Show When the Fairies Came Down the Rainbow I U I. I BY ny DAVIS j Gran Grandpa pa Star had come como to see th the Si rs- rs Minnie Torn Tom and Diablo rable or Of C course s grandpa Int n ed visiting ng the mamma and papa palla of ot the tile three little little- Stars but tile they were secondary tho the small trio coming coining first with the dear deal old man I 1 may as well t tell n you OU that the little Stars Stars' papa was dearold dear dearold dearold old grandpas grandpa's son eon but as he had long bong ago up p grandpa now turned most of ot his attention to his three most interesting little ones when whon he cam camo to pay an annual visit And Anti grandpa was the ver very best story storyteller storyteller teller in iii the world so the three little Stars would woud tell you Har Hardly ly an hour hourin if in the day went by when the tile children not In school that grandpa was not not- J kept bu busy telling yarns as he called caned It It- As Ai As' As grandpa arrived on Saturday m morning the children had the 11 day a tP to t P I with him a him a day un unbroken rol en b by school The Thc whole forenoon they in n a assisting assisting- grandpa in unpacking unpack unpack- lug Ins fill and putting his wardrobe in iii tho the I closet and bureau buteau drawers Then came came luncheon when the they must share his company with their parents J A grand time was planned for fur the afternoon for the they wore were to take grandpa to the park parl and ancI spend penel the tr w roaming rooming about In the woods or sitting beside the lake watching the thc boats hoats that bat flecked cl the water vater like so soman man many winged white birds But Dut h before ll p heon was vas over ovel clouds cloutis covered time the e sky and and a U heavy downpour was threat threat- oncil Tom Torn looking ing from froni tho the window cried Oh our afternoon is spoiled d It Is Is going to lo rain anti and If fC im i'm Im I'm any j judge dge Its Ha going to lo rain pitchforks So Soh Why h l isn't nl grandpa here ex exclaimed ox- ox claimed Minnie And how could an any afternoon bo ho spoiled l when he Is with U us Id I'd like hike to know and the little Mies 1188 looked her surprise at Torn's Toms re re- re mark what I M say put In Mabel 1 Tola's Tolas twin lwin If IC 1 wo WI Vi cant can't go so out we can go Into tho the big back porch porch- where no rain could ever evel get got and and sit round grandpa an and listen to a stor story Grandpa exchanged knowing smiles i w with h mamma and papa Star Then i he e bowed very Yen low to first one little girl Irl and amI then the tho other saying Very pretty of ot you O my ray dears to lo loay say ay such nice things of or an old ld chap Ike e me but I ma may not flot be able to dIspel the gloom oom of the storm However Im I'm willing to tr try m my best hest at entertaining three such fine Stars as yourselves I assure you Then the Star fan family adjourned to the he library papa Star going back to lo ils his office and mamma Star excusing herself to lo go 10 and amid look 1001 after afler a COO coop full ull of or little chickens which sho she ha had hadn 1 ln In n tb the back yard arll for Cor she feat feat-cu the storm might take lake o them unawares Grandpa sat in the big hiS window with he tho children hildren about his knee all nil lookin looking looking look look- in ing out at the coming coining rainstorm Wish wed we'd see a rainbow this minute minute min mill ute exclaimed Tom Then wed we'd know that tho the rain was over and we could coul go o to the park pal Rainbow rainbow said grandpa g Then his face tace lighting up he hie quickly added adde Say m my little come to the tho back bael porch and Ill I'll tell you OU a rainbow stor stOl stora a a real fair fairy tale that im i'm Im I'm sure you OU have ha never heard before In a jiffy the tle happy children were grouped about grandpa In the deepest corner of the ilie big porch all attention and ancl anticipation for for for-a a story om fl-om rein him hut always meant something Vell Well once a time began the Jolly old gentleman there lived a band of fairies in one ne of the European Euro guro- penn countries 8 where fairies were not liked lIl A cruel cruet king hated them forthe for fot the tho rca leason on that the they were always foilIng foiling foiling foil foil- ing him In iii his wl wickedness and giving hiving certain charms charm to lo his abused subjects subject that made them proof against t his evil ovi Intentions sometimes turning tua the tho tables on him an and bringing to him I sickness and heavy financial losses c. So So timEs this mean king made marle overtures to certain wicked 11 sprites that roamed the woods In iii company with a band banel o of witches s and anti wizards und antI made known to them his ugly intentions toward the good fairies tailles The sprites hating haling the fairies as fiS heartily as did the king icing lea readily offered their assistance in ridding ridding rid rid- ding themselves and the monarch o or of ortho the tho lanes farles flue They hastened hasten d to an old j 4 4 t f a liE I witch who held certain powers over ovel 1 the fairies and who was wicked d enough to lo use uso them then It if in return she could get the king t to tp give ghe ve her control I over o a apart part of his dominion This the I king Icing glad gladly consented to o do ero So th thy persecutions of oC the good fairies began and the thear war ar waged mercilessly many of fairies I caught In the old od witch's wilch's raps antI and killed One da day driven beyond their domain do- do main the poor poor fairies after vainly try try- big ing ig all their thelt charms against their I and antI cruel foes Cots found themselves themselves them them- selves u the clutches of a bund hand of oC witches and wizards who sho them b by man mall many hundreds They were on omi a n hillside cx exposed o e lo to the wizards wizard's and witches itches view vie and amid were rapidly being overtaken lJ by them 