Show III III TUB TIlE LITTLE FAIRY T THERE nERD was once upon a time a little fairy who helped all nU children play make-believe make and 1 I expect that same little fairy Is about today If It people would only give It a chance This J particular little Fairy Maka Maka- believe crept through the keyhole of the door to a U house where there lived two poor children named Mary and anel Johnny ond and they were trying hard to play at make-believe make for there them was no food In the pun pantry try or fuel for the tho stove i Their mother had to work all nU day and Mary and Johnny wanted to o make her think t they ey were happy when she came home at night so they about the nice dinner they were haring hav hav- havIng having ing and how warm It was In the room and how beautiful were the pictures on the walls Of course there wasn't any of It really there but as Mary said It makes It easl easier r wh wizen when n mother comes home to look happy when you make- make believe all aU day that tuut everything Is 13 nice and comfortable So the little Fairy Make-believe Make crept right Into their hearts and ma made e ethem them so Interested In pretending that they forgot their troubles and then the fairy did more for tor while they were asleep that night she ran to the Ih I h home r e. e of her r old ld friend Jack Frost and I asked ni m his help She did not ask osk not to make It colder by coming down from his home up In Northland r She asked askell him to come that very ery night and paint painton on the windows of the time house In which the n children live hive all nt ht lovely ely pictures vie pic tur tures he could before morning Then she ran ron to another home wh where re the people had plenty and to spare and this sly little fairy crept Into limo their hearts and nestled so close that the man put on his fur coat and while the children slept ho came with witha a basket of food and left lert It at their homo memo The next nest next morning while Mary and Johnny were Just opening their eyes there tame a n man with a big load loael of wood and und coal which the same nice man mon lad ordered who brought the food for you see it It was at ut his house that the mother of Mary and Johnny worked every day You see sec Johnny Johnay that all we played make-believe make about yesterday came true truc said Mary I 1 am so gl glad d we did not net n t let mother know we were 11 hungry We did not get any beautiful pictures pictures pictures pic pic- tures said Johnny and we madey made- made t G h y 5 lit Lama with a fd believe we hud had those Just the same as as the other things s. s Mary thought for fora a moment and anel then her eyes yes fell upon the wonderful paintings Jack Jock Frost hind had made In the time night Look Look she said sold pointing pointing- to the windows there Is a beautiful castle ensUe and away up In the tho tower I expect there lives a a beautiful cess See all the mountains around th time the castle and the flowers like daisies daisies- i growing out at the top Below Is a n I little lake on and a swim swan sailing salling about and beyond Is the forest and through I It will come the prince who Is to rescue rescue rescue res res- res- res cue the princess from the tower Johnny opened his eyes ees wide at first when Mary began the story but before- before she had come to the prince part Johnny Johnny Johnny John John- ny saw too tt what she dl did and again the little Fairy Make believe came came- through time the keyhole of the door and crept close beside them And so some day when you cannot go out to play find tind a window ow where Jack Frost has been at nt work and und seC see If you cannot find wonderful things Just Justas as did Mary and Johnny Copyright |