Show an open oben r letter leiter t to 0 the readers ol of daddys daddes Dad dys evening fairy tales from mary graham bonner mao alno outlier author of daddes Dad daddys dys bedtime animal stories Dad daddy dys bedian fairy st ahto tie dadalt Da dilT bedtime elrd st Bt H s D S outdoor bt ht orlet orle k dear girls and boys and grawn ups and in when the holiday season comes along authors become a little bolder you know and creep out from froin their caves or away aay from their pencils and pens rind and typewriters and try t to catch h glimpses of some ot 0 their readers reade it n not 0 t possible for them to see atheni all B but ut I 1 have seen many of ray my readers with my iny eyes shut arid and at this time I 1 lovo love to shut my deyeo and think of those readers I 1 can see them in small smil rooms and big rooms rooms whre where there ure are good old warm lamps by to read and rooms where electric lights shine down on the pages or gas light and I 1 see them of that best of nil all fric frienda ads santa onus claus find and of his dog boy of the north and of santas magic telescope through which he be can see the smiles ot 0 his many friends rheuda when alien they open their gifts on christmas morning I 1 see sec them reading of old mr giant find and witty witch and the fairy wondrous secrets and the dreamland king of gypsy haze and midgle moon and the good old man blan himself and mr sun bun and as I 1 can see pe them reading in all these rooms fill all over the country I 1 wish I 1 knew them all for id like to tell them that they fire are really the creators creator of these stories I 1 it Is because they like them because they encourage and enthuse and because I 1 please them i that I 1 w want ant to go on and on making them better and better all the time when one Is not welcome in a house ahouse it makes one feel in at ease and embarrassed barr assed but when one la Is cordially greeted grel ted one feels so happy and Is at ones best so it Is I 1 give you of my best my very best because you have given eh en we me of cordiality which f I 1 feel even when I 1 can neither see it nor hear bear it so at this time tim ewhen nae a alet yearl year Is ba beginning gi I 1 could not resist writing to all ot of you es every cry one of 0 you I 1 to the boys and itris girls I 1 han lei le i little secrets to tell yo your u r sai baillo a e will be coming coining to you lu in the year to come porky pig and brother bacon are bartoo far too greedy greed y as you and ana I 1 know to keep from shoving their little snouts right light straight into a story every so 00 oft often I 1 and there will be new friends friend too lots of new nev ones but theold ibe old ones ones will not bo be lost all be on hand band grunting cackling crowing quacking squealing shrieking chattering whispering smiling and dancing an and holi hoi lne ing that yown uko like th them ern an all a as they like you I 1 and bl margaret argaret M U pifer will be making alem look their best in her wonderful pictures porky pig grunted to we me la confidence not long ago but he told roe me I 1 might tell this to his bin real fr lenda that to no pictures had bad ever done him justice until margaret 11 fifer come came along and that that wan true of all ills his family and the we well the fairies say ashes just like a pat fairyland mylana artest almost too go good od to I 1 be truel true I 1 but my letter must come to an end I 1 I 1 with loving holiday greet greetings greetle lu s and the happiest of happy new years to every friend of daddys daddes Dad dys evening fairy tales talca girls and boys and grownups grown ups upa a and d in I 1 remain your very placere ila i sincere cere story companion MARY GRA 1101 bonnil BONNE 11 A T j |