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Show Fairy Fakfe Bonner - lijp THE GAME The Moonbeams looked very bright and happy gleaming from the sky. Kill Hip "Let Me See?" "Don't you want us?" they asked, though they already al-ready knew the answer an-swer to their question. ques-tion. "Of course I want you," said Mr. Moon, "and so do the people. Moonbeams are so happy and gay. They dance and they almost seem to sing." "We'll s!ng Just for you, Mr. Moon," they said. And the Moonbeams Moon-beams san this song : Oh, not when It's day, Do we laugh and play. But when it is night, We Rhine and are bright. We laugh and we sing. We love everytking. We love Mr. Moon, And soon, very soon, We're going to shine, For a party of nine. "That's a wonderful song," said Mr. Moon, "but might I ask how you're going to shine for a party of nine? "Did you say that just for the rhyme?" "We might have," said the Moon beams, "but we didn't have to this' time. "There are nine people going on the sleighride which you and we are going to accompany. There are eight children and a nice, good-natured farmer daddy who seems to be enjoying the ride as much as the children." "Let me see," said Mr. Moon, as he blinked one eye. "The moon is very bright tonight," said the children. "It will be wonderful wonder-ful for our ride. See how the moonbeams moon-beams dance, too i" "Well, well," said Mr. Moon, "we certainly must keep on going along with them. They've noticed us and they see'm to like us." So the Moon seemed to shine more brightly than ever even such a high creature as he enjoyed a little extra praise. It does almost every one good to hear something nice once in awhile. "They seemed pleased to see us dance," said the Moonbeams. "We'll give them a special treat of our own game our moonbeam game of tag." "Do," snld Mr. Moon. "They'll en-Joy en-Joy chat." So the Moonbeams danced and played tag with each other, and Mr. Moon beamed, too, and shone for all he was worth. "The Moon Is so bright," the children chil-dren kept saying, as they went bounding bound-ing over the snow In their long sleigh which was filled with straw. "It almost seems as If I could catch a moonbeam," said one child. The Moonbeams went so near the children they thought they could catch them, but the Moonbeams got away In time, for they said they could not be caught by really real children, or they wouldn't be really real moonbeams. moon-beams. The snow was so soft and white and sparkling. The snowfiakes which had fallen to the ground, said to the Moonbeams : "Make us look like glorious diamonds dia-monds and glittering Jewels. We want to appear royal and noble and beautiful before the children." And the Moonbeams Moon-beams did ns the snow flakes hail asked. What a dazzling daz-zling night It was as they rode along over the snow with the Moon, t h e Moonbeams and the children of old King Snow as their companions. When the chll dren reached the home of the little boy who had given giv-en the party, and were having some "They Couldn't Catch Us." delicious hoi supper, ever) child ln turn said : "I almost caught n Moonbeam." Outside the window the Mionbeams were still dancing and looking at the ' children and laughing: "They couldn't catch tis. (hey couldn't catch us. They couldn't catch us." And the Moon answered them and said: "No. little Moonbeams, la yoip game of moonbeam lag you ceil only calch each other, and even then It's very hard. " " i ' 1 1 what a g'orlous g.ini" you do pln.v I" |