Show inn inal GOLD KIY KEY 1 M I i upon ft A time there was a little oil 11 ii es f who ho used to ride a black puny pony nd il every time she he could run aim r ili her attendants she he lid did and rent wool i I 1 the forest not far from the castle cirp die she lived livel oni I 1 11 a while x thu e was riding alone lo 10 ill ile f rent site he saw a it little gold key illicit from a tree branch now I 1 in n I 1 r lint hut will open thought the I 1 neng just ni as any other little orl irl ill lilt lime wondered 11 I 1 reached up and took the hod when she he did ehe she noticed i irn irr tin of water nater ahead of her which 1413 A k w 6 r 0 J t running to the th little home house and looking all around slip bad had never seen before jn in fact I 1 flip slip ige tined to be in a strange place I 1 lutt noti ing looked as it did before when t ilie had been in the forest tile pony did not need urging be t walled right into the water but tun hen they came to the opposite aide side of the stream the princess to her amazement found that her black vel yet vet dress had changed clin need to white and ler her black pony was as white as enow snow this was not all the whole country 11 around was white the leaves on I 1 the trees glittered like silver the ground was as like crystal and before I 1 her tier was a hill like a huge block of I 1 ice lee the little princess was not frightened t by this strange white country 6 not at all she thought it was an ad I 1 venture and shaking the reins on the 6 pony s nack nyk she was A as soon galloping P up the chatal hill which though very t slippery to look at al seemed not to I 1 bother the pony at all as bla his little feet went clattering along at the top of the hill the princess I 1 found a little white house and this I 1 too was aas like crystal the gold key ehe thought 1 I do believe it will un I 1 lock the door t but as she came closer the prin t cess was surprised to find there was P to door to this strange looking place oh I 1 must get in she said jumping from her pony and running to the I 1 little house and looking all around I 1 close under one side aide the princess I 1 found a place just big enough to crawl through ab oh what in adventure she thought as she abe anade her way under the little crystal boue house title coon soon found herself inside and ani hen then bile now raw the door a door that wo was not open with a keyhole she knew the he little fold gold key the she carried must ot at the princess forgot her pony out alila in she had hill not topped stopped to hitch blin ill in her excitement and now the he thought only of opening the closed door to learn what wa as on the other tide side she placed the key in the lock it fitted I 1 she turned it IL the door opened and an icy wind struck her tier face facet I 1 she was as not to be frightened however and so the she topped stepped into the room it wax was a dreary looking spot it did not seem em to be a room at all it wai was more mo of a dark cloudy sky ky than a room the princess thought as the he tried to see through tho the gloom after A minute she saw in the dis tance something that teemed seemed whiter than the gloom and nd the brave brats little princess Prin cees made her way aay to it and on a big white fur rug the he found a boy asleep w with ith a face ai as white ai as mow now instead of feeling afraid the prin cess ces felt a great pity for the poor boy so white looking and her tear tears began to fall on this handsome white face suddenly a wonderful nond erful change came oer the room the cloudy gloom faded away and the room was as filled with light like the sun un shining through the mist the eye eyes of the handsome youth opened 0 and he smiled at the irin prin cess lour pity has saved me he aid said nothing but that could have broken the spell of the frozen en chant ment and I 1 know you are a princess for a princess it had to be to pity me before the princess could reply another change had taken place her iler dress was no longer white and ebe she with the youth was standing in the areat forest where ehe she had found the little gold hey key beside the black pony but where Is the white hite country and the hill and all the strange things inquired the princess gone replied the prince for he was the prince yon you must have guessed by this time you have bays broken the spell that held me and the only thing left ts Is happiness happ lne if you will be my wife ahen hea the king and queen heard the story of their daughters adventure and learned that it was a prince she bad found they gave their consent to the marriage and one night there was a grand ball at rt the castle and the prince and princess were married of all he the fairy stories they told their children they best loved to hear bear the one about the little gold key and the door it unlocked ac 1111 1913 by mcclur mcclure newspaper syndicate ernd lett |