Show pan faus y itala 1 anav banner THE WINNING GNOMES six brownies offered to take the invitations to tile the gnomes to play marbles and to the fairies to judge tile the winners of 0 the game and sheso six brownies dressed up in their best brown velvet suits with their brown velvet helmets on their heads beads they went in a different way than they had ever gone before and the gnomes and fairies were so eo excited at seeing them that dint for a long time ahne they could not understand what they were saying for you see sec the brownies till did not walk or fly or crawl when they went ent off with their invitations imitations instead they rode in carriages made of tiger title lilies which were drawn by eight green toads the toads hopped along and drew the carafa carriages es and sometimes when the carriages upset the brownies did i C 61 mv 1 d it 4 then the game began not cot mind in the least but got right in again after they had cried whoa to tile the toads and when they had told the gnomes and fairies why they had come all were very happy and vald said right away they would be delighted to go to the brownies game of marbles in the afternoon and sure enough they all arrived just as the very moment they were asked and not to be outdone by their fine hosts the brownies the gnomes went to the game in a big automobile made of the roots of old trees and lined with fresh green moss they really had to help make their automobile go but it looked very gay and like the cool green woods and they had a most impressive horn they had bad asked mr crow to sit bit on one side of their automobile and to caw caw when anything got in the way und and very often when they just wanted to be noticed their automobile was very very large and with a number of gnomes pushing every few seconds and with sir mr crows horn the brownies and fairies thought it very funny the fairies lew flew to the game and when the they v arrived they were asked to sit in the judges stand which was made of early spring violets Io lets and trailing aratus flowers then the game began and all the brownlea brown lei leq played against the gnomes with brig bright lit blue and green and yellow and purple marbles soon the gnomes had almost every marble on their side and the fairy queen called out the gnomes have won here are the friesl esl and she flung the prizes of baskets filled with tiny tins of maple syrup to all the gnomes then they ended the party with a fins fine supper |