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Show MARY" GRWu-DQNMER. FAIRY QUEEN'S JOURNEY "I've had a fine Journey," said the Fairy Queen, as she came back to Fairyland. I I . i "Tell us about it, and tell us ifv AL. what you saw," 'ri V4l Vs the Fairies asked. I (A "First of all I : fi VTri saw some lovely tMM f trees along a foMtf if great avenue. ' I 1 H" como out lu fu11, M Y and they were ' j leaning over and U'- j'! meeting high In 07r tne center- anJ H- talking to each ffSi'iSSv other. I i'to. I "Jt seemed that "The Donkey tbe' had ,sta"ed Game " telllns each 0ther little springtime secrets early In the spring, and had gone closer together and closer together to-gether as they had listened to each other. "So now the lovely branches met and made a beautiful tree archway all down the avenue. "All winter long they had looked at each other on either side of the roadway road-way and they had said : " 'When spring comes we'll have somev talks I' "Then I peeped In at a birthday party. A little girl named Lucy was nine years old. "She had some other children at her party, and they played all kinds of games. Puss in the Corner was one favorite. "They played the donkey game, too. There was a big sheet, and upon It was a painted donkey. Each child was blindfolded, and after having been turned around three times so as to be mixed up and to make the game harder, she was started off carrying a painted tail made of cloth which she was going to try to put on the donkey. "The one who got nearest in putting put-ting on the tail correctly won a prize. "Then they had Ice cream and a laTge birthday cake with Lucy's name and age printed in pink letters upon the white frosting. "The table had a paper table cloth upon it with all kinds of pretty pictures pic-tures of little Boy Blue blowing his horn and of children with sand pails and shovels at the sea-shore. The napkins were like the table cloth, too. "Then there were fences made of cardboard with the same patterns, and these fences were put about the table. They were quite low. "The colors were all blue and yellow, yel-low, and Lucy wore a yellow hair ribbon, rib-bon, and yellow socks, and a blue sash. "Oh, they had a splendid time. "Then I passed a great many members mem-bers of the balloon family, all riding on motorcars. They looked very pretty and gay and festive, and they were very proud as they waved a 'hello' to me as they hurried by ! "I saw some dear little pink leaves coming out, and I knew the members of the White Oak family were slowly coming along. "I called upon a little Dicky bird, too, who belonged to a little boy known to his friends as Pine. "Pine was very proud of Dicky and told how Dicky would sing, though really Dicky sang very little. "But even his chirping was music and song to Pine's ears. And Pins told me of Dicky's bath-taking, and how he never failed to take a bath each morning. "Oh, Pine boasted of Dicky, and of his bright yellow feathers. "Pine thought It was so wonderful that Dicky did everything standing on his legs. " 'He sleeps that way, he eats that way, be sings that way, he takes hia bath that way,' Pine said. "I saw many garden flowers , . 'A , tS lavender tulips, fewA jp (ps and white lilacs, !r.V( and lilies of the T. ; valley, and, Rfc 'j&SV Johnny Jump- zev4?0$ir Ups, and Striped mmSiZ?fia Grass and Flower- Wj lng Almond f. I bushes, and they si3, I -sSSfeLi all wished me such , ,.,-- I . yjw.-a yjw.-a polite good-day. ISllJ jULjfill Hi "Flowers have r(il 'irBl such sweet man- ij J iJ ners. I saw two u i LLI . dogs .rub noses, A Large Birth. too, and tell each day Cake., other they were so glad to meet again. "My Journey was interesting to me because I love to see all the different creatures and flowers and people I can. "To me there Is so much that Is worth while to see, and It's all so very enjoyable," the Fairy Queen ended as she waved her wand happily. |