| Show ' THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE JUNIOR Page Six Grandpa Tel Is AUGUST 9 1938 A REAL MERMAID Story About Fairy Court “Grandpa” said Betty as she out into the beautiful moonlit garden "tell us about sotnethlng unusual It seems like such a mysterious night” a "Oh yes do!” said Tom “Well it was like this” and grandpa started on one of his interesting stories “I was a very small boy of about 8 I believe My older brother Jack was teaching me to ride horseback One night he told me to take the horse and go to the swamp and meet him on the lower road I started out but had only gone a little way when my horse became frightened Just then I heard a hissing sound in the bushes to the side of the road The horse became almost unmanageable so I hurriedly turned back as I wasn't a good rider "My brother told me it was all my Imagination and he was determined I should ride to the end of the swamp-roaI was still frightened so he rode with me When we came to the place where I had heard the hissing sound both the horses became so frightened they dashed madly away and I fell off of inlne I crawled in and out of the bushes and then I found a small water snake and it was making the noise we had heard “I thought I heard wagon wheels in the distance and called out as loud as I could but they didn’t hear me I hurried along The reeds were over my head and I couldn’t see which direction to take I finally crossed a creek I couldn’t ‘remember having seen it before” Grandfather looked toward Betty’s bed and then toward Tom’s but they were both wide awake “Oh go on please” said Tom "Yes grandpa do please” coaxed Betty “Well siree! I was lost!” continued grandpa “The sun was going down and it was becoming dark when I heard soft voices Then I heard my name called out I turned quickly around and saw a very sweet looking fairy dressed in pale pink material of some kind 'We have come to entertain you’ she said ‘But first you must take a test given by our queen to see if you deserve it Come with me’ and with that she snapped her pretty fingers and fifty lovely little fairies just like herself appeared carrying a SUNDAY MORNING The voicSes of the night crept in to Maveurneen where she was cjirled up in her little white The darkness seemed to bed blanket her and' kiss her goodnight but still she did not slesep She thought of the beautiful old looked ’ Answer to This Week's Puzzle Mavourneen Gets Sight Of Wonders fairy stories her grandmother had related that evening Mavourneen arose and went to the window The moon made ttye lawn below her a shining silver plate Surely this yt&s one of the nights when fairies danced beneath the moon As no photographs of fairies were available-wdecided to' publish this picture of a modern mermaid Miss Anne Lynch who can swim in a fish bowl! At least it looks that way and who are we to dispute the evidence of the camera The cameraman claims that this is an ordinary fish bowl and that Miss Lynch is average size so probably this is as close to a fairy picture as we could get ‘ The Fairies’ Ball “Dear Darling Dab: "Daddy said I couldn’t come down for a whole week because I stayed an hour too late last time I don’t think dad was ever 10 years old I think he(was net in which I was later carried to the fairy queen “ 'I do believe you’ve brought a mortal to me’ said the queen “ ‘Yes said one of the prettiest of the fairies 'and he seems to be rather a nice child I think he-iready for the test your majesty “She looked at me for a moment and then said ‘Did you bring in your kindling for the fire before 7 this morning?’ “ ‘No ’mmm 1 answered shivering in my shoes “Then she continued to ask various questions just like this one aU about whether I had fed the horse on time and did I do everything my father asked me to until finally I was almost on the verge of tears And I was very much ashamed of myself Then she asked me how I got ihto the swamp and I told her the whole story “The queen dismissed court and I began to play with the fairies When one of the fairies motioned me to come closer to her and told me I had passed the test much higher than most mortals do I was very much surprised “We had a grand time playing together but all of a sudden the fairies all disappeared as dawn was coming on I went to sleep soon after that and did not wake up until morning And it was strange but I soon found the road home Everybody was glad to see me as they had been hunting all over for meAnd stranger still I never could find that creek again Grandpa looked at Betty and Tom and they were both sound asleep s ELLA JOANNETTE FERRELL 13 Salt Lake City just always grown up Don’t tell a single soul about our palace I have to go over to Aunt Henny’s with the butter so I am leaving this I hope you see my red hanky in the big tree which means a ‘letter Please answer soon Cab” Dab sat with her toes in the still pond and her shoes and stockings were beside her on the grassy bank She was reading the note The fairy castle in the creek was lovely and beautifully cool and she was sure her daddy had been wrong about coyotes Anyway she wasn’t a bit afraid of the creek any more She propped a scrap of paper on her knee and with the stub of a pencil wrote an answer to Cab’s letter “Dearest Cab: ' I do think dads are kind of funny but sometimes they’re kind of nice too Next Friday my dad is going to a bankers’ meeting at Junction City Both of our moms will be at Ladies’ Aid and your dad will be watering the north field so why not come up and we’ll play fairies’ ball in the fairy castle? Dab” Dab folded the note securely put it in the stump and taking her shoes and stockings waded upstream Friday afternoon Cab came bouncing up the road to Dab who was waiting eagerly for her “Gee I thought you’d never come” Dab said catching Cab’s hand “But weve got to take Meredith along for Marcia went with daddy and Bessie with mama and I have to tend him” she added with a sullen pout for Meredith was none other than a pesky little brother two years old j “Oh never mind” Cab said '"He can be the baby prince or the silver page or something or other” Dab disappeared into the house (Continued on Page 10) Suddenly Mavourneen sat up very straight and still for she had seen the moon wink his old yellow eye at her Then from below Mavourneen heard the tinkle of tiny bells Her heart skipped a beat when from be- hind the knarled trunks of trees and from behind bushes little folk came dancing The little people were dressed in every hue of the rainbow 'First Came little fairies in green These whirled into a circle Following them were fairies in pink and lavender After them came fairies in costumes of every color The fairies twirled and whirled and pirouetted in the silver moonlight In the middle of a wild fantastic dance one little fairy climbed upon a rock In comparison to him the rock was very large In his hand he held the smallest of silver trumpets Raising it to his lips he blew three of the sweetest notes in all Fairyland Instantly the dance of the fairies ceased Each fairy stood yery still For a moment not a sound could be heard among the fairies Then breaking the breatless silence came the tinkle of tiny silver bells The Fairy Queen! And as she approached in splendor with her train of each fairy curtsied low When the queen reached the center of the circle of fairies she cast aside her cape of gauzy hue and lifting her filmy train she danced daintily forward whirling and twirling she danced to the clapping of fairy hands until the first light showed in the east Then the fairies danced away to Fairyland Mavourneen rubbed her eyes again and again No she didn’t know whether she was dreaming or not But it didn’t matter because it had all been fairies-ln-waiti- ng MARGUERITE PHIZACKLEA Eureka Entertaining and Wholesome BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS DESERET BOOK COMPANY4i Eal South Tempi - |
