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Show Hp Daddy's I Fairy Tale ayrvsx graham bonner -.gprrliOwl irviniui Krwint union GINGERBREAD PARTY "I have s secret," said the Queen of the Fairies, "but Bret of all you must go around and ask the guests to come to the party. "I want this to be a big party." "Hurrah," shouted the little fairies. "Tell us the ones to ask." "We'll ask the elves," said the Fairy Queen. : "That's good," said the little fairies. "The elves are such dears." "And we'll ask the brownies, too," sai.d the Queen of the Fairies. "Oh, they're such fun," said Fairy Princess Joy. "And, of course, we'll have to ask old Mr. Giant. A party wouldn't be quite complete without him. "And we'll ask Witty Witch." "Let me ask her," shouted Princess Twilight-Bell. And the Fairly Queen consented. "We'll have to ask the gnomes and Carried Their Invitations. the goblins," said the Fairy Queen. "We want to have them come, "It's to be a big party and we must have all our friends." "Oh, that's fine! I'm so glad that It is to be a big party," said Fairy Tbab. "Indeed it will be," said the Fairy Queen. "I want to have this party tomorrow, to-morrow, so you'd better all start with your invitations. "Then, when you come back, I'll let you all into the great gingerbread and Ice cream party secret that I have. "One, two, three, go!" At that all the little fairies started off. They carried their invitations on bits of birch bark, and they were written writ-ten in letters made out of soft moss. They looked very lovely and the fairies were proud of taking such Invitations. In-vitations. ,The Fairy Queen had made them all herself, and there were lots and lota of theiu, as you can imagine. Every single guest had to have a separate invitation, and the Fairy Queen had spent a lot of time making them, as you can realize. This is what the Invitations said: "The Fairy Queen and the little fairies invite you to a gingerbread and Ice cream party tomorrow afternoon. Come at three o'clock, and most Important Im-portant of all be hungry." The guests were all on time the next afternoon. But when they arrived not a fairy was to be seen. That was the first surprise. And then the fairies arrived, riding in a splendid chariot drawn by prancing pranc-ing ponies. The capes of the fairies were made . of gingerbread, and as they stepped down from the chariot they told the guests to begin eating of their capes, and then they handed them moss baskets bas-kets In which were ice cream. Oh, it was a glorious supper party, and a great surprise to everyone. |