01 1 We Ve are aro loi boat t said the queen of oC fairies Our goodness cannot battle against the wickedness of or witches wizards wiz viz- a ards 1 18 sprites and cruel king Icing combined Like the poor POOl fawn that thai is pursued h by hy huntsmen on horses accompanied by fierce do dogs we C must surrender er and be e extermInated But just a as the tho disconsolate lolale queen spoke a Iwa heavy cloud gathered in the theaky i isky sky and settled settle down all about them Lightning Hashed flashed thunder um and andrain andrain rain such mch as had never boon beon seen been be before before be- be etore e- e fore tore fell In Ja torrents The th tile the I wizards the sprites and the kings king's I hosts were swept down the hlll hillside by tho the torrent and anI nearly neary all were drowned But Dut tho thu cruel king and the wicked old witch managed l to save rove their lives JIves and with all haste hasle returned to the kings king's castle swearing b by all that thal was sas unholy to avenge th themselves on the fairies whom thy held re responsible re- re tom for the flood uw strange to Jn say no heavy heah rain rail raint F I t fell ell where h th the fairies were ere assembled The GOU clouds seemed to part over o their heads and th the blue sky gleamed above o them while all all about was as thc darkness of night As soon as the king Ing and the ol old wItch had ta taken n flight toward shelter the tho clouds lifted an and a n. beautiful rainbow stood across I the land and one of t its ends resting on the thc very hill hm on whose whoso steep sleep side the I fairies still remained grouped On I beholding the rainbow the raInbow most perfect pot per feet on one oniS ever set sel on earth the earth the fairy I r the most beautiful forest they had ever er seen with rolling plains skirting U it and off in th the distance a long clear olear clearlake clearlake lake glistening in the sunshine Our land said Ute the queen waving her hier wand high above her head heaL A Anew Anew new I-ew an and a happy home for Cor my fairies she continued smiling on her followers follow follow- ers cis And nd her words were ere prophetic for from rom that day clay success and sc security url url- ty were theirs and they dw dwell lL in Ihfe place r. commonly called Fairyland Gran Grandpa pa paused at the end of the tile I w U c g H I I I J i- i The Tue Seemed a a- a aa a it Great High h Brul Bridge c Spanning Many uny Hundreds of or Miles lies rl queen IUCCI cen hastened towards lo it beckoning to b her hem I many followers to lo accompany I her To 10 their theil happiness the they found Cound tho the rainbow quite firm enough to lo sus- sus UH- UH fairies fairies' weight and ancl tile they all climbed oh on top of it It ft walking valk-ing and fly 1 I- I ing Ins by turns turps till they had reached a avery vcr very high P pait laIt of or the curve CUl Then the queen lucea called cabled all to a halt hall anti and tile they thoy held a council as ai to their further move All AH agreed that It waN va u useless elo to return to the place the they had Just escaped from and d decided c lt tl to go to the tho other end CUd of ot the tho rainbow So the tho they set out to lo follow Cullow wherever It might lead them knowing that tha their thell I tate fate could not Hot bo ho than It would bo be here hicie in the country countr of enemies For nH J many d days s 's the fairies traveled I and traveled lra part of the tune time over overland overland land and anda a part of oC tile the time over seas Fea and all tho the time limo the lie rainbow served ser as u a great hl high h bridge spanning man many hundreds of miles But Hut as tIle they Journeyed Jour jour- red nc-red along the rainbow would fade awn away and wholly holly holl disappear behind them thus showing the thc fairies that th thuy- thuy were serc safe safo f from om their enemies who could not follow ollow them having no trace their wandering On the fitten fit If- te ten nth h da day nn after r starting on their trip ho he fairies came to tho the other othel end of U. U the rainbow and there thero tho they landed In C l fJ t t c tale anti and looked on tho the faces of the tho three little Stars for COl the they had been lie Iho most Intel esting listeners s he lie had ever cr seen icon Not on ono WOl word had thc they spoken Jn while hulo th the Mol stor story was sas on oil his lips Ups and even cven now that It was told tho they sat sal as quiet Inlet as little mice fearIng fear fear- Ing lug to lo speak lest tho story to be bc erased mom their minds The rain rail was comIng com corn ing down pretty steadily and the fall Call wind which had hall brought it with a alash lash Clash was hardly still HUll though It was wearing ft lt itself out An As tho the old oM man mananti and anti the tue little sat al In sl- sl h lence the thc rain iain suddenly ceased th the clouds broke e aWa away the sun Still smiled from his place in tho western sl sky and across the not northern them hills there arched a great beautiful rainbow so brilliant that all ull four Cour our pair pall of or e eyes es were ero caught b by it and Tom Toni in an excited voice died cried Theres Theles the tho rainbow that the fairies came camo down and amid Ill I'll bet at the northern end Is Fairyland Fairland Gee Geel wish l h hw w we could go thero i Oh hut no one but fairies d can walk alk walkin I on in the rainbow declared Minnie It would let common people drop through wouldn't It I And grandpa gl nodded his head smil smiling in ing as h he said said- HAnd And now ve we ma may be off to the tho park for Cor tho thu rainbow I says g tile the storm Is over and tho sun aun Is com com- r. I f I r tt v Ing out Weve We've still an hour to lo I are watching the boats boals on the Jak lake Yes an and amId Im I'm glad l lf I i rained allied said Mabel for Cor if It II hadn't wed we'd not flOt have o havethe havethe the story of how the came down the rainbow an and found Cound that strange place Fairyland |