Show I III VIII I I MOON LADY AND FAIRIES THE Fair Fairy Queen didn't wake up at ather her bel usual time and when the littie lit lit- tIe faIrIes found they were quite without with witti out n a lender leader like mischIevous children they rhey began to look around for something some some- thIns thing to do They thought ot of running Into the thedell dell deJl and lancing dancIng by the light ot of tile the moon that was just peepIng over o the trees They thought ot of goIng down to the lily pond that looked ns as It if It were I silver sll In the moonlight filled with little sliver silver boats I I But this last plan they hardly dared try for It if those bud bad little goblins saw I I i I i I I C yI I I iRr i I l pt tl it i g I Ia I II I I a g ll I i l Ih I i yi kIi II I They Saw the Lady in the he Moon I Ithem them they were very likely to play I tome trick perhaps throw V things In Inthe Inthe I the water and splash theIr like gauzelike wIngs and they would be helpless No that must not be thought of I But they could run to the dell and dance a while for the Queen might I have e gone on some journey You see they dId not know she had overslept o They were just JURt startIng for time the dell when a beautiful moonbeam path fell teU across their way And looking along Its shIny surface they saw aw the Lady In the Moon beckoning to them I Oh what fun said one little fairy The Moon Lady wants us to come up where she Is faIries and she wanted them to live with her all the time She had often trIed to take them away awny from their Queen but bu each time the Queen had found out her plan and had gone one with her subjects on on- theft visits to the Moon Lady Hello my dears she said In a cheery voice olce I thought thIs would I be such n a lovely ely night for a sail that I 1 coiled called you to come and go with me A sail asked all the little fairies We didn't know you had n boat here Where s the water The Moon Lady Ludy laughed a little silvery slivery sli- sli very lau laugh h. h Look she Bald push push- fag aside n a small fleecy cloud cloud- And Ani there behind It the fairies saw n a beautiful beau benu silver colored boat bont with sails nU all set ready to start The fairies clapped their hands for tor jO joy Oh are we to sail about the sky In that beautiful boat they asked The Moon 1 Lady smiled Jump In she sold said and In they jumped Then off they sailed So smoothly they rod rode that the fairies thought they would like to sail forever with the Moon loon indy They quite forgot their dell and theIr Queen But this could not last By and by bump I they went Into n a thick black blackcloud blackcloud cloud cloud whIch gave the fairies such ascare n a scare that they clung t tOJ each tach other Oh we want to go come we want to go home Oh dear deur Queen save us save sav us they all Now It happened that the goblins hud had been spying ns as usual when the fairies ran away And a good thing It was for the fairies that they did for tor no knowing what would have happened hap hap- If they had not been able to tell the Queen when site she awoke and looked for her subjects The Moon loon Lady made One mistake In her plans She dId not take up the moonbeam path And when the Queen heard where her children were site ran up the path as fast as she could and with her magic mag-Ie wand she caught n a little cloud jumped upon It and soon found her fairies Oh we are so sorry we ran away awny saId all the faIries We will never do It again And many more promises prom prom- those penitent little folks made to their Queen nut But as she felt she was partly to blame for havIng ove over over- slept the Queen dId not punish them Besides she thought the fright they had bad In the Moon Ladys Lady's boat quite punishment enough tam 1924 McClure Newspaper Syndicate |