Show P A awn rr i fulir u tale MAW S M M UN ON THE JOLLY JOURNEY fly nigh Is the bird belonging to the elves he Is not a real bird as youve heard before but a conle belleve bird for the elves he talks poland talk and he has the broadest back ever seen ills body Is very bs and Is of bright red calir and his wings are also very enormous are they very enormous looking when lie them out his wings ore black hello called the clui hello fly high V on t you here hy elgh they had hardly unlashed speaking when there swooped down before them none other than FI high himself ladles gentlemen boys girls elv s what can I 1 do for you today this very day no other day but today 1 we are longing ato take a journea jour nev a trip said the elves tte all to climb upon your broad back and go up in the air so high so you almost reach the sky laughed fly high 1 I can finish your poem for you iou see e dlan t mean it to be a said the elves but of course we are delighted that it has turned out to be a poem and we are most grateful to you it was a pleasure said fly nigh bowing iov he said after a moment it Is a pleasure to do anything for the elves any time I 1 can write a poem CT two for iou any time I 1 can sing for you with my tunny hoarse voiced don t mean that my voice Is like a horses and that 1 can neigh but my husky unmusical voice I 1 would be glad to sing for ou any time I 1 can take ou for rides I 1 d be glad to do fco for I 1 am I 1 ly bilyi bour very own bird ready to do your bidding at any hour of the day night morning afternoon twilight daylight sansei moonlight sunlight and all the other hours and moments and weeks and dais it matters not in aliat order I 1 siy all these things continued grinning it doean doesn t matter in the least said the elves for QU are always so will ing alie ever willing ever ready fly elgh ou haven t as yet told me where you wanted to go said I 1 ly high e want i ou to choose the trip said the elves so they all climbed on the great broad wings of and up in the air they went fly elgh took them to visit the clouds they chatted with the hang of the clouds they played games with the army of raindrops and the mist grandchildren and when they did that the king of the clouds lent them all little blue raincoats for he said my children like to play with water and BO do my grandchildren so you had better wear raincoats and to be sure you keep dry they visited the mountain tops and heard the stories the sun and the moon bad told to the tall pine trees after awhile they visited a big field where in the center fly nigh stopped right on a nice little grassy mound where there were autumn leaves all around there to the huge surprise of the elvea fly nigh took out a lunch basket which he had hidden under one of his wings which the king of the clouds bad given to him so they all had a luncheon picnic of goodies sent by the king of the clouds lovely aluf fy delicious food that melted in their after awhile mouths and fly iilah smiled that their trip and journey had been so successful tte elves said was nicest trips they had ever taken and to be given a luncheon by the king of the clouds was such an honor and such a trent |