| Show DW edwy fairy tale mary bw GRAHAM BOWIER 9 IN A HURRY they made a beautiful landing just jast as harry had seen planes making their landings on the earth and now he got out from rora the plane and stood up upon on a mountain top it re reminded him a little of his own earth ther e was a certain family lik likeness enesi about this place and home but it looked as though it would be very ii hot were he not so BO comfortable in his magic suit butt cosmo had gone right off in the AA plane and harry was alone harry was wa he sat down alone wondering w what h a t would happen next nest and then he saw a creature coming toward him some one tall a and nd slim who looked as though he could almost get anywhere before he started was it possible thai when seen from the earth be would only look like a small star stai lie he was so tall and slim harry could notsie not see w what hat was about him very well and he want to bother his host who seemed to be in such a terrific hurry heard you were coming the p planet lanet host said my imy names mercury ile he talked in short crisp sentences as though he hardly had bad time to speak now harry noticed abathe that he had ft wings ings on his silvery cap and wings on his shoes and he remembered that he had seen of mercury looking something like this not much time for chatter now mercury went ft ent on harry felt it would tako take up too much time if he said anything ask what youre going to ask quickly much time 1 I just wani want to 6 hear you talk a little I 1 wont stop you for very long good said mercury crisply long as youre here ill tell my story my day and year are the same 1 I like that said harry what would you do tor for birthdays it would take so long to get around to one land and for baseball games gaines dont care about birthdays time dale nor baseball I 1 turn on my axis in the same time ns as I 1 turn round the sun always show my mv same face to the sun as moon does like putting your best toot foot forward all the time suggested harry 1 I said face oh all right 1 I like extremes most people dont youre always thinking about your earth I 1 dont prefer my own ways was heat la Is terrible ion one side 0 of f my p planet lanet home and so no one thinks there could be life there pretty correct cold Is terrible on on other side im miles from the sun still near enough according to sky distances so must go quickly to k keep P sun from drawing me in would if I 1 hurry besides they flioy named the messenger to the gods of the greeks and romans after me had to have quick messenger chose me have you ou a moon narry harry inquired no no time to bother with one in too much of a rush glad to have seen you by mercury had bad disappeared somewhere into his own planet and even though harry had the und kind of a suit that would protect him he thought lie he venture fa tar r into such ext ett 1 of either heat or cold besides he knew that cosmo would v be corning coming back bach for 4 him and lie he want to miss cos mo ino for what would he be do in this part of tile the sky gitil without out cosmo he wits was sitting n now 0 w near ft where here mercury ry had left him ile he had an idea that soe ojie oile no time to had said mercury bother could not be keen I 1 from the earth without a telescope he had a chante cliant e to see more now of course but just as lie was making up his mind what hat he would do he heard some some singing lie ile thought he aou would id listen to hear what it was all about the tune wits was very familiar it was like illie the alie tune they sang in school tor for columbia the gem of the ocean only the words lorils lie heard beard were oh the moon chines up in the hi heavens avens the realm of 0 the planets and stars the gleam of each suns sun a dazzling brightness wnnie dwell mercury venus and liars narry harry was just going to join in the tune when the singing stopped no as suddenly as it 11 had started and cosmo |
