Show I 7 MM 90 S M S r rOnce f Once Upon on a Time long long ago In the beautiful Fjord Country of Scandinavia and the Black Forests of Europe Myths were born and Fairy Tales grew out of them They l' l were handed down from generation to generation and the t. t children w were ere nurtured on them as they listened wide-eyed wide r and believing for Fairy Tales are merely Dreams of E the human spirit that soar above the mundane Dreams of j 4 wonderful things and situations that seem Impossible but butt t somehow through the Fairy Element come true truey Today the trend for children and all of us is Is away from Fairy Tales toward the mere mundane mundane only its it's called Realism and this Is s tragic because much of the Magic and Wonder that can turn the most hum-drum hum life lUe Into a thing of beauty Is lost to us Many of the young believers alas have grown up to become skeptics and the knowledge Is lost that Fairy Tales CAN COME TRUE I KNOW THEY CAN BECAUSE I AM PART OF ONE ONE AND SO ARE YOU Last summer a few weeks before the Mormon Miracle Pageant was presented on Manti Mantl Temple Hill HUl I had arrived to live among you and try to make a dream come true This newspaper ran an open letter of gratitude to me for my efforts 1 It was so beautifully expressed It left me speechless and very humble for it should have been the OTHER WAY AROUND This little article I am trying to write now is my poor way of trying to thank all of you In Sanpete County In open letter for your acceptance of a stranger In your midst who often acted I was told later like a Top Sergeant and you returned this action with your love The fact that you all gave me your belief and trust although I had no way x of PROVING what I had In mind until It was an actuality strengthened my testimony ten-fold ten in the goodness of the Lord In touching the hearts of His people For truly If we have His Spirit we are ONE In thought and deed and through the Spirit of the Lord GREATER THINGS than Fairy Tales are wrought among mankind If we but become aware of them Where In the history of the world can you find a story so full of true magic than the MORMON Story For years I had had in the back of my mind a desire to do something in the theatre that would be acceptable to the Lord and present our Latter-Day Latter Saint story to the world in all Its It's miraculous majesty But But this desire became almost hopeless as I saw what was happening In the theatre and the downward trend It was taking I had not given up but I had definitely postponed any such effort to the dim and distant future Then out of the BLUE it happened Although at the time I Idid Idid Idid did not know it When Brother Clair Anderson called me on the phone at the suggestion of Francis I almost said No I was all tied up at the time with my fingers In too many other pies But all of a sudden I found myself saying Yes I had never been to ManU Mantl In my life Ute I had never heard of the Mormon Miracle story by Grace Johnson having Just returned to Salt Lake City after living In remote corners of the world but I said Yes And when I stood on Manti ManU Temple Hill that Story I KNEW THEN that first year narrating as the Golden Thread of Events unwound that THIS was the F FABRIC of REAL Fairy Tales I THE TIME HAD COME THE PLACE WAS HERE AND I HAD FOUND MY DREAM THE MORMON MIRACLE PAGEANT was the Dream I wanted to work with and bring into reality If I could be so fortunate as to have the chance Well you all gave me that chance because without your terrific support your complete cooperation and the warmth of your wonderful love which uplifted me and gave me strength the Dream never could have been achieved We became a TEAM and even though I still do not know many of your names I know your hearts and your spirits and your faces which continue to strengthen and sustain me Never did I encounter an unkind word or a remark Under conditions such as these creation becomes a joy work is no longer a burden and each Individual contributes a substance rarer than rubies I thank my Father In Heaven for giving me the wonderful opportunity of working with you and getting to know you for it is a blessing that will wiIl grow and remain with me through all eternity There are really no words that I can think of to express my feelings but they say Actions are louder than Words so let me come como again next summer summer- for even MORE will be expected of us now that we have set seta a precedent We have a grave responsibility but it can be joyous too The Pageant must be bigger and better than ever so that no one will be disappointed In it after the wonderful things that have been said about It For our FairyTale FairyTale Fairy Tale is truly a MIracle THE MORMON MIRACLE Lets Let's make it come true again We CAN you know because the FAIRY ELEMENT my Good Friends is FAITH And FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD Affectionately Macksene S. S Rux |