Show x GRAHAM B NER co f 8 07 W THE it was the day before the fal fairy ry queens birthday of course the fairy queen Is always young and always beautiful she lins has a birthday though as all the little fairies insist upon having tome some day in which they can pay her special pedal compliments and have haft a special e celebration el e b r a t lo 10 n clial A bt birthday r ti i d a y c celebration e le bration they ell all feel Is so wonderful they love to plan for a birthday party somehow though this time they had thought and thought and had bad not been able to think up anything well at lost last when nothing had been settled end nd the fairies were becoming rather discouraged it was decided that a committee of fairies was to be chosen and they must baust decide what was to be done dona so the six fairies who were chosen went oft off into the woods through an opening la in the woods one of the fairies saw a very unusual thing and called the other farles saying 1 I see such a strange looking creature in that valley over there them lets go over to him and see if he the th shook and shook can suggest anything said another fairy so the six little fairies lifted their silver wings and alighted it in the valley very near where the strange looking creature was standing he proved to be a very funny little old man with a very solemn face who are you asked the fairies tra tin the 11 the old man answered we never heard beard of you where do you live with the real people or by yourself in the woods in the daytime I 1 live in this valley always by myself where it 14 Is nice and sunny and at night I 1 sleep in the woods my only friends are the crows for they tell me funny stories and I 1 give them presents what do you mean why it anyone can tell me a funny enough joke to make me laugh I 1 shake all over and when I 1 shako shake I 1 drop presents all around oh how wonderful the fairies shouted will you come to the fairy queens queena birthday party tomorrow well tell you all the lokes jokes you like it if shake and drop beautiful presents for her promise he be cried the next day the fairy queen was wa requested to sit git upon her throne throna while the fairies gathered around nod and i in the tha center stood the pric mary happy returns fairy queen they all cried then the fairies began to tell jokes and the ozie shook and shook with laug laughter Mer and presents dropped from him how delighted they all were and the fairy queen had the most wonderful birthday she had ever had bad |