| Show TWICE TOLD TOLD TALE WITH HAPPIER ENDING ft Once upon a time Arabella started forth t t rth on a quest for the Enchanted ity ity where she had heard al aI the theyS Joys yS of life were dispensed with a lavish hand All along the way were a. a Jd friends who helped her to attain the th e object of her search At the enchanted en en- 1 chanted gate she was met by three o princesses each of whom guarded larded the entrance of a beautiful palace lace As Arabella watched she saw that around each palace grew wonder wonder- fui I flowers only differing in color color color- front from the doors came sounds of ofU U laughter and music and pleasures un- un old Arabella did not care which sae entered but as she stopped to ascend ascend ascend as as- the steps of the first she found he e smiling princess blocking her way And nd so it was with each one in succession suc sue cession As she was turning to leave the e enchanted city whose chief joys 11 Were Yere denied her the three princesses I Pointed toward a Middle l Way At various stages of her journey down lown it she she found found- little booths where she r might stop and where she met many r lnore beautiful princesses like those whom she had seen at the portals of Of the palace lalace and they made every every- I thing so pleasant for Arabella that she hated to continue on her way In each of these litte booths she noticed a strange thing thing mirrors mirrors surrounded her at every turn turri and unlike ordinary mirrors they took the impression and retained it So Arabella knew that all along her her- herway way v y were ineffaceable traces of her her actions actions thoughts and heart As sh she she- proceeded th they y told her that if these images lJ re e all found to be perfect when she had followed the road to its end she would be ac accorded the greatest honor ever shown to visitants of the Enchanted En Enchanted Enchanted En En- chanted City and nd would be asked to join them in the beautiful palaces which she had had seen when she first entered entered entered en en- the he City Beautiful They aso also told her that at there were many Whose images were perfect but for whom hom there was no no room at the first palaces only continued on the and and these Middle l Way Vay until they reached other doors which led to more rooms So Eo Arabella went on until she came cameto cameto cameto to a great open space where space Where she found three three doors held invitingly open Just then a little demon hop- hop Continued on page 4 4 THE r. r TWICE TOLD TALE TALE- V f WITH A HAPPIER ENDING ENDING X T f Continued from Pace Pase 1 13 i ip p S up beside her and said When you flip a nickel it is better to make it two i two o out of three But ev even n as he uttered uttered it he died for died for he knew that S such ch vas Was not the standard of the three waiting doors As she gazed Arabella thought that each look looked d more inviting than the last and then she looked back again and the first had become more wonderful in the inter inter- val And the flowers only different in hue held out waiting arms till at length she she approached the door of th the palace whose flowers matched her eyes But the other flowers as she shet t entered murmured But her eyes ejes look pretty with us too we can still be he friends friends although although she liv lives s in the palace over ove the way she may still spend happy hours among us with th the theother I Iother I other who live in our j Y V l palace ij |
