Show aveni fa lyyli fairy 0 1 Tat 4 wa nary graham bonner if WITTY WITCH in fairyland said witty witch to the alio umbrella bird 1 I ant am well known know n and they know that I 1 am kind and gentle you pyou are arent you asked tile the umbrella bird they dont latter flatter you too much do they dont be worried umbrella bir bird sold enid witty witch tho the fairies do not flatter me for I 1 nui am as an gentle as can call be but some people years ago spread around the story that all witches were terrible creatures cren turoa and oil oh dear it la Is so hard to make people get a wrong idea out of their heads 1 I am not terrible at all im really not everyone loves me in fairyland 1 I tell them stories and am as aa jolly as can be so youre gentle and friendly eh asked tile tho umbrella bird again tin im glad to know that really for ive heard that story myself and I 1 was a little afraid of you when I 1 saw you in your tall lint hat bah ah a witch fashion why dont you war wear a different one then no BO one would know you were a witch 1 it I t would do no good if I 1 did that answered witty witch 1 I want to fo tell ever everyone yorm that witches tro oro nice and it if I 1 look like it 0 witch how could I 1 shola them 1 I would do tile alie family famay of witches no good at all and that horrid old story would go on being told to ahll dren dr en 1 I that lint Is what makes mo me so angry oh so angry I 1 I 1 lovo love children and they are so often told that I 1 nm am horrid old witch it Is too bad said the ambre umbrella 11 a bird 1 I am iglai that you have told mo me your story but tell roe me why you are here down in south america 1 I am going about the country witty witch said trying to lot let it be known to the creatures of the woods and to all who do not know my story so they will whisper it to tho the children in their dreams and tell them that I 1 now will you tell me your story am a nice kind gentle witch and that I 1 love to tell stories and make everyone laugh now will ivill you tell mo me your story my story repeated tho the umbrella bird 1 I do not know any story but I 1 have a trouble as you have I am supposed to bo be selfish because I 1 will never lendey lend my umbrella I 1 really cant lend it it Is quite impossible ilow how annoyed I 1 do get too hearing of people who lose their umbrellas or their friends umbrellas and being careless with them its so easy to keep an umbrella um brella it if only one ta Is careful I 1 witty witch looked at the um umbrella brells bird and saw the big crest over slin dowing his whole head to be sure eure ho he could not tend lend his umbrella it was a part of him it ii was fastened to ills his head and consisted of bf some extra feathers but it would indeed make a tine fine umbrella uni brella for him its too bad aey think you are sel ish 11 said witty witch for it ij gainly your fault you cant tend lend your umbrella any more than you can lend a wing or a toot but you must be patient with others why asked tile the umbrella bird it lg is so stupid to lose an umbrella h he e continued 1 11 I have never lost mine no said watfy witch for tho ali very same game reason that keeps jou front from lending it you cant ebu biou deou must have A little patience with those whose umbrellas arent fastened on their heads you yon never heard of people forgetting an arm because its part of them but I 1 am very glad to have met you 1 I have beara you y outspoken spoken of the south american fruit crow but your other niame of umbrella bird suits you much better 11 and the umbrella bird looked much pleased |