL i T TI TI I I m I II a I THE LOST F FAIRY Part FAIRY Part II Xo No sooner had the fair fairy queen touched tho the fairy y girl on her head than I she bho became became-a n. n white shito rabbit and rim rem tho tiro woods You see sec what will happen to you m my fairies s if iC you run awa away or become a ji mortal morta said the queen you OU will be bechan chan changed cd Into a 1 white rabbit and can never n again aln become a fairy and a a. white rabbit you ou will remain for there Is only one olle wn way you ou can ean become a mortal mor mor- mortal tal then then- and that Is not likely to happen hap hap- pen pent The little fairies sail nl 1 the they never never neVel would run away from nom the tho queen as their fairy had lead done and they looked with sad sac eyes yes toward oward the spot where the little white whIlo rabbit had disappeared disappeared disappeared dis dis- appeared In the tho woods When hen the tho peasant awoke and found his iris wife was waR not there theio ho Jumped out of hie hi bed and looked everywhere In Inthe tho the house hout c. c First he looked under tho the bed bcd thinking thinking- she had played a n. joke on him and hidden th there thele e then he looked In air the tine closet and In the attic but no nowhere nowhere no- no where whre could he hol find her IIo He looked the tho mountain over for or her but she thc hall had gone one and left no trace her hr disappearance was WaR as mysterious mysterious mysterious mys mys- as her coming coming- and the peasant peasant peasant peas peas- I ant began to wonder If after all she sho might not have ha boon been a fair fairy One day when he ire sat SIlt outside e his cot- cot tako take door loor weeping for his iris wife a n littie lIt lit- I tie white whito rabbit ran tan up beside him and he began n to rub ruh Its head a against his 1 leg 12 The peasant reached ed down and took it up lu In his hiM lap an and stroked d Its hf head ad Poor cre cn creature tur havo have you ou lost your mate lie ire staid said When hen he put It on tho the ground to his surprise It did not run rum Into the woods but stayed close beside him When Vh ho he went Vent Inside tho the cottage tho tiro rabbit hopped hOlpe up to the door sill too and the peasant took pity on it I and took it In tho tiro cottage i I lie fed Cell it with lettuce and green I things and anet made a bed bcd for tor It close beIde beside beside be be- side Ide his own for somehow the little white rabbit seemed to comfort him when he thought ht of ot his lost wife One da day when ho he was walking about tho the mountain ho he saw a a. pair of ot shoes hoes under a n. bush hush They were so small he wondered If It they were magic shoes He lie took them Into his cottage and put them on tho tine floor No sooner did the iho white rabbit see sen ee the tho shoes than it ran and sat down clown beside th them m poking at them Its Us nose So close beside the shoes did dill th the little lit little lit lit- tle lie rabbit keep that the peasant picked 1 it up and put It in one of ot the tho shoes But Dul no sooner lOoner had the rabbit touched the inside of tho tiro shoo than out the tine door went the shoe with Ith the rabbit rabbit rab rab- bit bit and ran so 80 fast the tho peasant who tried to follow could not keep up with I it Ito IIo kept on running however and I saw the t shoe hoe go swiftly down the I mountain an and Into tho woods at the I foot of or it The Tho peasant kept on and when whon th the tho shoe phoe came to the door of or tine the ca cave cavo of ot tho the old witch it stopped When hen the old witch came out and saw sav the shoe with the white rabbit In it she he said So the queen Quen found you ou didn't she I told you OU to throw the shoes down tho the side of the mountain Why In didn't you ou do as T I told you ou There is only one thing that can I save savo you ou now and that is that some mortal should ask Ik you to marry him and that will not be likely to happen for mortals do not riot care to marry little white rabbits JR D v The little rabbit hun hung its h heal head J but it could not speak although h It heard n what the witch said But tho the peasant who had heard alt also o every overy word said by th the witch began to understand and he ran to th theT witch and said I 1 will marr marry the little white whitt rabbit mother witch give us your blessing The Tho witch waved her cano cane ne over him himM himas as M he ho picked up the little white rabbit from tho the shoe and there in hl his arms tho the pea peasant ant found his wife again and anel this time she was a n. mortal for tor good and andall nl alt all time the fair fairy spell had passed from herI her I give gh you my blessing said the witch and a n. present besides when you OU reach home let ho fro first thing you do be to look In iri the lire other ma magic lc shoe she sho said ald to the wife then throw the thc shoe down tho tiro side of or the mountain or orthe orthe orthe the same fate that happened happen d to you will happen to what you find In the shoe The Tire wife promised sho she would keep her hr promise this time and that as ns soon as ns she reached home the tho shoe should be thrown away The peasant and his wife thanked the lire old witch and anil hurried back to their cottage and when the they looked inside the magic shoe what did lId the they see but a 11 dear little baby girl smiling up at them Tho wife picked It up and hug hugged cd it close to her and said to her husband Lose no time take the shoe hoe and throw it far tar over tho the side of ot the mountain mountain mountain moun moun- tain m my baby bab- must remain a mortal for tor she might not be as lucky as I was waa In finding a a. mortal who vho would be bo willing will will- lag ing to marr marry a a. little white rabbit to find his wife wite Tho The peasant lost no time in throw throw- away the magic shoo and then he helan heran heran ran lan back to tho the cave of the old witch and asked her to bo be godmother to their little girl and tho the old witch was wasso so sn pleased that she waved over tho the baby girl her cane cane and said as a a. gift she would cause the bab baby always to be happy and anti grow ow up into a beautiful and good woman Whether the fairy queen ever knew what be became of ot the tho white rabbit the peasant and his wife never knew but butI I if she did dM the little fairies never were told for the queen was too wise She Sire would never he be sure of any o othe of the fairies staying with her if it there was chance of being LeinS' as happy happ as the fairy sister who ran away and married a mortal |