The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-05-30
A Fairy story for Little Folks.

! Little Clara Sheldon lived with her IA
ther and mother in a pretty cottage OF,
the banks of the Hudson.
They had beautiful Hover garden in
front Of the house, filled with all kinds OF
| flowers, such as violets, tulips, roses, etc,
and every morning Clara would rise with
the sun and gather little boquet. fresh
with sparkling dew, to give to her father
to carry to town with him, for he had to
90 to New York every day TO attend to
business
One beautiful morning, while gathering
the boquet, she espied a large white rose,
oil covered with little diamond like drops
of dew. With an exclamation of delight
she FASTENED towards it to pluck it, but
just a. her hand touched the stem tiny
voice, which seemed to come from the
rose, said:
please dontT'
Clara looked down, and saw standing
on the rose the smallest looking being i'm
sGinable, who continued:
Please don't pluck thi. rose-lt is my
bedr
Your bed n said Clara, surprised
who are you, beautiful little being?
Il ara fairy, replied the beautiful lit
tie thing and my name is Fragrance;
and my grandmother, Nab, queen of the
fairies, is angry with me, and has banshed
me from fairy land; but | cannot live
here. | must take one look a, my dear
home, although my grandmother said it
eyer came back she would Kill me.
why, what wicked old fairy she
must be-
The little fairy only sighed, and shak
ing out her pair Of wings, sailed away, and
was soon out of sight.
Clara went on gathering her flowers,
when, the dew-drops would make be2utI
fui jewels, she took from her pocket vial
to secure them in just then she happened
to glance upward, and saw the little fairy
hurryiug towards her, chased by large
blue Hy. As soon as the tiny thing WAS
near ii cried:
The fy is my wicked grandmother, 60
ing to kill me
With these words she fell on rose,
painting for breath.
Clara held up the vial to ward off the
hy, but /, was coming 30 swiftly that 1t
never needed it. and SO flew right into it.
Clara ciasped in the cork and held it fast
Nv ma, shall | do with this wicked old
fly p she asked tho fairy, as soon as the
little thing had somewhat recovered from
its fright
"and do not let it on, till it promises 10 lie
good
So she placed it in her room, and won.
to her breakfast.
The next morning she saw in golden
letters on the vial these words:
Let me out and will grant you untold
wealth
She ran to tho fairy and asked her
what to do, and the answer was:
DO not let her out until she promises
10 be good.
The next morning she saw again in gol
den letters these words.
Il VIII be good, always good fyou vii!
let me out.
So she ran again to the little fairy and
asked what TO 40, and the answer was:
Let her out fairy never breaks her
word
So she went and opened the vial, and
out few the fly, alighting on the window
feet. and Immediately became beautiful!
fairy, and then, in sweet voice, thus ad
dressed her:
Because you have keep ne from evil
doing In my anger, and have been kind 10
my granddaughter, | give you virtue, nap
Illness, and long life. Nav you be ths
means of reforming mortals As you have
me; and may your happiness exceed that
Of the fairies !!
She then flew to her granddaughter and
kissed her. and after Fragrance had
, thanked Clara they flew of 10 fairy land.
Ard Clara was happy, fer who i. not Nhen
they have made Others soy