| Show sea fairies ob A story for the children by MARY GRAHAM BONNER THE tout HE sand fairies went rushing out to the sea fairies the sea fairies laughed as they fell right over them with their boats of foam in which they were riding ah ali said the sea fairies arent you glad you joined us our boats are going so ro well today there are no boats in the jirld like the breaker boats they seem 0 1 have rather rough names said the sand fairies fairles of course said the sea fairies and they are good and rough too although of course it Is the ocean that helps these boats will not come out unless the ocean Is s just right when the ocean Is just right they do what the ocean tells them tn ta rin we think old mother hother ocean Is 1 pretty powerful she rulea 1 the waves she rules the breakers and she rules the boats chich we vie call the breaker boats some people just call them breakers and others call them high waves or angry or waves covered with whitecaps and foam II here here here whistled a voice from above it was the voice of old mr air aund now dont you start saving saying that mother ocean does all the work I 1 do some of it myself I 1 I 1 am a friend of mother ocean I 1 am and I 1 like to help her I 1 oh dear oh ob dear laughed the lt 1 V v 2 enjoy Yours yourselves elyes 18 sea fairies the wind must always get some praise too I 1 of coarse course I 1 must eald bald the lie wind there are so many people who abuse me they tall talk about the frightful wind and the terrible wind and he the great gale that I 1 am blowing IP oh well well said the sea fairies ou cant please cery one arc alere sati satisfied shed so enough eralso for you today mr ur wind and we know you help mother ocean dot but tie lie like to tease you sometimes bv glang mother alother ocean all the praise it never falls to male you very tery ua angry gry 1 I suppose that Is what you like tile said air N ind 1 of course the sea fairies then you tou blow up into a rage and we liae haie inure fun than and tle de breaker brealer boats go so wonderfully der 11 1 I should say my they did said one poor little sand fairy who had been knocked over and over all the time by the sea fairies but she really didat mind it had bad au been alito jolly the sea ten fairies wore their fluffy white dresses and their green shoes and stockings such gorgeous green shoes and stockings as they were and thair collin and hits ivits were like gorgeous white ruffles ruffle sall alf aade made by mother ocean all of the soa sea fairies were now dow back in their boats and how the breaker boats did toss and break they roared with the fun and the low dep voice of mother ocean mur murmured muied all till the time that Is right my children hn in joy joy yourselves you are so beautiful so young and so active it docs does my old od watery heart good to see you and the sea fairies went on roll las ing back and forth in their break tr boats and as they went they plaid with the sand fairies oa on the beach A 0 2131 NN batern lwon the best may err addison |
