Show MUD PIE PARTY the party began at eleven in the he morning and all the guests at once set to work to make mud pies that was the kind ot of a party it was a mud pie luncheon 1 they had bad the very sort of a day for the party and the gnomes and the brownies Drown les and the fairies and the elves were all there the ones who were giving the party were the brownies well everyone enjoyed the work ot of making mud pies they enjoyed making them look very pretty with all sorts of 0 funny figures and flowers made jun de through them they wanted their mud pies to look like some pastry shops where there are wonderful looking cakes which are meant to be admired rather than eaten at the luncheon they laid their goodies on little leaves and then put these leaves between the mud mod pies it made a very festive looking table As it was rather a dark day they had candles on the table it was really a very pretty sight to see the long table just at the edge of the woods where it was mossy and also quite muddy with rows of mud pies and green leaves with good things to eat on top and the hundreds of little yellow candles which stood in lady slipper lowers flowers all the gnomes and brownies and elves and fairies were present and all except the gnomes sat oat down the little gnomes acted as butlers and passed all the little berries and other good things to eat around to the ones who sat at the table As the gnomes would take up their trays of moss they would sample the dish they were passing around and so BO in that way they had bad plenty to eat themselves after the luncheon was all over one ot of the fattest of the brownies got up to make a speech he said that as all the mud pies had been made so well it was hard to de RC J 4 J funny figures and flowers clde cide which was the best but as he h I 1 had bad a prize to give he would make make them all draw for it so be put sticks of various lengths behind his back and the very smallest stick was the one to go to the prize winner all the little fairies and elves drew the sticks until finally a little elve named tolly tol tolly won the prize it was a surprise of a dear little pet toad and when the party broke up ui he went oft off to elfland feeling very verj proud and very happy and very much pleased |